Vital Records in Australia

When searching for Australian ancestors, concenstrate on church records, birth, marriage and death certificatesd, as well as ship's passenger lists. Church records are available in the states listed below:

New South Wales....................1788 to 1856 Victoria....................................1837 to 1853 Queensland..............................1829 to 1856

South Australia.............................1836 to 1842 Western Australia.........................1829 to 1841 Tasmania........................................1803 to 1838

Birth, marriage and death records are maintained by central Register offices in the capital city of each state.

NEW SOUTH WALES: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages GPO Box 30, Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia (from 1853+) State Archives of New South Wales 2 Globe Street, The Rocks, Sydney, 2000 Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Western Australia Registrar General Westralia Square 38 Mounts Bay Road, PERTH, WA, 6850 Australia (from 1841+) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VICTORIA: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Department of Property and Services 295 Queens Street Melbourne, VIC 3001 Australia (from 1856+) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUEENSLAND: The Registrar General's Office P.O. Box 188, Albert Street Brisbane, QLD 4002 Australia (from 1856+) Queensland State Archives - Search Room 435 Compton Road, Runcorn, Qld, 4109 Australia ( pre 1890 Birth, Death & Marriage Records) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Births Deaths & Marriages 91 Grenfell Street Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia (from 1842+)

The South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society GPO Box 592, Adelaide, 5001 Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TASMANIA: Registrar General Law Department, 15 Murray Street GPO Box 198, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia (from 1838+) The State Archives The State Library of Tasmania 91 Murray Street, Hobart, 7000 Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NORTHERN TERRITORY: The Registrar General's Office G.P.O. Box 3021 Darwin,NT 0801 Australia (from 1870+) Genealogical Society of Northern Territory Inc. PO Box 37212, Winnellie, 0821 Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: Births, Deaths, and Marriages Office G.P.O. Box 788 Canberra City, ACT, 2601 Australia (from 1930+) Australian Archives, Sandford Street, Mitchell, Canberra, 2911 Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Australian Registrars of Births, Deaths & Marriages Current Cost of Australian Certificates The above links take you out of my site, to return here you'll need to click on your "back" arrow in your overhead task bar.

Ship's Passenger Lists: If you know the name, age, and year of arrival of your ancestor, you will save yourself a great deal of time. Rememeber that most immigrant arrivals before 1850 were in New South Wales. Also, many times passenger arrivals were not recorded, and many that were recorded were not indexed. Many were and can be found in known indexes for the different Australian States.

NEW SOUTH WALES: The Principal Archivist State Archives of NSW 2 Globe Street The Rocks, Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia VICTORIA: The Keeper of Public Records Level 3, Rialto South Tower 525 Collins Street Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia WESTERN AUSTRALIA: State Archives Alexander Library Building Perth Cultural Centre James Street Perth WA 6000 Australia

QUEENSLAND: Australia Archives The State Director P.O. Box 552 Cannon Hill,QLD 44170 Australia SOUTH AUSTRALIA: State Records 222Marion Road Netley SA 5037, Australia TASMANIA: The Principal Archivist Archives Office of Tasmania 77 Murray Street Hobart TAS 7000, Australia AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: Australian Archives The Director P.O. Box 447 Belconnen ACT 2616, Australia

Most genealogists hope to discover the precise day their immigrant ancestors arrived in Australia. Unfortunately, often passenger arrivals weren't recorded and those that were weren't indexed. On the other hand... many WERE recorded and can be found in known indexes for different Australian states.

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