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Jenjen
17-01-2008, 3:36 PM
How can I search for people on the census from 1850 onwards?
Thanks Jen

Procat
17-01-2008, 7:57 PM
You can't.

The Australian census were destroyed.

Your alternatives would be BMD records, electoral rolls etc. Each state maintains its own BMD records. Some are on-line for free, some charge and some are not on-line at all:

ACT: http://www.rgo.act.gov.au/bdm.shtml
Western Australia: www.justice.wa.gov.au
New South Wales: http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/
Queensland: http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/16.htm
Victoria: http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/home
South Australia: www.ocba.sa.gov.au/bdm/
Tasmania: www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm

Cyndi's List has quite a few resources listed for Australia.

http://www.cyndislist.com/

If you have an Ancestry subscription a number of Australian Electoral Rolls are now on-line.