Change of name records in Victoria or NSW Australia in approx 1900

[susiee]

I am  trying to find out if    -----changing your name  in Victoria or NSW ----  from about 1895  to 1910   required any paper work  and where those records would be  .

And

If the Victorian BDM held any  of their own ---- administrative records    for   1889 --1910 ---  and where they would be

[wivenhoe]

What do you mean by administrative records?  What would you hope that they recorded?

Are the two related....change of name....administrative records?

If you have a research matter here it would be useful to describe it, the better for people to advise you.

[Dundee]

Changing your name has never needed any official documentation and still doesn't today.

If anyone did want to go the official route then they would do it by deed poll and those records are held by the BDM registries.  You may also find mentions in newspapers and gazettes change of name but not many people bothered with any of this.

https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/changes-and-corrections/change-a-name/deed-poll

https://nswlrs.com.au/deeds/documents_lodged/change_of_name_-_deed_poll

Debra 

[sparrett]

Answering part one of the query.
No. You can legally call yourself anything you want if it is not for fraudulent or criminal purposes.
Example- many women in de facto relationships will use the surname of their partner for reasons of perceived propriety.  This is not a crime.

Calling yourself by the name of another person and pretending to be that person, is criminal. Immposting.

In times when literacy was not universal, many names were misspelled and they then became permanently the misspelled version. Other circumstances such just not liking your name brought about change.

It would be unlikely that legal steps would be taken through a solicitor for a name change process in early Australia, but I have seen advertisements in the newspapers staing that Mr >>>> will from this time onwards  be known as Mr ......

Sue

EDIT
As Debra says. 

[susiee]

What do you mean by administrative records?  What would you hope that they recorded?

Are the two related....change of name....administrative records?

If you have a research matter here it would be useful to describe it, the better for people to advise you.

Thanks  you .

I     have seen a number of certs lately that have annotations on them  and i presume the registrar  would have  made some record  abput  the actual annotaton and thats what i m looking   for .

[susiee]

Changing your name has never needed any official documentation and still doesn't today.

If anyone did want to go the official route then they would do it by deed poll and those records are held by the BDM registries.  You may also find mentions in newspapers and gazettes change of name but not many people bothered with any of this.

https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/changes-and-corrections/change-a-name/deed-poll

https://nswlrs.com.au/deeds/documents_lodged/change_of_name_-_deed_poll

Debra 

Thanks --  i had though tthat probably was the case .

[susiee]

Answering part one of the query.
No. You can legally call yourself anything you want if it is not for fraudulent or criminal purposes.
Example- many women in de facto relationships will use the surname of their partner for reasons of perceived propriety.  This is not a crime.

Calling yourself by the name of another person and pretending to be that person, is criminal. Immposting.

In times when literacy was not universal, many names were misspelled and they then became permanently the misspelled version. Other circumstances such just not liking your name brought about change.

It would be unlikely that legal steps would be taken through a solicitor for a name change process in early Australia, but I have seen advertisements in the newspapers staing that Mr >>>> will from this time onwards  be known as Mr ......

Sue

EDIT
As Debra says. 

Thanls so  much   .

[stephie_brissie]

My great grandfather changed our family name between 1914 (he enlisted for WW1 with original surname) and 1916 (he marries for a 2nd time under new surname). No official paperwork! When he died in 1929 there were 2 death entries in BDM - one for each surname. Hope that helps