The department will be closed from Wednesday 27 December 2023 to Monday 1 January 2024. We will respond to queries in the New Year. Best wishes for a safe and happy festive season.
A list of resources to assist applicants in locating family history information and other research.
DPLH South Hedland Office
Address: Lot 2, 18 Tonkin Street, South Hedland WA 6722Phone: 61 8 9160 2200Fax: 61 8 6551 8088
Find and Connect Support Services Western Australia – Lanterns House
Address: 23 Southport Street, West Leederville, WA 6901Freecall: 1800 161 109Phone: 61 8 9489 6388Email: lanterns@wa.relationships.com.auWebsite: www.relationshipswa.org.au/services
Kimberley Stolen Generations Committee Service
Address: 28 Barker Street, Broome WA 6725Mailing Address: PO Box 2775, Broome WA 6725Phone: 61 8 9193 6502Fax: 61 8 9193 5693Email: reception.ksgac@iinet.net.auWebsite: www.kimberleystolengeneration.com.au/about-us
Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre
Address: Corner Hamilton and Throssell Road, South Hedland WA 6722Mailing Address: PO Box 2736, South Hedland WA 6722Phone: 61 8 9172 2344Website: www.wangkamaya.org.au
Yorgum Aboriginal Corporation
Address: 176 Wittenoom Street, East Perth WA 6004Mailing Address:PO Box 236 Northbridge 6854Website: www.yorgum.org.au
Central Desert Native Title Services
Address: 76 Wittenoom Street, East Perth WA 6004Phone: 1800 189 936; 61 8 9425 2000Fax: 61 8 9425 2001Email: reception@centraldesert.org.auWebsite: www.centraldesert.org.au
Goldfields Land and Sea Council
Address: Level 4, 251 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000Mailing Address: PO Box 7206, Cloisters Square, Perth WA 6850Phone: 61 8 9263 8700;Fax: 61 8 9218 9449Email: reception@glc.com.auWebsite: www.glsc.com.au
Kimberley Land Council
Address: 11 Gregory Street, Broome WA 6725Mailing Address: PO Box 2145, Broome WA 6725Phone: 61 8 9194 0100Fax: 61 8 9193 6279Email: klc@klc.org.auWebsite: www.klc.org.au
South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council
Address: HomeTown Centre, 1490 Albany Highway, Cannington WA 6107Phone: 61 8 9358 7400Fax: 61 8 9358 7499Email: reception1@noongar.org.auWebsite: www.noongar.org.au
Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC)
Address: Level 8, 12-14 The Esplanade Perth WA 6000Mailing Address: PO Box 3072, 249 Hay St East Perth WA 6892Phone: 61 8 9268 7000Fax: 61 8 9225 4633Website: www.ymac.org.au
For copies of births, deaths and marriage certificates
Address: Level 10, 141 St Georges Terrace, PERTH WA 6000Phone: 1300 305 021Website: www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au
For matters concerning divorce and child custody (post 1976)
Address: Level 1, 150 Terrace Road, Perth WA 6000Mailing Address: GPO Box 9991, Perth WA 6848Phone: 61 8 9224 8222Fax: 61 8 9224 8360Website: www.familycourt.wa.gov.au
For records of recent convictions in a Magistrate’s Court
Address: International House, 26 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000Phone: 61 8 9425 2222Website: www.courts.dotag.wa.gov.au
For records of wills (post 1947)
Address: Level 11, David Malcolm Justice Centre, 28 Barrack Street, Perth WA 6000Phone: 61 8 9421 5333Fax: 61 8 9421 5353Website: www.supremecourt.wa.gov.au
For copies of high school certificates (Years 10 - 12)
Address: 303 Sevenoaks Street, Cannington WA 6107Mailing Address: PO Box 816 Cannington WA 6987Phone: 61 8 9273 6300Fax: 61 8 9273 6301Email: info@scsa.wa.edu.auWebsite: http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/
ACT Heritage Library
Address: Level 1, Woden Library, Corinna Street, Phillip ACT 2606Mailing Address:GPO Box 158, Canberra City ACT 2601Phone: 61 2 6207 5163Website: www.library.act.gov.au/find/history
ACT Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
Address: Level 8, 11 Moore Street, Canberra ACT 2601Phone: 61 2 6207 9784Email: oatsia@act.gov.auWebsite: www.communityservices.act.gov.au/atsiaGuide:www.communityservices.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/394385/CSD_GSR_web.pdf
Archives ACT
Address: GPO Box 158, Canberra ACT 2601Phone: 61 2 6207 5726Fax: 61 2 6207 5835Email: archives@act.gov.auWebsite: www.archives.act.gov.au
Canberra and District Historical Society Inc.
Address: PO Box 315, Curtin ACT 2605Phone: 61 2 6281 2929Email: admin@canberrahistory.org.auWebsite: www.canberrahistory.org.au
Find and Connect Support Service ACT
Address: 15 Napier Close, Deakin ACT 2600Phone: 61 2 6122 7100Freecall: 1800 16 11 09Website: www.findandconnect.gov.au/contact/act/
Office of Regulatory Services – Births, Deaths and Marriages
Address: 255 Canberra Avenue, Fyshwick ACT 2609Mailing Address: PO Box 158, Canberra City ACT 2601Phone: 61 2 6207 3000Email: bdm@act.gov.auWebsite: www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/18
Post Adoption Resource Centre – Benevolent Society
Address: Level 1, 188 Oxford Street, Paddington NSW 2021Phone: 61 2 8262 3400Email: parc@bensoc.asn.auWebsite: www.benevolent.org.au/connect/post--adoption--support--home
Adoption and Permanent Care Services Unit – Family and Community Services
Address: 4-6 Cavill Avenue, Ashfield NSW 2131Phone: 61 2 9716 3000Email: adoption@community.nsw.gov.auWebsite: www.community.nsw.gov.au/parents,-carers-and-families/fostering,-guardianship-and-adoption/adoption
Family Records Unit – Aboriginal Affairs
Address: Level 13, Tower B, Centennial Plaza, 300 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010Freecall: 1800 019 998Phone: 61 2 9219 0700Fax: 61 2 9219 0790Email: familyhistory@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.auWebsite: www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/healing-and-reparations/family-records-service
Find and Connect Support Service New South Wales – Wattle Place
Address: 67 High Street, Harris Park NSW 2150Freecall: 1800 161 109 or 1800 663 844Email: wattleplace@ransw.org.auWebsite: www.findandconnect.gov.au/contact/new-south-wales/
Link-Up New South Wales Aboriginal Corporation
Address: Lot 4, 2 Central Place, Ropes Crossing NSW 2760Mailing Address: PO Box 185, St Marys NSW 2760Freecall: 1800 624 332Phone: 61 2 9421 4700Fax: 61 2 9673 4740Email: linkup@nsw.link-up.org.auWebsite: www.linkupnsw.org.au
National Archives of Australia (Sydney)
Address: 120 Miller Road, Chester Hill NSW 2162Mailing Address: Locked Bag 4, Chester Hill NSW 2162Phone: 61 2 9782 4900Fax: 61 2 9782 4999
Noel Butlin Archives Centre
Address: ANU Archives, Menzies Building, 2 Fellows Road, Acton ACT 2601Phone: 61 2 6125 2219Email: butlin.archives@anu.edu.auWebsite: www.archives.anu.edu.au/collections
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (NSW)
Address: 35 Regent Street, Chippendale NSW 2008Mailing Address: GPO Box 30, Sydney NSW 2001Phone: 13 77 88Email: bdm-familyhistory@agd.nsw.gov.auWebsite: www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Pages/family-history-research/family-history-research-nsw.aspx
State Library of New South Wales
Address: Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000Phone: 61 2 9273 1414Fax: 61 2 9273 1255Email: info.koori@sl.nsw.gov.auWebsite: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/indigenouswww.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/family_history
State Records NSW
Address: 143 O’Connell Street, Kingswood NSW 2747Mailing Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747Phone: 61 2 9673 1788Fax: 61 2 9833 4518 Email: info@records.nsw.gov.auWebsite: www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research
Find and Connect Support Services Northern Territory – Relationships Australia NT
Freecall: 1800 16 11 09Email: reception@ra-nt.org.au (Darwin); receptionas@ra-nt.org.au (Alice Springs) Website: www.findandconnect.gov.au/contact/northern-territory
Link-Up Northern Territory – Northern Territory Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation (NTSGAC)
Address: Suite A, Ground Floor, Building 3, Cascom Centre, 13-17 Scaturchio Street, Casuarina NT 0811Mailing Address: PO Box 43372, Casuarina NT 0811Phone: 61 8 8947 9171 Fax: 61 8 8947 9173Website: www.ntsgac.org.au
National Archives of Australia (Darwin)
Address: Northern Territory Archives Centre, Kelsey Crescent, Millner NT 0810Mailing Address: PO Box 24, Nightcliff NT 0814Phone: 61 8 8999 6890Fax: 61 8 8999 6905
Northern Territory Archives Service
Address: Northern Territory Archives Centre, Kelsey Crescent, Millner NT 0810Mailing Address: GPO Box 874, Darwin NT 0801Phone: 61 8 8924 7677Fax: 61 8 8924 7660Email: ntac@nt.gov.auWebsite: nt.gov.au/leisure/arts-culture-heritage/libraries-and-records/search-the-nt-archives
Northern Territory Library
Address: Parliament House, cnr Bennett and Mitchell Streets, Darwin NT 0800Mailing Address: GPO Box 42, Darwin NT 0801Freecall: 1800 019 155Phone: 61 8 8999 7177Email: ntl.info@nt.gov.auWebsite: ntl.nt.gov.au
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Email: agd.registrargeneral@nt.gov.au Website: www.bdm.nt.gov.au
Tennant Creek Office
Address: Tennant Creek Courthouse, Paterson Street, Tennant Creek NT 0860Mailing Address: PO Box 84, Tennant Creek NT 0861Phone: 61 8 8962 4377Fax: 61 8 8962 4375
Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships – Community and Personal Histories
Address: Level 6A, Neville Bonner Building, 75 William Street, Brisbane QLD 4000Mailing Address: PO Box 15397, City East QLD 4002Freecall: 1800 650 230Email: enquiries@datsip.qld.gov.auWebsite: www.datsip.qld.gov.au/people-communities/aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-family-history
Find and Connect Support Service Queensland – Lotus Place
Address: 46 Cleveland Street, Stones Corner QLD 4120Mailing Address: PO Box 3449, South Brisbane QLD 4101Freecall: 1800 161 109Phone: 61 7 3347 8500Email: lotus@micahprojects.org.auWebsite: www.lotusplace.org.au
Link-Up Queensland
Freecall: 1800 200 855Email: contact@link-upqld.org.auWebsite: www.link-upqld.org.auBrisbane OfficeAddress: 3-5 Reid Street, Woolloongabba QLD 4102Mailing Address: PO Box 3229, South Brisbane, Queensland QLD 4101Phone: 61 7 3034 8444 Cairns OfficeAddress: 18 Scott Street, Parramatta Park QLD 4870Mailing Address: PO Box 298, Bungalow QLD 4870Phone: 61 7 4041 7403 Townsville OfficeAddress: Relationships Australia, 745 Riverway Drive, Thuringowa QLD 4817 or PO Box 247, Thuringowa QLD 4817Phone: 0410 639 645Mount Isa OfficeAddress: 2/52 Miles Street, Mt Isa QLD 4825Mailing Address: PO Box 296, Mt Isa DC QLD 4825Phone: 0417 097 322
National Archives Australia (Brisbane)
Address: 16 Corporate Drive, Cannon Hill QLD 4170Mailing Address: PO Box 552, Cannon Hill QLD 4170Phone: 61 7 3249 4200Fax: 61 7 3249 4299
Address: Level 1, 188 Oxford Street, Paddington NSW 2021Phone: 61 2 8262 2400Email: parc@bensoc.asn.auWebsite: www.benevolent.org.au/connect/post--adoption--support--home
Queensland State Archives
Address: 435 Compton Road, Runcorn QLD 4113Mailing Address: PO Box 1397, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109Phone: 61 7 3131 7777Fax: 61 7 3131 7764 Email: info@archives.qld.gov.auOnline form: www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Runcorn/Pages/Enquiries.aspxWebsite: http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Resources/Pages/Indigenous.aspxwww.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Resources/FamilyHistory/Pages/Default.aspx
Address: 110 George Street, Brisbane QLD 4000Mailing Address: PO Box 15188, City East QLD 4002Freecall: 1300 366 430Email: bdm-mail@justice.qld.gov.auWebsite: www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research
State Library of Queensland
Address: Cultural Precinct, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane QLD 4101Mailing Address: PO Box 3488, South Brisbane QLD 4101Phone: 61 7 3840 7775Fax: 61 7 3840 9126Website: www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/family-historywww.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/atsi
Adoption and Family Information Service – Department for Families and Communities
Address: Level 7, 108 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000Mailing Address: GPO Box 1152, Adelaide SA 5001Phone: 61 8 8207 0060Email: adoptions@sa.gov.auWebsite: www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/adoption
Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration Office – Office of Consumer and Business Affairs
Address: Consumer and Business Services, Adelaide SA 5001Mailing Address: GPO Box 1719, Adelaide SA 5001Phone: 131 882Website: https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/family-and-community/births-deaths-and-marriages/family-research
Link-Up South Australia – Nunkuwarrin Yunti
Website: http://nunku.org.au/our-services/social-emotional/link-up/Adelaide OfficeAddress: 182-190 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000Phone: 61 8 8406 1600Fax: 61 8 8232 0949Elizabeth Downs OfficeAddress: 28-30 Brady Street, Elizabeth Downs SA 5113Phone: 61 8 8254 5300Fax: 61 8 8254 9182
National Archives of Australia (Adelaide)
Address: Adelaide Reading Room (in the State Library of South Australia building), Corner North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide SA 5000Mailing Address: GPO Box 9868, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: 61 8 8204 8787
South Australian Museum – Family and Community History Consultant
Phone: 61 8 8207 7500Email: archives@samuseum.sa.gov.auWebsite: www.samuseum.sa.gov.au
State Library of South Australia
Address: Cnr of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide SA 5001Mailing Address: PO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001Freecall: 1800 182 013 (South Australia only)Phone: 61 8 8207 7250 Fax: 61 8 8207 7307Email: slsainfo@sa.gov.auWebsite: www.slsa.sa.gov.auwww.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=657guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/Aboriginal_FH
State Records of South Australia
Address: GPO Box 464, Adelaide SA 5001Phone: 61 8 8343 6820; 61 8 8343 6800Fax: 61 8 8204 8777Email: srsaAboriginalServices@sa.gov.auWebsite: www.archives.sa.gov.au/content/aboriginal-serviceswww.archives.sa.gov.au/content/family-history
Find and Connect Support Services Tasmania
Address: 20 Clare Street, New Town TAS 7008Freecall: 1800 161 109Phone: 1300 364 277Email: enquiries@reltas.com.auWebsite: www.findandconnect.gov.au
LINC Tasmania
Address: 2nd Floor, 91 Murray Street, Hobart TAS 7000Phone: 61 3 6165 5538Online form: http://sltas.altarama.com/reft100.aspx?key=ResearchWebsite: www.linc.tas.gov.au/archive-heritage/guides-records/Pages/Aboriginal.aspx
National Archives of Australia (Hobart)
Address: 91 Murray Street, Hobart TAS 7000Mailing Address: GPO Box 309, Hobart TAS 7001Phone: 61 3 6165 5607Fax: 61 3 6233 7902
Address: GPO Box 198, Hobart TAS 7001Freecall: 1300 135 513Phone: 61 3 6165 3457Fax: 61 3 6233 6444Email: bdm@justice.tas.gov.auWebsite: www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/researching-family-trees
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre
Website: www.tacinc.com.auHobart OfficeAddress: 198 Elizabeth Street, Hobart TAS 7001Mailing Address: GPO Box 569, Hobart TAS 7001Phone: 61 3 6234 0700Fax: 61 3 6234 0799Email: hobart@tacinc.com.au Launceston Office Address: 182 Charles Street, Launceston TAS 7250PO Box 531, Launceston TAS 7250Phone: 61 3 6332 3800Fax: 61 3 6332 3899Email: launceston@tacinc.com.au Burnie OfficeAddress: 53 Alexander Street, Burnie TAS 7320Mailing Address: PO Box 536, Burnie TAS 7320Phone: 61 3 6431 3289Fax: 61 3 6431 8363Email: burnie@tacinc.com.au
Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria
Address: Ground floor, 595 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3001Mailing Address: GPO Box 5220, Melbourne VIC 3001Freecall: 1300 369 367 (General and family history inquiries)Phone: 61 3 9613 5103 (Koori Access Team)Email: vicbdm@justice.vic.gov.auBDMIndigenousAccess@justice.vic.gov.auWebsite: www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history
Department of Human Services – Family Information Networks and Discovery
Address: Level 20, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000Freecall: 1800 130 225Phone: 61 3 8608 5700Email: findduty@dhs.vic.gov.auWebsite: www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-individuals/applying-for-documents-and-records/adoption-and-family-records/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-family-records
Find and Connect Support Services Victoria – Open Place
Address: Suite 1, 8 Bromham Place, Richmond VIC 3121Freecall: 1800 779 379Phone: 61 3 9421 6162Email: info@openplace.org.auWebsite: www.openplace.org.au
Koorie Heritage Trust Family History Service
Address: Levels 1 and 3, The Yarra Building, Federation Square, Melbourne VIC 3000Phone: 61 3 8662 6329Email: familyhistory@koorieheritagetrust.comWebsite: http://koorieheritagetrust.com.au/koorie-family-history-service/
Link-Up Victoria
Address: 273 High Street, Preston VIC 3072Freecall: 1800 687 662Phone: 61 3 9480 7377Fax: 61 3 9484 5403Email: linkup@vacca.orgWebsite: www.linkupvictoria.org.au
National Archives of Australia (Melbourne)
Address: Victorian Archives Centre, 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051Mailing Address: PO Box 8005, Burwood Heights VIC 3151Phone: 61 3 9348 5600Fax: 61 3 9348 5628Email: koorie.records@prov.vic.gov.auWebsite: http://prov.vic.gov.au/community-programs/koorie-records-unit
State Library of Victoria
Address: 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000Phone: 61 3 8664 7002Online form: www.slv.vic.gov.au/online-inquiry-formWebsite: www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover/family-history-tools-resources
VANISH – Victorian Adoption Network for Information and Self Help
Address: 1st Floor, 50 Howard Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051Mailing Address: PO Box 112, Carlton South VIC 3053Freecall: 1300 826 474Phone: 61 3 9328 8611Fax: 61 3 9329 6527Email: info@vanish.org.auWebsite: www.vanish.org.au
Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. (WAGS)
Address: 6/48 May Street, Bayswater, Western Australia 6053Mailing Address: PO Box 265, Bayswater, Western Australia 6933Phone: 61 8 9271 4311Website: http://membership.wags.org.au/index.php
Ancestry (Online genealogical resource)
Phone: 61 2 8251 9555Email: support@ancestry.com.auWebsite: http://www.ancestry.com.au
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
Address: 51 Lawson Crescent, Acton ACT 2601Mailing Address: GPO Box 553, Canberra ACT 2601Phone: 61 2 6261 4287Freecall: 1800 352 553Fax: 61 2 6261 4285Email: familyhistory@aiatsis.gov.auWebsite: aiatsis.gov.au/family-history
Australian War Memorial (AWM)
Address: Treloar Crescent, Campbell ACT 2612Mailing Address: GPO Box 345, Canberra ACT 2601Phone: 61 2 6243 4211Fax: 61 2 6243 4325Email: info@awm.gov.auWebsite: www.awm.gov.au
Department of Child Protection and Family Support (DCPFS)
Address: 189 Royal Street, East Perth WA 6004PO Box 6334, East Perth WA 6892Phone: 61 8 9325 1232Freecall: 1800 622 258 Fax: 61 8 9222 2776Website: www.dcp.wa.gov.au/Pages/Home.aspx
Findmypast
Address: PO Box 101, Stanhope Gardens NSW 2768Phone: 44 20 3326 6300 (direct to office in Britain)Email: support@findmypast.com.auWebsite: www.findmypast.com.au
JS Battye Library (State Library of WA)
Address: 25 Francis Street, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000Phone: 61 8 9427 3111Country: 1800 198 107Fax: 61 8 9427 3256 Email: info@slwa.wa.gov.auWebsite: http://slwa.wa.gov.au/Online catalogue: http://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/;jsessionid=B767ABA339BDC5E81A33580EAD513BD2?lang=eng
National Archives of Australia
Address: 384 Berwick Street, East Victoria Park WA 6101Mailing Address: PO Box 1144, East Victoria Park WA 6981Phone: 61 8 9470 7500Email: ref@naa.gov.auWebsite: www.naa.gov.au
National Library of Australia
Address: Parkes Place, Canberra ACT 2600Phone: 61 2 6262 1111Fax: 61 2 6257 1703Ask a Librarian (online contact form): www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarianWebsite: www.nla.gov.au
Address: Westralia Square, Level 10, 141 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000PO Box 7720, Cloisters Square, Perth WA 6850Freecall: 1300 305 021Fax: 61 8 9264 1599 Website: www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au
Society of Australian Genealogists
Address: ‘Richmond Villa’, 120 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000Phone: 61 2 9247 3953Fax: 61 2 9241 4872Email: info@sag.org.auWebsite: www.sag.org.au
State Records Office of WA
Address: Alexander Library Building, James Street Entrance, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000Phone: 61 8 9427 3600Fax: 61 8 9427 3638Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.auWebsite: http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/
Trove (digitised newspapers)
Address: National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra ACT 2600Website: http://trove.nla.gov.au/Online Contact Form: http://librariesaustraliaref.nla.gov.au/reft100.aspx?pmi=oE2Nw3RoUg#