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Find Your Family

All the state and territory governments have systems to help you begin to Find Your Family. So the Find My Family team has prepared a list of those departments for you, showing the states and territories in alphabetical order.

Once you have the basic information, it's much quicker for the Find My Family team to begin to trace your relatives.

There are also non-government organisations in each state who can guide, advise, or counsel you about searching for your family. But apart from the Salvation Army, most of those organisations won't search on your behalf.

The organisations listed below are completely independent and in no way affiliated with Channel 7 and 'Find My Family'.

Government

Australian Capital Territory

Adoptions and Permanent Care Unit
Office of Children, Youth and Family Support
11 Moore Street
Canberra City, Australian Capital Territory 2601
Ph: (02) 62071335
Fax: (02) 62078888
Email: adoptions@act.gov.au
Website: www.dhcs.act.gov.au

Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Ph: (02) 6207 0460
Website: www.ors.gov.au

New South Wales

Department of Community Services
Adoption Information Unit (NSW)
Ph: 1300 799 023
Email: adoption@community.nsw.gov.au
Website: www.community.nsw.gov.au

Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (NSW)
Ph: 1300 655 236
Website: www.bdm.nsw.gov.au

Northern Territory

Family and Children’s Support Unit
PO Box 40596
Casuarina, Northern Territory 0811
Ph: (08) 8922 7077
Fax: (08) 8922 7480
Email: adoptions.ths@nt.gov.au
Website: www.health.nt.gov.au

NT Births, Deaths and Marriages
Ph: (08) 8999 6119
Website: www.nt.gov.au/justice/bdm/index.shtml

Queensland

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
110 George Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
PO Box 15188
City East QLD 4002
Ph: 1300 366 430
Website: www.justice.qld.gov.au/16.htm

Adoption Services Queensland
1st Floor, 111 George Street
GPO Box 806
Brisbane Queensland 4001
Ph: (07) 3224 7415
Ph: 1800 647 983 (Outside Brisbane)
Fax: (07) 3210 0350
Email: asq@childsafety.qld.gov.au
Website: www.childsafety.qld.gov.au/adoption

South Australia

Adoption & Family Information Service
Department for Families and Communities
GPO Box 292, Adelaide SA 5001
Ph: (08) 8207 0060
Website: www.adoptions.sa.gov.au

The Office of Consumer & Business Affairs (SA)
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Office
Level 2 Chesser House
No 91-97 Grenfell St
Adelaide SA 5000
Ph: (08) 8204 9599
Website: www.ocba.sa.gov.au/bdm

Tasmania

Department of Health and Human Services
Adoption Services
90 Davey Street
Hobart, Tasmania 7000
GPO Box 538, Hobart, Tas 7001
Ph: (03) 6222 7373
Fax: (03) 6223 1343
Email: adoptions@dhhs.tas.gov.au
Website: www.dhhs.tas.gov.au

Tasmanian Births, Deaths and Marriages
Website: www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm
Ph: 1300 135 513

Victoria

Department of Human Services,
Adoption and Family Records Service
Level 20
570 Bourke Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Ph: (03) 8608 5700, 1300 769 926 (Local call cost)
Fax: (03) 8608 5760
Email: afrsduty@dhs.vic.gov.au
Website: www.office-for-children.vic.gov.au

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages – Victoria
Ph: 1300 369 367
Website: www.bdm.vic.gov.au

Western Australia

Department of Child Protection
Past Adoption Services
PO Box 6334
East Perth, Western Australia 6892
Ph: (08) 9222 2555
Fax: (08) 9222 2581
Free Call: 1800 622 258
Email: adoptions@dcp.wa.gov.au
Website: www.community.wa.gov.au/DCP/

WA Births, Deaths and Marriages
Ph: 1300 305 021
Website: www.justice.wa.gov.au/b/birthsdeathsandmarriages.aspx

Non-Government

National

The Salvation Army Tracing Service
Please note: The Salvation Army Tracing Service can only search for family members over the age of 18.
http://salvos.org.au/need-help/family-tracing/?furl=familytracing

NSW/ACT: (02) 9211 0277
QLD: (07) 3232 5544
VIC: (03) 8878 4795
NT: (08) 8927 6499
TAS: (03) 6278 7184
SA: (08) 8408 6950
WA: (08) 9227 7010

The Benevolent Society's Post Adoption Resource Centre (PARC)
Phone: (02) 9365 3444/1300 659 814
Website: www.bensoc.org.au/parc
Email: parc@bensoc.org.au

CLAN Care Leavers of Australia Network
CLAN is a national support and advocacy network for people who grew up in the 500 plus orphanages / Homes Australia once had and also foster care.
CLAN is not a search agency.
Street address: Shop 1, 359 Chapel Rd.Bankstown NSW 2200
Mail address: PO Box 164, Georges Hall NSW 2198
Toll free: 1800 008 774
Phone: (02) 9709 4520/0425 204 747
Website: www.clan.org.au
Email: support@clan.org.au

ICASN: Inter-Country Adoptee Support Network
www.icasn.org/

Queensland

Jigsaw Queensland
PO Box 912, New Farm, QLD 4005
Ph: (07) 3358 6666 (WEDS/THURS 10am to 2pm)
Website: www.jigsawqueensland.com

South Australia

Post Adoption Support Services
Relationships Australia, South Australia
49a Orsmond St Hindmarsh SA
Ph: (08) 8245 8100
Email: passinfo@rasa.org.au
Website: www.rasa.org.au

Association Representing Mothers Separated From Their Children By Adoption (SA) Inc
Room 8, Torrens Building
220 Victoria Square
Adelaide, SA 5000
Ph: (08) 8221 6944
Fax: (08) 8221 6977
Freecall: 1800 110800 (SA country only)
Email: arms.sa@bigpond.com
Website: http://users.sa.chariot.net.au/~jamiro/arms/

Victoria

Vanish Inc (Victorian Adoption Network for Information and Self Help)
3rd Floor, 100 Franklin Street, Melbourne
Postal address, P.O. Box 112, Carlton South 3053
Ph: (03) 9328 8611
Fax: (03) 9329 1572
Email: info@vanish.org.au
Website: www.vanish.org.au

Association of Relinquishing Mothers (Vic) Inc,
ARMS,
20 Beau Vorno Avenue,
Keysborough, Vic 3173
Telephone: 03 97690232
or email: otney@primus.com.au (Alison)

Western Australia

Adoption Jigsaw
(08) 9388 1922
Email: jigsaw@jigsaw.org.au
Website: www.jigsaw.org.au

Adoption Research & Counselling Service (ARCS)
38 Queens Crescent, P.O. Box 187
Mt Lawley, West Australia 6929
Ph: 08 9370 4914
Email: arcs@adoptionwa.org.au
Website: www.adoptionwa.org.au