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Electoral rolls are Australia's census substitute and extremely useful genealogy tools for local, family and social historians. They are one of the best ways to find your family history. The rolls also include women, newly enfranchised in 1902. Australia was the second country in the world to give women the vote.

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This collection contains high quality scanned images of the original records. It's a great tool for finding your family origins. The detail in each elector can vary but most will include the following information:

  • Name
  • Residence
  • Occupation
  • No. on Roll
  • Gender (F for female and M for male)
  • Commonwealth Division
  • State Electoral District
  • Subdivision

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This collection contains New South Wales electoral rolls for 1903, 1913 and 1935. It holds hundreds of thousands of voters who resided in New South Wales at this time and who were entitled (and registered) to vote.

New South Wales 1903 State Electoral Roll

Entries in the 1903 New South Wales State electoral roll are arranged alphabetically by district, as well as by division within the district. Apart from the annual roll, this collection includes the supplementary rolls published for each district.

2 of the 4 volumes are here - with over 3,600 pages and listing approximately 250,000 names. It covers Districts C-G and M-R.

The electoral districts in this collection are:

Camden

Canterbury

Castlereagh

Clarence

Clyde

Cobar

Cootamundra

Corowa

Darling

Darling Harbour

Darlinghurst

Deniliquin

Durham

Glebe

Gordon

Gough

Murrumbidgee

Namoi

Newcastle

Newtown

Northumberland

Orange

Paddington

Parramatta

Petersham

Phillip

Pyrmont

Queanbeyan

Raleigh

Randwick

Redfern

Richmond

Rous

New South Wales 1913 State Electoral Roll

This features volumes 1 - 16 of the New South Wales state electoral roll of 1913. Apart from the main roll, some districts also have supplemental rolls.

The electoral districts in this collection are:

Volume 1 - Albury, Alexandria, Allowrie, Annandale, Armidale, and Ashburnham

Volume 2 - Ashfield, Balmain, Bathurst, Bega, Belmore, and Bingara

Volume 3 - Bondi, Botany, Burrangong, Burwood, Byron, and Camden

Volume 4 - Camperdown, Canterbury, Castlereagh, Cessnock, and Clarence

Volume 5 - Cobar, Cootamundra, Corowa, Darling Harbour, Darlinghurst, and Drummoyne

Volume 6 - Dulwich Hill, Durham, Enmore, Glebe, and Gloucester

Volume 7 - Gordon, Gough, Goulburn, Granville, and Gwydir

Volume 8 - Hartley, Hastings and Macleay, Hawkesbury, Hurstville, Kahibah, and King

Volume 9 - Lachlan, Leichhardt, Lismore, Liverpool Plains, and Lyndhurst

Volume 10 - Macquarie, Maitland, Marrickville, Middle Harbour, Monaro, and Mosman

Volume 11 - Mudgee, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Namoi, Newcastle, and Newtown

Volume 12 - Orange, Paddington, Parramatta, Petersham, Phillip, and Raleigh

Volume 13 - Randwick, Redfern, Rozelle, Ryde, and Singleton

Volume 14 - St George, St Leonards, Sturt, Surry Hills, Tamworth, and Tenterfield

Volume 15 - Upper Hunter, Wagga Wagga, Wallsend, Waverley, Wickham, and Willoughby

Volume 16 - Willyama, Wollondilly, Wollongong, Woollahra, and Yass

New South Wales 1935 Commonwealth Electoral Roll

This offers the details of tens of thousands of voters who resided in New South Wales at this time, and who were entitled (and registered) to vote. Entries are alphabetically indexed within each subdivision.

The electoral districts and the sub-divisions in this collection are:

Barton – Bexley, Hurstville, Kogarah, Kogarah North, Oatley, Peakhurst, Ramsgate, and Rockdale

Cook – Alexandria, Botany, Camdenville, Erskineville, Mascot, Newtown, La Perouse, Redfern, Rosebery, St Peters, Tempe and Waterloo.

Cowper – Bellingen, Bulahdelah, Chatsworth Island, Coff’s Harbour, Copmanhurst, Dorrigo, Forster, Glenreagh, Grafton, Grafton South, Kempsey, Kempsey East, Kendall, Macksville, Maclean, Port Macquarie, Smithtown, Taree, Tinonee, Ulmarra, Wauchope, and Wingham.

Dalley – Annandale, Annandale South, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt, Leichhardt East, Lewisham, Lilyfield, Marrickville, Newington, and Petersham.

Darling – Balranald, Booligal, Bourke, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Broken Hill North, Broken Hill South, Carinda, Cobar, Coonamble, Dubbo, Eauabalong, Gilgandra, Gulargambone, Hay, Ivanhoe, Louth, Menindee, Milparinka, Moulamein, Narromine, Nyngan, Pooncarie, Silverton, Torrowangee, Tottenham, Warren, Wentworth, White Cliffs, and Wilcannia.

East Sydney – Darlinghurst, Darlinghurst West, Foveaux, Glenmore, King, Nithsdale, Paddington, Surry Hills, and Woollahra West.

Hume – Adelong, Albury, Binalong, Boorowa, Bowna, Cootamundra, Culcairn, Gundagai, Harden, Holbrook, Howlong, Lockhart, Tarcutta, The Rock, Tooma, Tumbarumba, Tumut, Wagga Wagga, Walbundrie, Yass, and Young.

Lang – Arncliffe, Belmore, Campsie, Earlwood, Harcourt, Kingsgrove, Lakemba, Marrickville South, and Punchbowl.

Parkes – Ashbury, Ashfield, Ashfield West, Burwood, Croydon Park, Enfield, Marrickville West, Strathfield, and Summer Hill.

Parramatta – Beecroft, Epping, Gordon, Parramatta, Parramatta North, Ryde, Ryde West, Turramurra, and Waitara.

Reid – Auburn, Auburn North, Bankstown, Bankstown North, Flemington, Granville, Homebush, Lidcombe, and Merrylands.

Richmond – Acacia Creek, Ballina, Byron Bay, Casino, Deepwater, Drake, Eltham, Glen Innes, Kyogle, Lismore, Mullumbimby, Murwillumbah, Nimbin, Tenterfield, Tweeds Heads, and Woodburn.

Riverina – Ardlethan, Barmedman, Berrigan, Cargelligo, Carrathool, Coolamon, Corowa, Deniliquin, Griffith, Hillston, Jerilderie, Junee, Leeton, Moama, Mulwala, Narrandera, North Wagga Wagga, Temora, Urana, and West Wyalong.

Robertson – Branxton, Broke, Castle Hill, Dora Creek, Dural, Gosford, Hornsby, Jerry’s Plains, Rylstone, Seven Hills, Singleton, Smithfield, Teralba, Wiseman’s Ferry, Wollombi, and Wyong.

Warringah – Balgowlah, Camaray, Manly, Mosman, Narrabeen, and Neutral Bay.

Watson – Centennial Park, Clovelly, Coogee, Kensington, Maroubra, Maroubra North, Randwick, Randwick East, Randwick North, and Waverley South.

Wentworth – Bellevue Hill, Bondi, Bondi North, Bronte, Rose Bay, Vaucluse, Waverley, and Woollahra.

Werriwa – Camden, Campbelltown, Dapto, Helensburgh, Ingleburn, Kembla, Liverpool, Mittagong, Picton, Sutherland, Thirroul, Waterfall Sanatorium, Wollongong, and Woonona.

West Sydney – Balmain, Balmain East, Camperdown, Darling Harbour, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Golden Grove, Kentville, Kingston, Macdonaldtown, Phillip, Pyrmont, Rozelle, and Toxteth.

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