Christmas Island, Australia Civil Registration

How to Find the Records

 * 1942-1958 : Christmas Island birth register, 1942-1958; also includes births during Japanese occupation.

Offices to Contact
Under Australian administration, births, deaths and marriages are registered with an office provided by the Western Australian Government.

Historical Background
"Historically, Asian Australians of Chinese, Malay, and Indian descent have collectively formed the majority of the population."

"Britain annexed Christmas Island in 1888." The island was leased to naturalist John Murray and George Clunies-Ross, the owner of the Cocos Islands. In 1949 administration of the island went to the British colony of Singapore. On 1 October 1958, the island became an Australian territory.