Births, Deaths and Marriages
Australian states – were part of New South Wales until: Tasmania (1825),
South Australia (1836), Victoria (1851), Queensland (1859). Northern Territory was part of South Australia (1863-1911). Western Australia (Swan River Colony) was settled in 1829.
Civil Registration began in: Tasmania (1 Dec 1838), Western Australia (9 Sep 1841), South Australia (1 Jul 1842), Victoria (1 Jul 1853), NSW (1 Mar 1856), Queensland (1 Mar 1856), Northern Territory (24 Aug 1870), Australian Capital Territory (1 Jan 1930). Before that you need to check church (parish) records for baptisms, marriages & burials.
- Australian BDM certificates (prices & addresses) – http://www.coraweb.com.au/bdmaut.htm
- Australian BDM certificates (links) – http://www.coraweb.com.au/bdmindex.htm
- Australian BDM indexes on Ancestry.com – http://www.ancestry.com.au (costs, but indexes include all Australia)
- Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T.) Department of Justice and Community Safety – http://www.ors.act.gov.au/ (Death index available 1930-1973)
- Births, Deaths & Marriages Exchange Australasia – http://www.ausbdm.org/
- NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages – http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au (Select 'Family History', 'View the Registry's online Historical Indexes', 'Search Now', 'search now')
- NSW divorces 1873-1930 – http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/ (see 'Court, Police & Prison')
- (NSW) Hawkesbury on the Net (church registers) – http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/church/
- NSW transcriptions – (cheaper than certificates, although not "legal documents")
- Marilyn Rowan http://www.transcriptions.com.au (PO Box 38 Menai Central, NSW 2234)
- Joy Murrin http://www.joyinfamilyhistory.com (PO Box 278 Oatley, NSW 2223)
- Turtle Consolidated Services http://home.iprimus.com.au/lturtle/ (PO Box 144, Kurrajong, NSW 2758)
- Northern Territory Department of Justice (BDM) – http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/bdm/
- Queensland Births, Deaths & Marriages Historical Index Search – https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/BirIndexQry.m
- Queensland Births, Deaths & Marriages home – http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/justice-services/births-deaths-and-marriages
- Queensland divorces 1861-1900 – http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/index/divorces.asp
- Ryerson Index – http://www.ryersonindex.org/ (Contemporary death notices & obituaries in Australian newspapers, especially recent NSW)
- South Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages – http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au/bdm/
- South Australian deaths & burials – http://www.saghs.org.au/graves.htm
- South Australian Gazetted Deaths – http://www.adelaideco-op.familyhistorysa.info/gazettedeaths.html
- South Australian Marriages 1836-1852 – http://www.familyhistorysa.info/births-marriages-deaths/marriages.html
- South Australian transcriptions – http://www.saghs.org.au/research.htm#transcription (From SA Genealogy & Heraldry Society, cheaper than official certificates)
- Tasmanian Archives Name Indexes – http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/nameindexes (Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database & also Tasmanian Divorce index 1861-1920)
- Tasmanian Births, Deaths & Marriages (Department of Justice) – http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/family_history
- Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages – http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/ots/home (online indexes cost, use CD indexes if possible)
- Victorian Divorce Index 1861-1900 – http://www.macbeth.com.au/indexes/divsearch.html
- Victorian funeral notices (1981-1997) on FindMyPast – http://www.findmypast.com/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=D (costs, part of Parish Records Collection)
- Victorian index to Divorce Cause Books 1861-1924 – http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/publications/documents/05335-P0.asp
- Victorian Place Names Index – http://www.australiagenweb.org/archive/vicplacenames.php (useful for interpreting abbreviations in BDM indexes)
- Western Australia Births, Deaths & Marriages – http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/ (Select 'Family History', then 'Searching Western Australian Online Indexes', then 'Select the information you would like to search for')
- Western Australian marriages to 1965 – http://www.openwindows.com/marriage/search.htm
- Western Australian State Records Office – http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/births.asp (additional BDM records)