It goes without saying that genealogists are after BDM (Birth, Death and Marriage) records, and why wouldn’t we be? They give us all sorts of interesting clues: parents’ names, place of birth, what someone died of, family members as witnesses or informants. Seriously they are truly genealogy gold! One thing everyone who is new to researching Australian records needs to know is that each state has it’s own records, so there is no one-place to search for all Australian BDM records, though there are some partial ones. So while it seems a little annoying that we have to check each states records one-by-one, be thankful that Australia only has six states as opposed to the 48 counties of England, or the 50 US states. 😉 Anyway back Australian records. We are fortunate enough to have access to some indexes and images of Birth, Death, and Marriage records online. ————————————————————————————————————————– BDM RECORDS ONLINE But before getting to them, there’s something else to note, and that is that Australia has privacy rules (I know surprise, surprise!), so you will not find recent records online as they are still covered by the privacy period. Each state has their own rules as to how long, but it tends to be 100 years for births, 50-70 for marriages, and 10-30 years for deaths. So don’t expect to find births or marriages that occurred in the 1970s or later listed yet, and the end date on the links below is when the deaths go until. So first up here’s the records that you can find online, and even better, all of these are FREE: New South Wales 1788-1987 Queensland 1829-1987 South Australia 1842-1972 Tasmania 1803-1933 Victoria 1836-1988 Western Australia 1841-1971 and while these are only...