About this collection
Vital records—records of births, marriages, and deaths—are the basic building blocks of family history research, and this database features some of the most comprehensive indexes available of Australian birth, marriage and death records.
What Records Are Included?
These indexes were created by Australian registrar's offices after civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths became law in the mid 19th century. Exactly when civil registration took effect varied by colony or territory.
However, these dates do not reflect the earliest dates for Australian birth records. Church records predate civil registration, and as registrar's offices assumed responsibility for registration, they requested copies of earlier church records to incorporate into their collections. Thus, this database includes indexes that may go back even further for the following colonies:
New South Wales — 1788
Tasmania — 1803
Queensland — 1829
Victoria — 1836
In this collection records are available for the following span of years:
- NSW Births: 1788 to 1909
- NSW Deaths: 1788 to 1945
- NSW Marriages: 1788 to 1945
- NT Births: 1870 to 1909
- NT Deaths: 1870 to 1913
- NT Marriages: 1870 to 1913
- QLD Births: 1829 to 1909
- QLD Deaths: 1929 to 1959
- QLD Marriages: 1829 to 1929
- SA Births: 1907 to 1922
- SA Deaths: 1916 to 1970
- SA Marriages: 1917 to 1937
- TAS Births: 1803 to 1909
- TAS Deaths: 1803 to 1919
- TAS Marriages: 1803 to 1919
- VIC Births: 1836 to 1909
- VIC Deaths: 1836 to 1985
- VIC Marriages: 1836 to 1920
- WA Deaths: 1906 to 1980
- WA Marriages: 1906 to 1949
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