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==Online Resources==
==Online Resources==
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/victoria-electoral-rolls Victoria Electoral Rolls ] at Findmypast Index ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/victoria-electoral-rolls Victoria Electoral Rolls ] at Findmypast Index ($)
*'''1843-1866''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/243078?availability=Family%20History%20Library A Few electoral rolls, 1843-1866] at FamilySearch, images.
*'''1843-1866''' {{FSC|243078|item|disp=A Few electoral rolls, 1843-1866}} at FamilySearch, images.
*'''1856-1857''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/213078?availability=Family%20History%20Library Card index of Victoria lists of electors, 1856-1857] at FamilySearch, images.
*'''1856-1857''' {{FSC|213078|item|disp=Card index of Victoria lists of electors, 1856-1857}} at FamilySearch, images.
*'''1856-1857''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238251?availability=Family%20History%20Library Electoral roll, 1856-1857] at FamilySearch, images.
*'''1856-1857''' {{FSC|238251|item|disp=Electoral roll, 1856-1857}} at FamilySearch, images.
*'''1870-1882''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/571286?availability=Family%20History%20Library Burgess rolls, 1870-1882] at FamilySearch, images.
*'''1870-1882''' {{FSC|571286|item|disp=Burgess rolls, 1870-1882}} at FamilySearch, images.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/207195?availability=Family%20History%20Library Electoral rolls : Gippsland Division, 1905] at FamilySearch, images.
*{{FSC|207195|item|disp=Electoral rolls : Gippsland Division, 1905}} at FamilySearch, images.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/208936?availability=Family%20History%20Library Electoral rolls, Melbourne, 1856-1857] at FamilySearch, images.
*{{FSC|208936|item|disp=Electoral rolls, Melbourne, 1856-1857}} at FamilySearch, images.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/208917?availability=Family%20History%20Library Electoral rolls, Port Phillip district, 1843] at FamilySearch, images.
*{{FSC|208917|item|disp=Electoral rolls, Port Phillip district, 1843}} at FamilySearch, images.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/208929?availability=Family%20History%20Library Electoral rolls, Port Phillip district, 1848] at FamilySearch, images.
*{{FSC|208929|item|disp=Electoral rolls, Port Phillip district, 1848}} at FamilySearch, images.


===New South Wales Including Victoria Prior to 1851-55===
===New South Wales Including Victoria Prior to 1851-55===
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===Australia===
===Australia===
*'''1903-1980''' [https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1207/ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980] at Ancestry ($), index & images.
*'''1903-1980''' [https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1207/ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980] at Ancestry - index & images ($).
*'''1893-1949''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10744/australia-electoral-rolls-1893-1949?s=275764761 Australia Electoral Rolls, 1893-1949] at MyHeritage, ($), index
*'''1893-1949''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10744/australia-electoral-rolls-1893-1949?s=275764761 Australia Electoral Rolls, 1893-1949] at MyHeritage, ($), index



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Victoria Voting Records

Online Resources[edit | edit source]

New South Wales Including Victoria Prior to 1851-55[edit | edit source]

Australia[edit | edit source]

New South Wales Archive Resources Kit, Including Records for Areas now in Victoria[edit | edit source]

  • Archive Resources Kit
  • Community Access Points A list of libraries and archives which hold microcopies of the Archive Resource Kit records
    A list of libraries and archives which hold microcopies of the Archive Resource Kit records

"The ARK is held by 40 community access points across NSW. The majority of access points are libraries. The ARK consists of microfilm copies of our most popular and heavily used colonial records. Included are records relating to convict arrivals, assisted immigrants, births, deaths and marriages, publicans' licences, electoral rolls, naturalisation, returns of the colony ('Blue Books'), land grants, and the wide range of functions of the Colonial Secretary (1788-1825). You may find that the ARK (or parts of it) are held at a library near you." [1]


Voting Registers or Electoral Rolls[edit | edit source]

Voting registers, or electoral rolls, are a census of those who were eligible to vote. They are valuable because a country-wide census wasn't taken until 1911. Early electoral rolls give an individual’s name, residence, status of property occupation/ownership, and the nature of the rateable property.

Voting rights were tied to property ownership; therefore, all men were not eligible to vote in the early years. Full adult male suffrage was not granted in most colonies until the 1850s and later. Women’s suffrage was not granted in the states until around 1900. Non-British subjects, unless naturalized, were not granted suffrage until the 1940s. Aboriginal suffrage was not granted until 1949.


References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Archive Resource Kit," New South Wales State Archives and Records, https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/archives-resources-kit-ark, accessed 3 March 2022.