Free sample files and indexes

Currently most listings here are samples from the Archive Digital Books Australasia range of historic data CDs.

The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s.

Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.

Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive.

Queensland

Brisbane Post Office Directory and Country Guide 1885-86 - more info - Sample file
Brisbane Post Office Directory and Country Guide 1887 - more info - Sample file
Brisbane Post Office Directory and County Guide 1888 (Hollander and Wright) - more info - Sample file
Central Queensland - more info - Sample file
Colonial Adventures and Experiences - more info - Sample file
Darling Downs Almanac and Directory 1900 (Groom) - more info - Sample file
Forty-Five Years Experience in North Queensland 1861-1905 - more info - Sample file
Four Years in Queensland - more info - Sample file
Fox's History of Queensland 1919-23 - more info - Sample file
From Chart House to Bush Hut - more info - Sample file
Geographic History of Queensland - more info - Sample file
German Mission to the Aborigines at Moreton Bay 1841 - more info - Sample file
Goldfields of Queensland 1858-1899 - more info - Sample file
History of the Colony of Queensland - more info - Sample file
In the Early Days: History and Incident of Pioneer Queensland - more info - Sample file
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia - more info - Sample file
Jubilee History of Queensland - more info - Sample file
Landsborough's Expedition in Search of Burke and Wills - more info - Sample file
Letters From Queensland - more info - Sample file
Moreton Bay Settlement or Queensland Before Separation 1770-1859 - more info - Sample file
My Australian Girlhood: Sketches and Impressions of Bush Life - more info - Sample file
My Wife and I in Queensland - more info - Sample file
Never Never Land: A Ride in North Queensland - more info - Sample file
New South Wales and Queensland - more info - Sample file
Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress - more info - Sample file
Past and Present Australian Life, Being for the Most Part Personal Reminiscences - more info - Sample file
Pioneering Days: Thrilling Incidents in the Early Sixties - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1860 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1861 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1862 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1863 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1864 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1865 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1870 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1875 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1877 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1878 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1879 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1881 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1882 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1883 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1893 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1895 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1915 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1917 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1918 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1920 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1926 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac and Queensland Directory 1927 - more info - Sample file
Pugh's Almanac Moreton Bay 1859 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Almanac and Gazetteer 1904 (Sapsford) - more info - Sample file
Queensland Almanac and Gazetteer 1908 (Sapsford) - more info - Sample file
Queensland Baptist 1890-1902 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Baptist Year Books 1907-20 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Baptist Year Books 1921-30 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Blue Book 1870 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Blue Book 1872 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Blue Book 1873 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Blue Book 1879 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Blue Book 1911 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Brands Directory 1920-1921 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Brands Directory 1945-1948 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Criminal Reports 1860-1907 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Education Gazette 1906 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Education Gazette 1959 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Education Gazette Set 1899-1958 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Freeman 1881-1888 (Baptist Periodical) - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1859-60 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1861 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1862 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1863 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1864 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1865 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1866 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1867 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1868 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1869 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1870 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1871 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1872 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1873 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1874 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1875 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1876 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1877 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1878 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1879 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1880 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1881 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1882 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1883 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1884 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1885 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1886 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1887 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1888 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1889 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1890 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1891 - more info - Sample file
Queensland Government Gazette 1892 - more info - Sample file
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