
On the 13th of March 1912, Tasmania ceased maintaining a separate State electoral roll in favour of a joint roll produced by the Commonwealth.
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You can access historical Tasmanian electoral rolls in the Library online, in microform and print formats. Please contact the AEC (Australian Electoral Commission) regarding current electoral rolls.
Online access to Tasmanian electoral rolls is provided through two eResources:
These can be accessed in the National Library of Australia building.
Tasmanian electoral rolls on microfilm are available for the following years in our cabinet drawer marked 'Tasmania 1':
Tasmanian electoral rolls on microfiche are available from 1914 in the general electoral rolls microfiche cabinet:
The Library holds many of the original printed Tasmanian 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 Tasmanian electoral rolls in the Library's catalogue using the following exact terms, including quotation marks, in a search:
"voting registers - tasmania - periodicals"
On the 13th of March 1912, Tasmania ceased maintaining a separate State electoral roll in favour of a joint roll produced by the Commonwealth.
Electoral rolls microfiche cabinet, Newspapers and Family History zone