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Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages

NRL season 2023

Choose from 5  NRL  commemorative birth certificates

Now available. Order yours today!

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Make your special day a memorable one

Make your special day a memorable one

Book your wedding today on that special day!

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Bluey commemoratives

Order yours today

Queensland’s most famous heeler pup and her family feature on our Bluey commemorative birth certificate range.

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Register your bub—Our Kids Count

Our kids count

Make sure your bub is registered.

We’re here to help.

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Birth registration

Register bub before they’re 8 weeks old

It’s important—the hospital doesn’t do it for you. Birth registration is free and easy to do.

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Certificates

Find out how to apply for an official or commemorative certificate, or order a replacement.

  • Birth
  • Marriage
  • Civil partnership
  • Change of name
  • Death
  • Correct a certificate
  • Check the status of your certificate order
Order a certificate
Births

Births, surrogacy and adoption records

  • Register a birth
  • Add the father to your child's birth registration
  • Access adoption records
  • Surrogacy
  • Register a parentage or discharge order
  • Note change of sex on your birth certificate
Register a birth
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Register your bub—Our kids count

Learn more about closing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander registration gap.

  • For parents and carers
  • Access to cultural recognition order records
  • For community organisations
  • Community visits
  • Birthing Tree—Artii Nganthi
Find out more

Get married at the Brisbane registry

  • Visit our Brisbane registry gallery
  • How to get married at the Brisbane registry
  • Get a letter of no record of marriage in Queensland
  • Registering your marriage or civil partnership
  • Follow the #brisbaneregistry on Instagram
Book your interview appointment now

Family history research

See what information is available and learn how you can access and order records.

  • How to order historical records
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Changing a name

  • Changing your name
  • Changing your child’s first names before their first birthday or before they turn 18
  • Note a change of name on your birth certificate
  • Changing your family name after marriage, separation or divorce
Change your or your child’s name

Service providers

Create and submit official documents online for birth, death and marriage services.

Find out about being a service provider

Queensland data and statistics

Life events in Queensland:

  • Yearly life event statistics
  • Access to birth, death and marriage data in certain situations
Learn about life event data
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National data

  • National death data
  • Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Australasia
Learn about the Australian Death Check

Additional Information

Contact us

Located at Level 32, 180 Ann Street, Brisbane

Opening hours

Monday–Friday: 8.30am–4.30pm

Public holidays: Closed

Online

General enquiry form

By post

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
PO Box 15188
CITY EAST   QLD  4002

By phone

Local call* 13 QGOV (13 74 68)
International +61 7 3328 4811 (+10 hours UTC)

(Phone lines open Monday–Friday, 8.30am–4.30pm)

*Costs may be higher from mobile phones and interstate.

Interstate and overseas registries

Find contact details to register a life event or buy a certificate for a life event outside Queensland.

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