Western Australian civil register
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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.
| 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
- 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.
| 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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