Apostille in Australia

Australia lodged its Instrument of Accession to The Hague Convention abolishing the requirement for Legalisation of Foreign Public Documents on 9 August 1994. Accession came into force for Australia on 16 March 1995. The apostille is placed either on the back of the document by a rubber stamp or computer generated image or, where there are several pages, these are bound and the apostille is placed on a covering sheet.

Documents include Birth, death and marriage certificates, decrees nisi and educational documents. The fee is 60 AUD.

Please contact the following offices:

Head office
http://www.dfat.gov.au/

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Consular Branch,
R G Casey Building
John McEwen Crescent
Barton  ACT  0221 
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61-2-62611111  
Fax: +61-2-62612820

New South Wales Regional Office
www.dfat.gov.au/sydney

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Level 10, Angel Place
123 Pitt Street
Sydney  NSW  2000
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61-2-93566222  
Fax: +61-2-93564238

Accepts payment by Bankcard (Australia only), MasterCard, Visa

Northern Territory Regional Office          

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
5th Floor, Northern Territory House
22 Mitchell Street
Darwin  NT  0800 
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61-8-89824199  
Fax: +61-8-89824155

Accepts payment by Bankcard (Australia only), MasterCard, Visa

Queensland Regional Office

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
4th Floor, Commonwealth Government Centre
295 Ann Street
Brisbane  QLD  4000 
AUSTRALIA 
Tel: +61-7-34054799  
Fax: +61-7-34054782

South Australian Regional Office

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
5th Floor, Commonwealth Centre
55 Currie Street
Adelaide  SA  5000 
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61-8-84034899  
Fax: +61-8-84034873

Accepts payment by Bankcard (Australia only),Visa, MasterCard

Tasmanian Regional Office

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
4th Floor, 25 Argyle Street
Hobart  TAS  7000 
AUSTRALIA 

Tel: +61-3-62384099  
Fax: +61-3-62384022

Victorian Regional Office
http://www.dfatmelb.gov.au/

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Level 14, Casselden Place
2 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne  VIC  3000
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61-3-92215555  
Fax: +61-3-92215455

Accepts payment by Bankcard (Australia only), Visa, MasterCard

Western Australian Regional Office

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Level 17, Exchange Plaza
Sherwood Court
Perth  WA  6000 
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61-8-92314499

Accepts payment by Bankcard (Australia only), Visa, MasterCard