A good find sue,

Ballarat & District Genealogical Society Inc. in the Goldfields Region of Central Victoria, Australia has a huge amount of information and links including the following (all as links):

South-West VICTORIA
South-West VIC History
South-West VIC Contents
Bahgallah WW1 Roll
Byaduk History
Byaduk Pioneers
Carapook-Muntham History
Carapook-Muntham Pioneers
Casterton History
Casterton Historical Society
Casterton War Memorial
Chetwynd History
Coleraine History
Condah History
Dartmoor History
Dartmoor Pioneers
Digby History
Digby Pioneers
Digby WW1 Avenue
Glenelg-Wannon Pastoral Runs
Heywood History
Hotspur History
Hotspur Pioneers
Hotspur WW1 Avenue
Langkoop Soldier Settlers
Merino-Henty History
Merino-Henty Pioneers
Merino WW1 Memorial
Nareen & Tarrayoukyan History
Portland Cem Headstones
S.S. "Admella" 6 Aug 1859
Sandford History
Sandford Pioneers
Sandford WW1 Memorial
Strathdownie History
Strathdownie Pioneers
Strathdownie Honour Rolls
Wando Vale History
Wando Vale Pioneers
Wando Vale WW1
Warrnambool Lawn Cem
Geelong Cemeteries
Geelong Cemeteries Trust
Geelong & District
History - Dimboola
History - Goroke-Natimuk
History - Hamilton
History - Horsham
History - Penshurst
History - Port Fairy
History - Stawell
Maps & Map links
Vern McCallum Photo's
War Memorials (Deakin)
West Vic. Cemeteries
West Wimmera Mail
Wimmera Assoc. Genealogy

BALLARAT
Ballarat.vic.au
Accomodation & Tourism
Ballarat C.A.F.S
Ballarat Cemeteries
Ballarat Maps
Ballarat Maps
Ballarat Area Maps
Ballarat Timeline
Central Highlands Water
City of Ballarat
City Library
Eureka Centre
Ex-POW Memorial
Fine Art Gallery
GoldlinksWeb
Mechanics' Institute
MyBallarat.com
Sebastopol History
Sovereign Hill
"The Courier"
Visitor Information
Wendouree Books

EDUCATION
Ballarat Deaf Facility
Forest St PS
Sebastopol College, Ballarat
Uni Melbourne

SCIENCE
ABC Online Science
How Stuff Works
NASA
Mars: Rovers
Saturn: Cassini

NEW ZEALAND
NZ Archives
NZ BDMs Online
NZ BDMs
NZ Cemeteries Search
NZ Cemeteries
NZ Family History
NZ History Online
NZ Past Papers
NZ War Service Database

AUSTRALIA
A.B.C. News
Archive CD Books
Aust. Cemeteries
Aust. Dict. Biography
Aust. Government
Aust. Heritage Magazine
Bureau of Meteorology
Convict Database
Dictionary of Biography
Documenting a Democracy
Explorers (PGA)
Founders & Survivors
Genforum Australia
Geoscience Australia
History (PGA)
History Websites
Honours (Aust)
Irish Convicts > Aust
Libraries Australia
Maps (street-directory)
Medical Pioneers
National Archives
Nat. Library Aust.
N.L.A. Maps
N.L.A. N'papers
N.L.A. N'papers (Search)
N.L.A. Trove (Search)
Nuns' Database
Picture Australia
Place Name Search
S.A.G.
Seniors Information
Shipping Lists
'Vanish' (adopt, etc)

VICTORIA
1853 Bendigo Petition
1891 Women's Petition
A.I.G.S.
B.D.M. Certificates
Cemeteries Bendigo
C.of.E. 1847-1947
C.F.A.
D.S.E. Victoria
D.V.C.
Desc. of Convicts
Gippsland Mailing List
Gippsland Resources
Gippsland Time Line
Gippsland War Memorials
Gov't Gazette 1836-1997
G.S.V.
High Country Heritage
Koroit & Tower Hill
Land & Property
MC2
Melbourne Airport
Museum Victoria
NE Vic Newspapers
Necropolis Cemetery Search
Newspaper "Argus" 1870-79
Newspaper "Herald-Sun"
Newspaper "The Age"
Parliament of Victoria
Parliament - MPs
P.R.O.V.
P.R.O.V. [FAQs]
P.R.O.V. Publications
P.R.O.V. Records Online
Railways History
R.H.S.V.
Society Contacts
S.L.V. Catalogues
TimeBooksellers
VicNet
Victorian Heritage Database
Vic History

A.C.T.
ACT BDMs
ACT Deaths
ACT Reg General
Canberra Gene Soc

NEW SOUTH WALES
BDM Index (NSW)
Cemeteries NSW
Cemeteries Board (Catholic)
Claim a Convict
Convicts [online]
State Records
1841 Census [online]
Immigration [online]
Ryerson Death Index
Sydney Map 1802

NORTHERN TERRITORY
NT Gene Society
NT Links
NT Links Rootsweb

QUEENSLAND
Brisbane Cemeteries
Convict Database
QLD BDM Online
QLD Gene Society
QLD Links
QLD Links Rootsweb

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Archives of SA
Burra History
Burra History Surnames
Family History SA
Family Trees
Flinders ranges Research
Hoffnungsthal
Lyndoch History
Mt Gambier City
Mt Gambier History Group
Mt Gambier Library
Naracoorte Herald
Penola Council
Pioneers Assoc. of SA
S.A.G.H.S.
Shipping 1836-51
Shipping 1852->
Shipping 1836-45
SE SA Fam Hist
SE SA Photo's
SA Lookups
SA Teachers
SA War Memorials

TASMANIA
Archives Office
Archives Names indexes
Archives Convict Index
Archives Departures Index
BDM Certificates
Convicts
eHeritage
Female Factory Muster
Graves of Tasmania
History Indexes
Launceston Album 1891
Swing Riots
Swing Rioters
Tasmanian Genealogy
Tasmania Online
Tasmanian Pioneers

WEST AUSTRALIA
Busselton FHS
Marriages 1906-20
Online BDM Indexes
Perth Cemeteries
WA Cemetery links
Fremantle Prison
Perth D.P.S.

UNITED KINGDOM
Ancestral Villages
Archive CD Books
Census 1901
Clan McLea (Livingstone)
Colonsay & Oronsay
Cotswolds, Gloucestershie
County Codes [map]
Family Records Centre
Find a Church
Find a Location
Gazettes Online
Gloucestershire BDM 1837-2005
G.R.O. Certicates Online
Genealogy Guide UK
Historic Pubs Index
Isle of Coll
Isle of Mull
Isle of Tiree
Knapdale People (Argyle)
Lancashire Record Office
Liverpool Record Office
Lochaber & North Argyll
London Gazette
London Map 1837
National Archives
Old Bailey Trials
Old Maps, UK
Old Towns, UK
PRO Catalogue
Scotland Digital Maps
Scotlands People
Scotlands Places
Scottish Documents
Scotland Gazeteer
Somerset Transcriptions
Timelines 800-1499
Treasure Maps
UK Directories
UK Documents

IRELAND
1911 Irish Census
Convicts to Aust
Irish Convicts to NSW
County Codes [map]
Genealogy Links (CIGO)
Gen. Society of IRL
GENUKI: Ireland
IRL History in Maps
IRL Gen Forum
IRL Gen Projects

GENEALOGY
Begin Family History
British-Genealogy.com
Cyndi's List
Denmark Emigration
FamilyHistory.com
Family Search [IGI etc]
Family Tree Circles
FF 2001 (archived)
FreeBMD [UK]
FreeCEN [UK]
FreeREG [UK]
GenealogyPro
GenCircles [Trees]
Genforum [Messages]
Genes Reunited
GENUKI [UK & IRL]
GenWeb [Aus]
GenWeb [Br.Is.]
GenWeb [World]
H.I.E.S.
Legacy Software
Macbeth CDs
RootsWeb
RootsWeb Mail Lists
RootsWeb Messages
RootsWeb Trees
RootsWeb Websites
Surname Profiler

MILITARY
Nom'l Roll (Sudan)
Nom'l Roll (Boer)
Nom'l Roll (Boxer)
Nom'l Roll (WW1)
Nom'l Roll (WW2)
Nom'l Roll (Korea)
Nom'l Roll (Vietnam)
Nom'l Roll (Gulf)
105th Battery RAA
1st AIF Database
1st AIF Emb'n Roll
1st AIF Units
39th Battalion AIF
Anzacs.net
Australian Honours
Aust Defence Medals
Aust Light Horse Assoc
Australians at War
Aust War Memorial
Aust War Memorials
Aust WW1 Records
Avenues of Honour
Boer War Graves
Boer War Memorial (Aus)
Boer War Roll (Aus)
Boer War Roll (NZ)
C'wealth War Graves
Defending Victoria
Dept Veteran Affairs
HMAS Sydney
Mapping Our ANZACs
Militaria Direct
Natonal Servicemen's Assoc.
"The Nashos"
NZ WW1 Honour Roll
Red Coat Settlers
RSL Victoria
SA War Memorials
Shrine (Melb.)
Trenches on the Web
Vietnam Involvement
Vietnam Vet's' Assoc
Vietnam Vet's' Museum
Visit Gallipoli

POLAND (Prussia)
Genealogy & Poland
Nekla Research
Posen List Website
Poznan Province
Poznan Marriage Index

GENERAL
ABC Online
Aus Geographic
The Age
auDA Domain Names
BBC Online
CNN
Currency Converter
Eudora Email
Fastmail
Fish Names (Aus)
GMT
LA Times
Newspapers Online
Pennworld SK1070
Time & Date (World)
World of Maps
MVPS.org
Povey List
White Pages (AUS)
WhereiS (Aus Maps)

thank you this is so very very helpful...