Find a case. Research carefully. Contribute safely.
A structured community gateway for Australian missing-person, unidentified-person, unresolved-death and historical cold-case research. Search the map, join existing work, or submit a case for review.
Find
Search the national case index by name, location, year, category or research status.
Research
Use The Armchair Detective for structured analysis and Trove Investigator for historical newspaper research.
Contribute
Submit sourced material for review. Privacy and contributor choices are preserved.
Specialist tools, one shared workflow
The Armchair Detective
Structured case review, sources, timelines, contradictions, hypotheses and research priorities.
Open The Armchair DetectiveTrove Investigator
Historical newspapers, early reporting, source origins, public appeals and archival research.
Open Trove InvestigatorPrivacy and safety come first
Research is private by default. Community membership is not blanket permission to publish conversation content or personal information. The map is a research gateway, not a place for public accusations or speculative suspect lists.