Find statistics from Australian censuses from 1788 to present
A census records information about a population. The same information is collected at the same time from everyone across a specified area. Information is collected where people live, or where they are staying at the time of the census. To find out more about the types of information that can be found in census records, read Why use census data?
This guide describes why census data is of interest to many kinds of researchers. It explains how to find and use information collected in censuses from 1788 to the present. It also includes information about the history of censuses in Australia.
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Ashton, Julian Rossi, Taking the census, Australasian Sketcher, April 23, 1881.
State Library of Victoria Pictures Collection A/S23/04/81/137.
