AFHC - Australian Capital Territory addresses for Genealogy

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/

Lawson Crescent
ACTON ACT

GPO Box 553
Canberra ACT 2601

The Family History Unit provides a specialist family history service to indigenous clients.

Contact Senior Family History Officer family@aiatsis.gov.au.
Tel: (02) 6246 1154
Fax: (02) 6261 4287

Australian National University - Noel Butlin Archives Centre

http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/index.php

Ground floor
Menzies Building
Fellows Road
Acton ACT 2601

Mail to:
Menzies Building #2
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200

Records include:

Pastoral records including the books of some of the early pastoral companies.
Records of Tooth's brewery, including the books and photographs of early Australian pubs.
Comprehensive coverage of major (national) trade unions including many membership records.

Australian War Memorial

http://www.awm.gov.au/

GPO Box 345
Canberra ACT 2601

Treloar Crescent
Campbell ACT 2612

Phone: 02 6243 4211

ACT Registrar-General's Office

http://www.rgo.act.gov.au/

255 Canberra Ave
Fyshwick ACT 2609

Postal: PO Box 158
Canberra City ACT 2601

Phone: 02 6207 0460
Fax: 02 6207 0895

Fees: $36 for full certificate, as of September 2008. An extra $5 applies if certificate is to be posted.

See NSW BDMs for records for events that occurred prior to 1930.

Access Policy

For family history purposes, certificates less than a certain age will not be issued. These ages are:

Births: 100 years
Marriages: 60 years
Deaths: 30 years

The Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc.

http://www.hagsoc.org.au/

GPO Box 585
Canberra ACT 2601

Phone: (02) 6282 9356

E-mail: hagsoc@hagsoc.org.au

LDS Family History Centre

List of Family History Centres from the LDS web site.

National Archives of Australia

http://www.naa.gov.au/

National Archives of Australia - Head Office
Queen Victoria Terrace
PARKES ACT 2600

PO Box 7425
CANBERRA BC ACT 2610

Phone: (02) 6212 3900 or 1300 886 881
Fax: (02) 6212 3999 or 1300 886 882

E-mail: archives@naa.gov.au

If you have difficulty downloading the pictures of the original documents that can be found on the NAA web site using their RecordSearch facility, you might find the free program at http://www.cohsoft.com.au/NaaDownload/ useful.

National Library of Australia

http://www.nla.gov.au/

Parkes Place
Parkes ACT 2600

Phone: 02 6262 1266 or 02 6262 1434, TTY 1800 026 372

Fax: 02 6273 5081

Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG)

http://www.dva.gov.au/commem/oawg/wargr.htm