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Tasmania - Legislation

An Act For Registering Births, Deaths And Marriages In The Island Of Van Diemen's Land And Its Dependencies 1838 (1838 - 1890)

From
1838
To
1890
Categories
Principal Act
Website
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/num_act/aafrbdamitiovdlaid2vn8865/

An Act For Registering Births, Deaths And Marriages In The Island Of Van Diemen's Land And Its Dependencies made the registration of births, deaths and marriages compulsory. It established the first Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Tasmania.

Details

Tasmania was the first colony to have this Act. It was passed just two years after the British one.

Publications

Books

  • Wettenhall, RL, A Guide to Tasmanian Government Administration, Platypus Publications, Hobart, 1968, 206 pp. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Wettenhall, RL, A Guide to Tasmanian Government Administration, Platypus Publications, Hobart, 1968, 206 pp.

Prepared by: Caroline Evans