Prior to 1990 Lord Howe Island residents were listed on the roll for the Division of Sydney.
LORD HOWE ISLAND
You can access historical NSW electoral rolls in the Library in online, microfiche and print formats. Please contact the AEC (Australian Electoral Commission) regarding current electoral rolls.
Electoral rolls online
Online access to NSW electoral rolls is provided through two eResources:
- Ancestry (Library Edition) (1930-1980) - Visit the eResources portal, click the Browse eResources tab and search for 'Ancestry'.
- FindMyPast (1903, 1913 & 1935 only) - Visit the eResources portal, click the Browse eResources tab and search for 'Find my past'.
These can be accessed in the National Library of Australia building.
Electoral rolls on microfilm/fiche
New South Wales electoral rolls on microfilm are available for the following years in our microfilm cabinet drawer following the SAG Parish Register collection:
1842-1899
1900
New South Wales electoral rolls on microfiche are available in the general electoral rolls microfiche cabinet:
1842-1864
1903, 1906, 1908, 1909
1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919
1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959
1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Electoral rolls in print
The Library holds many of the original printed NSW electoral rolls which are bound according to year and electoral division. These are not held on open access but must be requested for use via the Library's catalogue. All but the latest year held (2009) are stored offsite at the Library's Hume warehouse. As the rolls are also available on microfiche on open access in the Newspapers and Family History zone it is recommended that these rolls be accessed instead of the print.
You can locate entries for the NSW electoral rolls in the Library's catalogue using the following exact terms, including quotation marks, in a search:
"voting registers - new south wales - periodicals"
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On the 19th of February 1930, New South Wales ceased maintaining a separate State electoral roll in favour of a joint roll produced by the Commonwealth.
