Australia Project Citation Examples

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This page gives examples of citations for the main Australian sources. You will need to manually amend the citation for a particular source to include the details on the record that you are citing.

For citation generators see Citation Generators for Australian Sources

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Contents 1 General Sources 1.1 Cemeteries 1.2 Ryerson Index 2 Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes 2.1 New South Wales 2.2 Queensland 2.3 South Australia 2.4 Tasmania 2.5 Victoria 2.6 Western Australia 2.7 Australian Capital Territory 2.8 Northern Territory

General Sources

Cemeteries

Find A Grave - An example of a Find A Grave citation: Cut and paste the source citation at the end of the Find A Grave memorial -

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163344957/grace_cecilia-farrow: accessed February 10, 2024), memorial page for Grace Cecilia Thomas Farrow (–), Find a Grave Memorial ID 163344957, citing Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by kish (contributor 48487217).

Then add the Find A Grave template Find A Grave: Memorial #163344957 at the end of the citation above.

BillionGraves - An example of a BillionGraves citation: (https://billiongraves.com/grave/Stella-Mary-Brown-Thomas/95643405 : accessed February 10, 2024), grave of Stella Mary Brown (Thomas), citing Pambula Cemetery, Pambula, New South Wales, Australia. Includes image of headstone.

Ryerson Index

An example of a ryerson index citation: (http://ryersonindex.org/search.php : accessed 10 Feb 2024. Death notice: Peter SZUBANSKI on Saturday, 21 Oct 2006, Aged: 82 at Ringwood Private Hospital. Published Mon, 23 Oct 2006 in the Herald Sun (Melbourne).

Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes

New South Wales

An example of a birth index citation:

Birth NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Varney Parkes, Birth. Registration number: 12295/1859, District: Ryde. Father: James. Mother: Mary. (https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/births : Accessed 25 Apr 2021)

An example of a death index citation:

Death NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Varney Parkes, Death. Registration number: 12295/1859, District: Ryde. Father: James. Mother: Mary. Age: 64. (https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/deaths : Accessed 25 Apr 2021)

An example of a marriage index citation:

Marriage NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Varney Parkes & Mary Jones, Marriage. Registration number: 12295/1859, District: Ryde. (https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/marriages : Accessed 25 Apr 2021)

Queensland

Project Australia > Sources and Citations Examples > Queensland > Birth, Death, Marriage

South Australia

Project Australia > Sources and Citations Examples > South Australia > Civil Registration

Tasmania

Project Australia > Sources and Citations Examples > Tasmania > Birth, Death, Marriage, Baptisms and Burials

Victoria

Project Australia > Sources and Citations Examples > Victoria > Birth, Death, Marriage

Western Australia

Project Australia > Sources and Citations Examples > Western Australia > Birth, Death, Marriage

Australian Capital Territory

Project Australia > Sources and Citations Examples > Australian Capital Territory > ACT BDM

Northern Territory

Project Australia > Sources and Citations Examples > Northern Territory