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*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
*[[Australia Schools|School Records]]
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*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Australia Medical Records|Medical Records]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
*Occupations
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| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
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*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
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*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
 
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| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
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*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Australia Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
*[[Australia Medical Records|Medical Records]]
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*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*Occupations


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*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
*[[Australia Census|Census]]
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Australia Schools|School Records]]
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
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| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
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*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Australia Directories|Directories]]
*[[Australia Directories|Directories]]
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*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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*[[Australia Societies|Societies]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia Voting Records|Voting Records]]
*[[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
 
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*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
*[[Australia Census|Census]]
*[[Australia Directories|Directories]]
*[[Australia Voting Records|Voting Records]]
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*[[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Taxation|Taxation]]
*Directories
*Directories
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| align="left" |Convict records
| align="left" |Convict records
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*Nobility
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
*Heraldry
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*Public Records
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| align="left" |Ethnicity and nationality
| align="left" |Ethnicity and nationality
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*Nobility
*[[Australia Native Races|Native Races]]
*Heraldry
*[[Australia Minorities|Minorities]]
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*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Directories|Directories]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Census|Census]]
*[[Australia Court Records|Court records]]  
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Australia Schools|School Records]]
 
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| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia History|History]]
*[[Australia History|History]]
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*[[Australia Military Records|Military records]]
*[[Australia Military Records|Military records]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]


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===Reading the Records===
==States and Territories==
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each state or territory, including links to actual records.'''


|-
=== States ===
| align="left" |Vocabulary
{|style="vertical-align: top;"|
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:10px"|
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*[[New South Wales, Australia Genealogy|New South Wales]] (NSW)
| align="left" | Naming patterns
*[[Queensland, Australia Genealogy|Queensland]] (QLD)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[South Australia, Australia Genealogy|South Australia]] (SA)
*Names, personal
|style="vertical-align:top"|
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*[[Tasmania, Australia Genealogy|Tasmania]] (TAS)
| align="left" |Online classes
*[[Victoria, Australia Genealogy|Victoria]] (VIC)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Western Australia, Australia Genealogy|Western Australia]] (WA)
 
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| align="left" |Writing for records
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==Jurisdictions==
===Territories===
{|
{|  
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each jurisdiction, including links to actual records.'''
  <li>[[Australian Capital Territory, Australia Genealogy|Australian Capital Territory]](ACT)</li>
  <li>Jervis Bay Territory (JBT)</li> 
  <li>[[Northern Territory, Australia Genealogy|Northern Territory]]</li>
  <li>Ashmore and Cartier Islands (uninhabited)</li> 
  <li>Australian Antarctic Territory</li>
  <li>[[Christmas Island, Australia Genealogy|Christmas Island]]</li>
  <li>[[Cocos (Keeling) Islands Genealogy|Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]</li>
  <li>Coral Sea Islands (population: 4)</li>
  <li>Heard Island and McDonald Islands (uninhabited)</li> 
  <li>[[Norfolk Island, Australia Genealogy|Norfolk Island]]</li>
</ul>
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|-
| align="left" | Birth date
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]],[[Australia Schools|School Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]],[[Australia Military Records|Military Records]], Occupations,[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
| align="left" | Birthplace
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries,]] [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Military Records|Military Records]], Occupations, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Australia Medical Records|Medical Records]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
| align="left" | Convict Records
| align="left" | [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Census|Census]], [[Australia Public Records|Public Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Death
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]],[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Australia Court Records|Court Records]], [[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]],[[Australia Military Records|Military Records]], [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], [[Australia Medical Records|Medical Records]]


|-
| align="left" | Ethnicity
| align="left" | [[Australia Native Races|Native Races]], [[Australia Minorities|Minorities]]
| align="left" | <br>
|-
| align="left" | Family members
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Australia Schools|School Records]], [[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Biography|Biography]],[[Australia Census|Census]],[[Australia Medical Records|Medical Records]], [[Australia Schools|School Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | [[Australia Directories|Directories]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Societies|Societies]], [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Australia Voting Registers|Voter Registers]], [[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Australia Biography|Biography,]] [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]], Occupations
|-
| align="left" | Marriage
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Biography|Biography,]] [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Australia Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Australia Court Records|Court Records,]] [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Directories|Directories]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Occupations, [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Court Records|Court records,]] [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Australia Schools|School Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Parents
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Australia Schools|School Records]], [[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | [[Australia Military Records|Military Records]], [[Australia Court Records|Court Records]], Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Biography|Biography]]
|-
| align="left" | Place of residence
| align="left" | [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Directories|Directories]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Voting Registers|Voting Registers]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]],[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]],[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Taxation|Taxation]]
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church records]], [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Australia History|History]], [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries,]] [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|}
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