Birth Death and Marriage Records

Birth, Death and Marriage Records - Australia

State Registrars' Details and Costs of Certificates

This table lists the names and addresses of the Registrars of Birth, Deaths and Marriages in each state and territory of Australia and indicates the current cost of certificates. Please check the identification requirements before ordering certificates. Costs 14 November 2007.

State or Territory	Address	Cost with Index No	Cost without Index No	Online Ordering
ACT	The Registrar-General's Office PO Box 225 CIVIC SQUARE ACT 2608	$35.00 plus $5 postage	$35.00 plus $5 postage	Yes
NSW	NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages GPO Box 30 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Pre 1856 records available on microfilm Joy Murrin's Transcription Service Transcriptions.com.au - Marilyn Rowan Turtle Consolidated Services Transcripts	Family History Certificate $26.00	Family History Certificate $34.00 Standard certificate $39	Yes
NT	Births, Deaths and Marriages Office GPO Box 3021 DARWIN NT 0801	$25.00	$25.00	Yes
QLD	Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages PO Box 15188 City East, QLD 4002	$25.50	$25.50	No
SA	Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Office GPO Box 1351 ADELAIDE SA 5001	$36.75	$36.75	Yes
TAS	Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages GPO Box 198 HOBART TAS 7001 Pre 1899 records freely available on microfilm. Post 1970 death certificates do not list cause of death. A medical certificate with cause of death is available for an additional fee of $18.75	$35.00	$35.00	No
VIC	Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages GPO Box 4332 MELBOURNE VIC 3001 Indexes and digital copies of uncertified images are available online. A fee applies to search the index ($0.99 per screen - 20 records) and the uncertified image downloads are $17.50.	Online images $17.50	Online images $17.50 Official Certificates $25.80	Some
WA	Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages PO Box 7720 Cloisters Square PERTH WA 6850	$30.00	$42.00	No

This table lists Australian birth, death and marriage indexes that are available online.

State	Date from	Births to	Deaths to	Marriages to
Australian Capital Territory	1930	Nil	1973	Nil
New South Wales	1788	1907	1977	1957
Queensland	1829	1914	1914	1914
Tasmania	1803	1899	1899	1899
Victoria Online Images Available	1837	1906	1985	1942
Victoria Marine Indexes Online Images Available	1853	1920	1920	1920
Western Australia	1841	1931	1953	1921
Western Australia DPS	1906	Nil	Nil	1948

This table lists the birth death and marriage indexes that have been published for the Australian states. These indexes are available on microfiche and/or CD-ROM, with the ACT index issued as a booklet. Some indexes are available online (see table above) with some of the later NSW and WA indexes only available online.

Place	Indexes	Births	Deaths	Marriages
Civil Registration start	From	To	To	To
ACT (1930)	1930	Nil	1973	Nil
NSW (1856)	1788	1918	1977	1957
NT (1870)	1870	1918	1913	1913
QLD (1856)	1829	1919	1954	1939
SA (1842)	1842	1928	1972	1937
TAS (1838)	1803	1919	1930	1930
VIC (1853)	1836	1920	1985	1942
WA (1841)	1841	1931	1980	1965

This table lists the consolidated birth death and marriage indexes that are available on microfiche and CD-ROM for various Australian states.

State	Date from	Births to	Deaths to	Marriages to
NSW Pioneers	1788	1888	1888	1888
NSW Federation	1889	1918	1918	1918
NSW Between the Wars	1919	Nil	1945	1945
QLD Pioneers Index	1829	1889	1889	1889
QLD Federation Index	1890	1914	1914	1914
SA Births Registrations	1842	1906	Nil	Nil
SA Births Registrations	1907	1928	Nil	Nil
SA Deaths Registrations	1842	Nil	1915	Nil
SA Deaths Registrations	1916	Nil	1972	Nil
SA Marriages Registrations	1842	Nil	Nil	1916
SA Marriages Registrations	1917	Nil	Nil	1937
TAS Pioneers	1803	1899	1899	1899
TAS Federation	1900	1919	1930	1930
VIC Pioneers	1836	1888	1888	1888
VIC Federation	1889	1901	1901	1901
VIC Edwardian	1902	1913	1913	1913
VIC Great War	1914	1920	1920	1920
VIC Marriage Index	1921	Nil	Nil	1942
VIC Death Index	1921	Nil	1985	Nil
VIC Marine Index*	1853	1920	1920	1920
WA Pioneers	1841	1905	1905	1905

* This index is also available online (a fee applies to search the index and download images) and lists over 6,000 births, deaths and marriages on board ships bound for Victoria. Each entry in the index is linked to a scanned image of the original entry in the Marine Register. There is also over 1,350 ships indexed to allow searching by ship's name.

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