Christmas Island, Australia Civil Registration

Online Collections

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

Offices to Contact
Administration Offices Department of Justice CHRISTMAS ISLAND WA 6798

Phone: (08) 9164 7901 Fax: (08) 9164 8530

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

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Level 10, 141 St Georges Terrace PERTH WA 6000 PO Box 7720 Cloisters Square Perth WA 6850

Telephone: 1300 305 021
 * + 61 8 9264 1555 (overseas calls only)

Email: [mailto:bdm@justice.wa.gov.au bdm@justice.wa.gov.au]

Free forms to order certificates are at Forms: Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

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.

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island are part of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories since 1995. This is an administrative unit under the Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development. Each has its own Shire Council: the Shire of Christmas Island and the Shire of Cocos.

Birth Records

 * Name
 * Gender
 * Nationality
 * When born
 * Where born
 * Father's name
 * Father's occupation
 * Father's nationality
 * Father's race
 * Mother's maiden name
 * Mother's race
 * Name of informant