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This is a copy of what I posted on another thread which shows images of other Australian birth certificates:

Thanks for posting the images.

In looking at the two images from 1955 and 1959 (since those forms should be most similar to a form from 1964) a few things pop out at me:

1. Each has the following information at the top of the form:

- BIRTH in the District of ___ (Bomford doesn’t have this at the top)
- Registered by __ (Bomford doesn’t have this at the top)

2. Each section of the form is numbered (Bomford’s isn’t)

3. Neither have any indication of a price at the top (e.g. 7s. 6d. from Bomford)

4. Verbiage at the bottom near seal is similar on 1955 and 1959 certs but very different on Bomford.

- 1955 says: I, ___ Assistant Government Statist of the State of Victoria, in the Commonwealth of Australia, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of an Entry in a Register of Births kept in this office.

- 1959 says: I, ___ Deputy Registrar General, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of an Entry in a Register of Births kept in the General Registry office...

- 1964 says: I, ___ Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the State of South Australia, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the entry recorded in the Birth Register of this State, Book 44B, Page 5733.

5. Neither the 1955 nor the 1959 copies make any reference to a Book or Page. Both of those documents call it a ‘Register of Births’ while Bomford’s says, ‘Birth Register’

6. Section 10 on both the 1955 and 1959 certs (and Section 7 on the 1999 and 2000 certs) has information pertinent to the Registrar but none have a section for ‘Entered at the District Registry Office’ like Bomford’s does.

Obviously I have no way of knowing if any of these differences mean anything but I had some time to kill at work today.