Northern Territory Research Tips and Strategies

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Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page

The Northern Territory Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Northern Territory. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Northern Territory Research Strategies

Finding Northern Territory Birth, Marriage or Death Records

Finding Northern Territory Records

Northern Territory Provincewide Databases

Northern Territory Research Process

Research from 1825-1863

Research from 1863-1911

Australia Research Strategies

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Northern Territory Research Tips

Current day Northern Territory was under jurisdiction of other Australia states:

  • 1825 Established as a part of New South Wales
  • 1863 Transferred to South Australia
  • 1911 Northern Territory separated from South Australia
  • 1927 Northern Territory split into North Australia and Central Australia
  • 1931 North Australia and Central Australia rejoined to become Northern Territory again

Civil Registrations. Civil registration (vital) records were created by the government and include births, marriages, and deaths. They are commonly referred to as vital records because they pertain to critical events in a person’s life. Northern Territory Civil Registrations

Census. The first country-wide census was taken in 1881. National censuses have been regularly taken by the Australian government since 1911. Northern Territory Census