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AU WA S1927
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REGISTER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS - DOWERIN DISTRICT
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- 1910-06-22 - 1963-07-10 (Creation)
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AU WA A245 - REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE
(1957-07-01 - 1999-04-14)
Administrative history
Formerly the Registrar General's and Government Statistician's Office within the Chief Secretary's Department. The two functions were split on 1 July 1957 and the Registrar General's Office was created to operate within the Chief Secretary's Department (until 1983). Civil registration of births, deaths and marriages has been compulsory in Western Australia since 1841.
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AU WA A280 - REGISTRAR GENERAL'S AND GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN'S DEPARTMENT
(1901-01-01 - 1957-06-30)
Administrative history
Previously the Registrar General's Department, it combined with the Government Statisticians Office upon federation in 1901. The Department remained as such, and responsible to the Colonial Secretary's Office and its successor, the Chief Secretary's Department until 1957 when the two functions were split. The Registrar General's office was created to operate as a Division of the Chief Secretary's Department and its successors.
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A register of births and deaths in the Dowerin district maintained by the agent of the Registrar General's Office.
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