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Armigerons  Families  -  A  great  South  Australia:
                                                                    The  Principal  Registrar,
                              rnany  details  with  regard  to  ami-
                                                                      G.P.O. Box  1351 H,
                              gerous  families  can  be  obtained
                                                                           Adelaide,
                              from  such  publications  as  Burkes
                              Peerage,  Burkes  Landed  Gentry,
                                                                      South  Australia  5000
                              and Fox Davies'  Armorial  Families.
                                                               Tasmania :
                              Attainder - Absolute deprivation of
                                                                     The Registrar  General,
                              every  civil  right  and  privilege
                                                                       G.P.O. Box 875 J,
                              involving a transmission of  tlie same
                                                                            Hobart.
                              penalty, and a consequent  forfeiture
                                                                           Tas.  7000
                              even  of  Dure blood  and  descent,  as
                              well  as -of  al1  hereditary  claims.
                                                               Victoria :
                              This  was  used  particuarly  in  con-
                                                                      Governrnent  Statist,
                              oection  with  charges  of  treason.  It
                                                                       295 Queen Street,
                              needed  a  special  Act  of  Legislature
                                                                          Melbourne.
                              and  had  to  remain  in  force  untiI
                                                                           Vic.  3000
                              it was revoked  by a sirnilar process.
                                                               Western  Austrafia :
                              Aastraüan Research - Enquirics for
                                                                       Registrar  General,
                              birth,  marriage  and  death  cert3-
                                                                       Oakleigh  Building,
                              cates  should  be  made  in  the  kst
                                                                    22  Sr.  Georges  Terrace,
                              instance to the appropriate authority
                                                                            Perth,
                              in  the  relevant  state.  These  are  as
                                                                          W.A.  6000
                              follows:
                              Australian  Capital  Territory:
                                                                 Fees  for  these  certificates  Vary
                                       The  Registrar.
                              Birth, Death  and  Marriage Registry,
                                                               the equivalent  of  $2  Australian  and
                                         Canberra,
                                                               the  balance,  if  any,  can  îben  be
                                        A.C.T.  2607
                                                               returned.
                                 (For records  after  1930 only)
                                                                 Records  are  available  in  these
                                                               offices from  the year  1856 but prior
                              New  South  Wales:
                                                               to this time a great many additional
                                   The Registrar General,
                                                               records  were  kept for  the  whole  of
                                 Birtlls, Dearhs and  Marriages
                                                               Australia  in Sydney, as it  should  of
                                          Branch,
                                                               course  be  appreciated  tbat  before
                                    Prince  Albert  Road,
                                                               1850 most of  the arrivals to Austra-
                                          Sydney,              witb each  state but  it is safe to send
                                        N.S.W. 2000            lia  were  to  Sydney and  then  immi-
                                                               nrants  travelled  overland  to  the
                              Northern  Territory:             other  States.
                                   The  Registrar  General.      A  great  deal  of  information  can
                                       P.O. Box 367,           be  obtained  from  the  shipphg
                                          Darwin,              records  which  give  details  of  the
                                         N.T. 5794             arriva1 of  immigrants,  their  occupa-
                                                               tion, names of  children and in many
                              Queensland:                      cases  from  where  the  originated.
                                   The  Registrar  General.      These records  are not  kept  at the
                                     Treasury  Buildings,      same  office  that  births  and  deaths
                                       Brisbane.  B7.          are  registered  at  but  enquiries
                                      Queensland  4000         should be sent initially to one of  the
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