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• Australia, Northern Territory - Business records and commerce
• Australia, Northern Territory - Occupations
• Australia, Northern Territory - Officials and employees
• Australia, Northern Territory - Public records

Content of Business Records

Australia businesses and commercial companies seldom contain dates or places of birth, marriage, or death but they can have valuable genealogical information.

• Pub owners, butchers, lumberjacks, auctioneers, or other professionals had to be licensed. Licenses were granted by the courts, and notices were then published in the Government Gazette. For further information about gazettes, read the Court Records article.
• Lawyers at the time kept detailed records for their clients. Included in these records are:
  • probate material
  • adoption records
  • insurance papers
  • lawsuits, and other sources that may help you trace your ancestors.
• Some bank ledgers in Australia give:
  • the name
  • occupation
  • residence
  • age
  • place of birth (by county and country)
  • year of immigration and name of ship
  • a physical description of depositors.