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'''*'''However, these dates do not reflect the earliest dates for Australian | '''*'''However, these dates do not reflect the earliest dates for Australian civil 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 | ||
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