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Church Records

For information about records for non-Christian religions in Australia, go to the Religious Records page.

• Church records were kept locally.
• It helps if you know your ancestor’s religion and the town where he or she lived. Also, larger towns can have more than one parish.
• The following book, found in the FamilySearch Library, lists the various denominations by town and indicates where the records are held: Parish Registers in Australia: A list of all known originals, transcripts, microforms & indexes of Australian Parish Registers

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:

• New South Wales 1788–1856
• Tasmania 1803–1838
• Queensland 1829–1856
• Western Australia 1829–1856
• South Australia 1836–1842
• Victoria 1837–1858
• Northern Territory See New South Wales and South Australia
• Australian Capital Territory See New South Wales