Northern Territory, Australia Genealogy

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Northern Territory

Guide to Northern Territory, Australia ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

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Getting Started

If your family or ancestors lived in the Northern Territory before 1863, you should also search records of New South Wales. If they lived in the Northern Territory between 1863 and 1911, you should also search records of South Australia.

Getting Started with Northern Territory Research Links to articles on getting started with Northern Territory research. Northern Territory Guided Research New South Wales Guided Research South Australia Guided Research New South Wales Early Church Records 1788-1886 Tutorial Using the New South Wales Birth, Death, Marriage Index Tutorial

Northern Territory Research Tools Links to articles and websites that assist in Northern Territory research. National Library of Australia: Northern Territory New South Wales Birth, Death, and Marriage Index The NSW State Archives and Records Online Indexes NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages offers a wide variety of services to help with family history Family History Search Online ordering of New South Wales Birth certificate Marriage certificate Death certificate South Australia State Archives: Family History Research South Australia State Archives Online Records Genealogy SA Online Database Search Finding your Aboriginal history State Archives Guides to Aboriginal History State Archives

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History

• With the coming of the British, there were four early attempts to settle the harsh environment of the northern coast, of which three failed in starvation and despair.
• The land now occupied by the Northern Territory was part of colonial New South Wales from 1825 to 1863, except for a brief time from February to December 1846, when it was part of the short-lived colony of North Australia.
• The Northern Territory was part of South Australia from 1863 to 1911. On 1 January 1911, a decade after federation, the Northern Territory, alongside the Australian Capital Territory, was separated from South Australia and transferred to federal control.
• From its establishment in 1869 the Port of Darwin was the major Territory supply for many decades.