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 ==Church Records in Civil Registration==
-Copies of church records for the various states for the pre-civil registration time period were given to each state’s registrar general and are often kept in the state archives. The dates of these records are as follows:
+*[[Australia Civil Registration|'''Australia Civil Registration''']]<br>
+Prior to the start of civil registration, the government required most churches to send copies (called "Clergy Returns") of their birth, marriage, and death records to the Registrar of the Supreme Court. The dates of these records are as follows:
 *New South Wales 1788–1856
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 *Northern Territory See New South Wales and South Australia
 *Australian Capital Territory See New South Wales
 ==Thomas Davies Mutch Card Indexes==
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