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Table 1  lists Australian birth, death and marriage indexes that are available online.
See also Table 2 which lists the indexes available on the commercial site Ancestry.com

State Date from Births to Deaths to Marriages to
Australian Capital Territory 1930 Nil 1973 Nil
New South Wales  Updated 1788 1911 1981 1961
Northern Territory  $$ 1870 1910 1913 1913
Queensland   1829 1919 1964 1935
South Australia  1836 1854 1851 1855
South Australia  $$ 1836 1922 1970 1937
Tasmania  1803 1910 1919 1919
Victoria
Online images available $$
1837 1910 1985 1942
Victoria Marine Indexes
Online images available $$
1853 1920 1920 1920
Western Australia  1841 1932 1970 1936
Western Australia - Perth DPS 1906 Nil Nil 1965
Perth DPS - WA County Marriage Index   1951 Nil Nil 1965

Table 2 lists Australian birth, death and marriage indexes available from the commercial site Ancestry.com $$


State Date from Births to Deaths to Marriages to
Australian Capital Territory Nil Nil Nil Nil
New South Wales 1788 1910 1945 1945
Northern Territory 1870 1910 1913 1913
Queensland  1829 1910; 1915-1919 1959 1935
South Australia  1842 1922 1970 1937
Tasmania 1803 1910 1919 1919
Victoria 1836 1910 1985 1920
Western Australia - Births and deaths  1841 1905 1980 1950

Table 3 lists the birth death and marriage indexes that have been published for the Australian states. These indexes are available in a variety of formats including microfiche, CD-ROM and the Internet. Many are available online (see tables 1 and 2 above). Some later NSW marriage and death indexes and WA birth indexes are only available online. Not all date ranges are covered in any one format.

Place Indexes Births Deaths Marriages
Civil Registration commencement date From To To To
Australian Capital Territory (1930) 1930 Nil 1973 Nil
New South Wales (1856) 1788 1918 1980 1960
Northern Territory (1870) 1870 1918 1913 1913
Queensland (1856) 1829 1919 1964 1939
South Australia (1842) 1842 1928 1972 1937
Tasmania (1838) 1803 1919 1930 1930
Victoria (1853) 1836 1920 1985 1942
Western Australia (1841) 1841 1932 1980 1965

Table 4 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 Index 1788 1888 1888 1888
NSW Federation Index 1889 1918 1918 1918
NSW Between the Wars index 1919 Nil 1945 1945
QLD Pioneers Index 1829 1889 1889 1889
QLD Federation Index 1890 1914 1914 1914
SA Births Registrations Index 1842 1906 Nil Nil
SA Births Registrations Index 1907 1928 Nil Nil
SA Deaths Registrations Index 1842 Nil 1915 Nil
SA Deaths Registrations Index 1916 Nil 1972 Nil
SA Marriages Registrations Index 1842 Nil Nil 1916
SA Marriages Registrations Index 1917 Nil Nil 1937
TAS Pioneers Index 1803 1899 1899 1899
TAS Federation Index 1900 1919 1930 1930
VIC Pioneers Index 1836 1888 1888 1888
VIC Federation Index 1889 1901 1901 1901
VIC Edwardian Index 1902 1913 1913 1913
VIC Great War Index 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 Index 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 are also over 1,350 ships indexed to allow searching by ship's name.

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