3.10 Until 1975 the Registry was part of the Registrar General’s Department. It is now administered within the Attorney General’s Department, having been briefly a part of the Department of Services. The office of Principal Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages was created in 1975 and was held by the respective departmental heads. In 1984 the current Principal Registrar was appointed, the first to have a separate position and be located within the Registry.
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Well, this says a lot.
On Bomford’s cert at the bottom is says: Deputy Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages and it is dated 1964.
How could Douglas Gordon Young work for this office in 1964 when it wasn’t created until 1975.
How could Douglas Gordon Young work for this office in 1964 when it wasn’t created until 1975
Because the Bomford certificate is from SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The quote given here is from NEW SOUTH WALES. They are different states with different state government departments.
Like the United States, Australia is a collection of states with some powers reserved to the states, and some in the hands of the federal government under the Constitution of Australia. Registration of Births is a state level responsibility, handled by state government departments.
Just playing devil's advocate, could it be that South Australia changed methods and terminology 11 years before New South Wales? (Bomford is from South Australis, that info was from New South Wales.
It's like being suprised that Texas doesn't have the same birth certificate format a New York.