What you can expect to see on an historical*
AUS BDM certificate
BIRTH |
ACT |
NSW |
NT |
QLD |
SA |
TAS |
VIC |
WA |
Start |
Jan 1930 |
Mar 1856 |
Aug 1870 |
Mar 1856 |
Jun 1842 |
Dec 1838 |
Jul 1853 |
Sep 1841 |
Earlier records |
NSW |
- |
SA |
NSW |
- |
- |
NSW |
- |
Name |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Date |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Place |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Father's name |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Father's occupation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Father's age |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1949 |
Yes |
from 1907 |
from 1902 |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Father's birthplace |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1908 |
Yes |
from 1907 |
from 1902 |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Mother's name |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Maiden name |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1907 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Mother's age |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1949 |
Yes |
from 1907 |
from 1902 |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Mother's birthplace |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1908 |
Yes |
from 1907 |
from 1902 |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Marriage date |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1908 |
Yes |
from 1907 |
from 1896 |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Previous children |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1908 |
Yes |
from 1907 |
from 1919 |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Available (Historical*) |
aftr 100yrs |
aftr 100yrs |
aftr 80yrs |
aftr 100yrs |
aftr 75yrs |
aftr 100yrs |
afr 100yrs |
aftr 100yrs |
Index avail on CD |
No |
to 1918 |
No |
to 1914 |
to 1928 |
to 1919 |
to 1920 |
to 1905 |
Index online |
|
to 1906 |
|
to 1914 |
|
|
to 1914 |
to 1931 |
Index avail on fiche/film |
No |
to 1905 |
to 1902 |
to 1914 |
to 1928 |
to 1905 |
to 1913 |
to 1905 |
MARRIAGE |
ACT |
NSW |
NT |
QLD |
SA |
TAS |
VIC |
WA |
Start |
Jan 1930 |
Mar 1856 |
Aug 1870 |
Mar 1856 |
Jun 1842 |
Dec 1838 |
Jul 1853 |
Sep 1841 |
Earlier records |
NSW |
- |
SA |
NSW |
- |
- |
NSW |
- |
Date |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Couple's names |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Couple's ages |
Yes |
opt <1896 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Couple's birthplaces |
Yes |
opt <1896 |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1907 |
from 1896 |
Yes |
from 1923 |
Previous status |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Couple's occupations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Couple's residences |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1856 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Fathers' names |
Yes |
opt <1896 |
from 1949 |
Yes |
from 1856 |
from 1896 |
Yes |
Yes |
Fathers' occupations |
Yes |
opt <1896 |
from 1949 |
Yes |
No |
from 1896 |
Yes |
Yes |
Groom's mothers name |
Yes |
opt <1896 |
from 1949 |
Yes |
from 1964 |
from 1896 |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Bride's mothers name |
Yes |
opt <1896 |
from 1949 |
Yes |
No |
from 1896 |
Yes |
No |
Available (Historical*) |
aftr 70 yrs |
aftr 50yrs |
aftr 60yrs |
aftr 75yrs |
aftr 60 yrs |
aftr 75yrs |
aftr 60 yrs |
aftr 75yrs |
Index avail on CD |
No |
to 1945 |
No |
to 1914 |
to 1937 |
to 1930 |
to 1942 |
to 1905 |
Index online |
|
to 1956 |
|
to 1914 |
|
|
to 1942 |
to 1906 |
Index avail on fiche/film |
No |
to 1905 |
to 1902 |
to 1939 |
to 1937 |
to 1919 |
to 1930 |
to 1965 |
DEATH |
ACT |
NSW |
NT |
QLD |
SA |
TAS |
VIC |
WA |
Start |
Jan 1930 |
Mar 1856 |
Aug 1870 |
Mar 1856 |
Jun 1842 |
Dec 1838 |
Jul 1853 |
Sep 1841 |
Earlier records |
NSW |
- |
SA |
NSW |
- |
- |
NSW |
- |
Name |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Date |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Death place |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Age |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Occupation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Cause of death |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Parents' names |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1949 |
Yes |
No |
from 1914 |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Spouse names |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1949 |
Yes |
from 1968 |
No |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Marriage details |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1949 |
Yes |
from 1915
age at m. |
No |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Chns names |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1949 |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
from 1896 |
No of chn |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1949 |
Yes |
from 1907 |
from 1914 |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Birthplace |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1949 |
Yes |
from 1907 |
from 1897 |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Residency |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1949 |
Yes |
from 1907 |
No |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Burial place |
Yes |
Yes |
from 1949 |
Yes |
from 1948 |
No |
Yes |
from 1896 |
Available (Historical*) |
aftr 30yrs |
aftr 30yrs |
aftr 30yrs |
aftr 30yrs |
aftr 25 yrs |
aftr 25yrs |
aftr 10yrs |
aftr 25yrs |
Index avail on CD |
No |
to 1945 |
No |
to 1914 |
to 1972 |
to 1930 |
to 1985 |
to 1905 |
Index online |
|
to 1976 |
|
to 1914 |
|
|
to 1985 |
to 1931 |
Index avail on fiche/film |
No |
to 1905 |
to 1902 |
to 1964 |
to 1970 |
to 1919 |
to 1985 |
to 1980 |
It should be noted that availability of certificates
may be reduced by the lack of an index.
A Yes in a column means that you can usually expect
the entry to appear. There are many examples of early certificates
where the item may be omitted despite provision in the certificate
for that item of data. Opt <1896 means optional until 1896 and sometimes this information has been added later by the Registry.
* Historical certificates are those available outside the
embargoed periods to the general public. Certificates within
the embargoed period are usually available to the person
named therein, their parents and their children under the
age of 18 upon presentation of ID and proof. The exception
to this rule is the ACT and NT where applicants for historical
certificates must produce evidence of a family link.
TAS BDM and indexes for 1803–1933 are online at FamilySearch
NSW, QLD, VIC & TAS also offer pre-civil registration records.
NSW from 1788, QLD from 1829, VIC from 1836, TAS from 1803. SA
pre-civil registration records are on this site.
Some indexes have more detail than others, but they should
not be treated as primary sources but rather pointers:
If any link fails please advise.
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