Welcome to the Victorian Mining Accident Index compiled by Dave Evans and presented by the Ballarat & District Genealogical Society. This SAMPLE of Dave's Victorian Index includes ~5600 miners who were killed or injured from the early 1850's to the 1940's. The Index provides details of Miner's Name - Date - Status - Children - Location of Accident - Source (where you can get more information). The index is just a sample of the records, it is not complete and will have some errors. If you know of any miners not listed, or corrections to information, please contact Dave Evans (email below) with the details. Click on any letter below to access names of a sample of the miners killed or injured in mining accidents in Victoria.
Online Index Sample [Jan 2001] (Dave has many more since then !)
NOTE : Dave Evans has compiled a CD-ROM on the mining accidents it has over 9100 names [Jan 2005] with much more details on sources and cause of death etc, it is available at $20.00 plus $5.00 registered post
Welcome to the Victorian Mining Accident Index compiled by Dave Evans and presented by the Ballarat & District Genealogical Society. This SAMPLE of Dave's Victorian Index includes ~5600 miners who were killed or injured from the early 1850's to the 1940's. The Index provides details of Miner's Name - Date - Status - Children - Location of Accident - Source (where you can get more information). The index is just a sample of the records, it is not complete and will have some errors. If you know of any miners not listed, or corrections to information, please contact Dave Evans (email below) with the details. Click on any letter below to access names of a sample of the miners killed or injured in mining accidents in Victoria.