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|style="vertical-align:top"| [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/research-topics/births-deaths-and-marriages New South Wales ] | |style="vertical-align:top"| [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/research-topics/births-deaths-and-marriages New South Wales ] | ||
|style="vertical-align:top"| 1 March 1856* | |style="vertical-align:top"| 1 March 1856 (1788*) | ||
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However, these dates do not reflect the earliest dates for Australian birth records. '''Church records predate civil registration, and as registrar's offices assumed responsibility for registration, they requested copies of earlier church records to incorporate into their collections.''' Indexes may go back even further for the following colonies: | '''*'''However, these dates do not reflect the earliest dates for Australian birth records. '''Church records predate civil registration, and as registrar's offices assumed responsibility for registration, they requested copies of earlier church records to incorporate into their collections.''' Indexes may go back even further for the following colonies: | ||
*New South Wales — 1788 | *New South Wales — 1788 | ||
*Tasmania — 1803 | *Tasmania — 1803 | ||