--- title: Tasmanian deaths index, 1803 to 1939 resource: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/ publisher: Libraries Tasmania licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2024-11-28 rows: 205806 fields: 27 source: https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/45d78601-0034-4da3-9b69-d277d880ab21/resource/f4825fdb-17a5-47ab-bb4e-6b9b21bfe6b5/download/deaths.xml source_sha256: fa067a1367ec8dcf2c29773cc56fed5185a518e53921257d4790a6a92321fcc6 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Tasmanian deaths index, 1803 to 1939 More than 205,000 death and burial records for Tasmania from 1803 to 1939 from the Tasmanian Names Index, one row per record, with name, date, age, gender and place of registration. Published by Libraries Tasmania under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Libraries Tasmania has not endorsed this site. Also called: Tasmanian Names Index deaths, Tasmanian Deaths 1803-1939, Tasmania death index, Tasmanian burial records. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/v/2024-11-28/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/latest/data.csv (59 MB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/latest/data.xlsx (12 MB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/latest/data.json (138 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/latest/data.parquet (4.4 MB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/latest/data.sqlite (62 MB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/latest/data.duckdb (10 MB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/latest/data.ndjson (138 MB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/latest/data.arrow (8.0 MB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/latest/data.csv.gz (5.4 MB) Pinned version 2024-11-28: `https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/v/2024-11-28/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-deaths-1803-1939/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-deaths-1803-1939/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-deaths-1803-1939/rows?reg_place=neq.Not%20stated&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-deaths-1803-1939/aggregate?group=reg_place&metric=count®_place=neq.Not%20stated Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `record_id` | integer | @id | The publisher's number for the record in the Tasmanian Names Index. | | `record_url` | string | RECORD_URL | | | `name` | string | NAME | Surname, then given names. A second name the record gives follows a vertical bar. | | `year` | string | YEAR | The year of death or burial as the index gives it. A few records give two. | | `death_date` | string | DEATH_DATE | As the source gives it, which may be a full date, a month and year, or a year. | | `age` | string | AGE | As recorded, which may be in years or a phrase. | | `gender` | string | GENDER | | | `reg_place` | string | REG_PLACE | | | `reg_year` | string | REG_YEAR | | | `burial_date` | string | BURIAL_DATE | | | `property` | string | PROPERTY | | | `property_index` | string | PROPERTY_INDEX | | | `where_died` | string | WHERE_DIED | | | `desc` | string | DESC | | | `desc_sr` | string | DESC_SR | | | `remarks` | string | REMARKS | | | `father` | string | FATHER | | | `mother` | string | MOTHER | | | `spouse` | string | SPOUSE | | | `name_see_also` | string | NAME_SEE_ALSO | | | `name_see_also_sp` | string | NAME_SEE_ALSO_SP | | | `name_rank` | string | NAME_RANK | | | `ship` | string | SHIP | | | `ship_native_place` | string | SHIP_NATIVE_PLACE | | | `admiss_date` | string | ADMISS_DATE | | | `birth_date` | string | BIRTH_DATE | | | `will_no` | string | WILL_NO | | Key: `record_id`. ## Versions - 2024-11-28: 205806 rows, 27 fields, sha256 fa067a1367ec. https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/v/2024-11-28/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Historic death index, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-historic-death-index/) (ACT) - [Historic marriage index, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-historic-marriage-index/) (ACT) - [Obituaries index, State Library of Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-slwa-obituaries-index/) (WA) - [Popular baby names by year and sex, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-popular-baby-names/) (NSW) - [Top three names registered for girls by council area, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-female/) (NSW) - [Top three names registered for boys by council area, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-top-baby-names-by-lga-male/) (NSW) - [Registered deaths by method of disposal each month, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-bdm-disposal-methods-monthly/) (NSW) - [Top 100 baby names by year, Queensland, 1960 to 2005](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-top-baby-names-1960-2005/) (Qld) - [Registrable life events by financial year, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-registered-events-by-financial-year/) (Vic) - [Birth, death and marriage registrations by month, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-bdm-registrations/) (ACT) - [Births, deaths and marriages registered each month, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-bdm-registrations-monthly/) (NSW) - [Deaths registered by suburb, Queensland, latest year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-deaths-by-suburb/) (Qld) ## Attribution and citation Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Government, Tasmanian Deaths (1803-1939), https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/tasmanian-deaths-1803-1939, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Government, Tasmanian Deaths (1803-1939), https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/tasmanian-deaths-1803-1939, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/v/2024-11-28/ Harvard: Libraries Tasmania (2024) Tasmanian deaths index, 1803 to 1939, version 2024-11-28 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/v/2024-11-28/ Markdown: Data: [Tasmanian deaths index, 1803 to 1939](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/tasmanian-deaths-1803-1939), Libraries Tasmania, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/v/2024-11-28/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Tasmanian deaths index as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/v/2024-11-28/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Tasmanian deaths index in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/v/2024-11-28/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 205,806 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/tas-deaths-1803-1939/v/2024-11-28/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Tasmanian deaths index cover? The current version covers the years since 1803. Each release from Libraries Tasmania becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Tasmanian deaths index updated? Libraries Tasmania no longer updates it. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Tasmanian deaths index commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Tasmanian deaths index? No. The publisher is Libraries Tasmania, and its page is https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/tasmanian-deaths-1803-1939. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xml with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What is in each row? One record from the deaths and burials part of the Tasmanian Names Index, with the person's name, the year and date of death or burial, the age, gender, place and year of registration, and the names of parents or spouse where the source gives them. Each row links to the record on the Libraries Tasmania site. ### Why do some cells hold two values? Where a record names a person more than once, or gives two years, the values are kept in the publisher's order and joined with a vertical bar. ### Where are the links to the scanned pages? The publisher's file nests the archive reference and the address of the scanned page inside each record. They are not carried here. The record address in each row leads to the same record on the Libraries Tasmania site, which shows the scanned page. ### Is it complete? The publisher describes it as people who died in Tasmania including some burial records, with burials for 1900 to 1939 only. Some records were compiled by the Tasmanian Family History Society, and the remarks say so on those rows. The series is closed. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.xml`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/tas-deaths-1803-1939.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/tas-deaths-1803-1939.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.