Sources for Australian & New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriage Records

New South Wales Births & Baptisms

  • Baptisms from 1788 to 1856
  • Birth registrations from 1857 to 100 years before today’s date.

Details of pre-1856 records for baptisms are available on microfilm in the Family History Room.

New South Wales Deaths & Burials

  • Burials from 1788 to 1856
  • Death registrations from 1857 to 30 years before today’s date.

Details of pre-1856 records for burials are available on microfilm in the Family History Room.

New South Wales Marriages

Marriage from 1788 up to 50 years before the today’s date.

Details of pre-1856 records for marriages are available on microfilm in the Family History Room.

Queensland Births, Deaths & Marriages

Search the indexes for

  • Births between 1829 and 1921
  • Marriages between 1829 and 1946
  • Deaths between 1829 and 1991

Victoria Births, Deaths & Marriages

Search the index for

  • Births from 1853 to 100 years before today’s date
  • Deaths from 1853 to 30 years before today’s date 
  • Marriages from 1853 to 60 years before today’s date
  • Church baptisms, marriages and burials from 1836 to 1853

Tasmanian Births, Deaths and Marriages + Other

A collection of indexes and records related to Tasmania prior to 1933 including the individual district registers of birth, death and ma​rriage registration records for the period 1839-1920.

For a name search facility which encompasses all records click here.

South Australia Births, Deaths & Marriages

Searchable index for

  • Birth registration from  1842 to 1928
  • Death registrations from 1842 to 1972
  • Marriage registrations from 1842 to 1937

Also includes many other indexes covering schools, shipping, newspapers and church records

Western Australia Births, Deaths & Marriages

Search the index for

  • Births from 1841 to 1932
  • Deaths from 1841 to 1971
  • Marriages from 1841 to 1936

Northern Territory Births, Deaths & Marriages

The Northern Territory Government does not provide an online search facility.
The only records that are open to the public are historical records and contact the Births, Deaths and Marriages office to arrange a search

Australian Capital Territory Deaths & Marriages

The ACT Government through their Access Canberra website currently provides the following historical indexes online, in the form of PDF files however you may be required to register for an ACT Digital ID to access the files. Information available:

  • Deaths from 1930 to 1986
  • Marriages from 1930 to 1941

For prior records refer to the New South Wales indexes.

New Zealand Births

  • Births to 100 years before today’s date
  • Stillbirths to 50 years before today’s date

New Zealand Deaths

  • Deaths to 50 years before today’s date, or
  • Deaths where the deceased’s date of birth 80 years before today’s date

New Zealand Marriages

  • Marriages to 80 years before today’s date
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