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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]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"| 
*[[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]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| 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]]
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Census|Census]]
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Directories|Directories]]
*[[Australia Census|Census]]
*[[Australia Voting Records|Voting Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Taxation|Taxation]]
*Directories
*Directories
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| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
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| align="left" |Convict records
| align="left" | Nobility
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
*Nobility
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"| 
*Heraldry
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*Public Records
|-
| align="left" |Ethnicity and nationality
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Native Races|Native Races]]
*[[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 Court Records|Court records]]  
*[[Australia Census|Census]]
*[[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 Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| 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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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[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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==States and Territories==
===Reading the Records===
{|
{| 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.'''
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Names, personal
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| align="left" |Online classes
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|


=== States ===
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{|style="vertical-align: top;"|
| align="left" |Writing for records
|-  
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:10px"|
*[[New South Wales, Australia Genealogy|New South Wales]] (NSW)
*[[Queensland, Australia Genealogy|Queensland]] (QLD)
*[[South Australia, Australia Genealogy|South Australia]] (SA)
|style="vertical-align:top"|
*[[Tasmania, Australia Genealogy|Tasmania]] (TAS)
*[[Victoria, Australia Genealogy|Victoria]] (VIC)
*[[Western Australia, Australia Genealogy|Western Australia]] (WA)
|}
|}


===Territories===
==Jurisdictions==
{|  
{|
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|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
  <li>[[Australian Capital Territory, Australia Genealogy|Australian Capital Territory]](ACT)</li>
|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>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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Australia Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
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Vocabulary
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Online classes
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Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

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