Western Australian civil register

The civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths in Western Australia was established in 1841 by the 9th act of parliament: An Act to provide for the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in the Colony of Western Australia.

Population of Western Australia

Year	Population	Sources
1839	2154	Second Report
1842	3475	Second Report

Annual reports

2nd

1843, September 30: Second Annual Report of Births, Marriage, and Deaths. Inquirer 1843, October 11, p. 4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65583495

1. Deficiency in the first year was considerable; things have improved in the second.

   Relying on cooperation of the colonists, for whom it will take time to see the benefits to the scheme.

   Great increase in the number of births registered.

   Only one or two instances of fining people for not registering a birth or death within a month.

   People see the value in proving relationships, with regard to property rights.

   Fremantle separated from Perth and made its own district with a sub-registrar.

Second annual report [1]

	Births			Marriages	Deaths
Districts	Males	Females	Totals		Males	Females	Totals
Perth	22	29	51	20	15	4	19
Fremantle	13	13	26	4	6	1	7
Guildford	10	14	24	7
York	8	8	16	1	1		1
Toodyay	1	2	3	1	3		3
Albany	3	4	7	2	1	1	2
Vasse	6	3	9	1		2	2
Bunbury	5	9	14	6	6	1	7
Pinjarra	5	3	8	2
	73	85	158	44	32	9	41

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