Libraries Tasmania open data
Libraries Tasmania lists 29 datasets on data.gov.au. 29 of them have an open licence and a file or API we can read.
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29 datasetsThese are the datasets Libraries Tasmania lists on data.gov.au. A vote asks us to serialise one. Only the licence can stop us, so a dataset without an open licence cannot take a vote.
| Dataset | Formats | Licence | Updated | Votes |
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| Colonial Secretary Correspondence (1824-1854)Index to Colonial Secretary’s correspondence. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index Over 14,700 records | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2024-11-27 | |
| Miscellaneous Records (1838-1873)General correspondence of the Comptroller general of convicts and North Fleet shipwreck survivors. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index Over 1,600 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Arrivals (19th Century)Passengers and ships arriving, mainly in Hobart. Available from the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 94,000 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Bankruptcy Records (1821-1928)Documents from cases of bankruptcy and insolvency. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index Over 1,600 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Births (1803-1933)Over 200,000 records of people born in Tasmania including some baptisms collected by the Registrar General (1900-1933 baptisms only) and available from the Tasmanian Names Index. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Census (1837-1857)Householders in the 1840s and 1850s, not complete for all districts. Available from the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 14,500 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Convicts (1803-1893)Convicts transported to Tasmania and those convicted locally through the convict system. Available from the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 80,000 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Convicts - permission to marry (1829-1858).Convicts applying to marry free people or other convicts. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 29,000 records | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Court Records (1824-1890)Supreme Court. Minutes of proceedings in criminal cases. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index Over 12,000 records | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Deaths (1803-1939)People who died in Tasmania including some burial records. (1900-1939 burials only). Available via the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 140,00 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Departures (1817-1887)People leaving Tasmanian ports, mainly Launceston. Available from the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 114,000 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Divorces (1861-1950)Petitions for divorce in the Tasmanian Supreme Court. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index. 3465 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Education Records (1846-1908)The first admission registers for the Hutchins School (1846-1892) and the Charles Street Primary School (1902-1908). Available via the Tasmanian Names Index Over 1400 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Employment Records (1865-1902)Various employment records, mainly from the Southern Volunteer Artillery and Inspection of Machinery Department. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index Over 3,500 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Health & Welfare Records (1829-1952)Patients and attendants at various hospitals and community welfare institutions. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 12,500 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Hotels & Property Records (1818-1958)Tasmanian Hotels & Property Records available via the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 5,000 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Immigration Records (1910-1940)Nominations and arrivals of migrants under immigration schemes. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index Over 3,500 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Inquests (1828-1973)Inquests into people's deaths. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 25,000 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Land Records (1832-1935)Deeds of land grants under General Law. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index . Over 23,000 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Marriages (1803-1944)People who married in Tasmania. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 118,000 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Naturalisations (1835-1904)People applying to become citizens. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index. 1,190 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Newspaper IndexThe Tasmanian Index provides references to articles in the three metropolitan Tasmanian newspapers; the Mercury, the Examiner and the Advocate, and to most other Tasmanian journals and regional newspapers. The index was maintained from 1966 to 2010. This online version of the… | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Prisoners (1877-1938)Records of prisoners in the Hobart gaol. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 6,500 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Tasmanian Wills (1813-1997)Wills and letters of administration of estates registered for probate. Available via the Tasmanian Names Index. Over 106,000 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| World War I Soldiers and Nurses (1914-1928).Photographs, articles and applications for land under soldier settlement. Newspaper data indexed by Wendy Knolle and kindly supplied by the Tasmanian Family History Society, Hobart Branch The dataset is available via the [Tasmanian Names Index. Over 11,000 records. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-11-27 | |
| Libraries Tasmania locationsLibraries Tasmania locations by name, address, latitude and longitude. (https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/locations) | GEOJSON | CC-BY-4.0 | 2024-09-11 | |
| eHeritage dataThe aim of the eHeritage project, over 2001 to 2012, was to accelerate the use of technology and innovation across the Tasmanian local history and heritage community to make their identity, collections and services more visible and known. It enabled these organisations to… | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-2.5-AU | 2023-08-09 | |
| Libraries Tasmania Digitised ArchivesLibraries Tasmania's collection of digitised archives including files, letters, manuscripts, maps, plans, photographs films and more. | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-09 | |
| Tasmanian Archives Records SeriesDescriptive records for series held by the Tasmanian Archives. These records can also be viewed online here: https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en AU/tas/search/results?te=ARCHIVES SERIES | CSV, JSON, XML | CC-BY-4.0 | 2023-08-09 |
Listed from the portals' own catalogues, read 28 September 2026. Libraries Tasmania has not endorsed this site. Every dataset here keeps its publisher's licence and attribution. catalogue.json has this list as data.