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Celebrate with Emma Memma and the Memma Mates
Beloved children’s entertainer Emma Memma loves to share joy with the world through dance, sign, and song. Now you can celebrate a special birth date with Emma Memma and the Memma Mates with a beautiful commemorative birth certificate. In a first, these certificates will use Auslan fingerspelling to spell out the recipient’s name.
There are two beautiful watercolour designs to choose from. The first features a dancing Emma Memma with her fluttery butterflies and a stunning gum blossom tree. The second shows Emma Memma, her bestie Elvin Melvin and their furry friends having a sunset picnic.
Illustrations by Amy Josephine Wright, Irenne Tjokrodinata, and Kerrie Hess.
Fees and processing times
| Official birth certificate and commemorative certificate* package Fees include $11 postage and handling | Standard service $98 | Priority service $131 |
| Online application | Up to 4 weeks | Up to 3 weeks |
| Postal application | Up to 6 weeks | Up to 5 weeks |
| Via Service NSW | Up to 5 weeks | Up to 4 weeks |
| Commemorative birth certificate* only Fees include $11 postage and handling | Standard service $44 | Priority service |
| Online application | Up to 8 weeks | Not available |
| Postal application | Up to 9 weeks | Not available |
| Via Service NSW | Up to 8 weeks | Not available |
*Commemorative certificates are sent separately from a standard certificate.
The listed processing times do not include postage delivery times. Please allow 5 to 7 days for delivery of the certificate.
Choose a design
Butterfly 170 Years
The certificate features beautiful butterflies and bright passionflowers from pioneering Australian natural history artists and sisters, Harriet and Helena Scott, courtesy of the State Library of NSW’s collection.
As a playful symbol of growth and change, these beautiful butterflies create a charming and elegant birth certificate.
This certificate is part of our 170th Anniversary Limited Edition Collection and was created in partnership with the State Library of NSW.
Emma Memma and the Memma Mates
These certificates picture Australian children’s entertainer Emma Memma, her best mate Elvin Melvin, and their furry friends. Both designs include the recipient’s first name in Auslan fingerspelling.
Illustrations by Amy Josephine Wright, Irenne Tjokrodinata, and Kerrie Hess.
Lunar New Year
Australian/Chinese contemporary oriental brush painter, Lucy Wang, has created these beautiful designs to celebrate children born on different years of the Chinese Zodiac.
Commemorative designs are available for more than a decade, covering Lunar Years 2020 - 2031.
Bluey
Bluey House - Featuring the scene of many of the show's most iconic moments, the first certificate shows Bluey and her family outside their quintessential Queenslander home.
Bluey Beach - Bluey and younger sister Bingo build a sandcastle while enjoying a day at the beach.
Australian Classics
Fauna – This beautiful design by Australian artist Lynne Muir has been a favourite for the last 20 years.
Ken Done – 'Sydney Harbour' is an original work by world-renowned Sydney artist Ken Done. Royalties from the sale of this certificate go to supporting UNICEF.
May Gibbs
May Gibbs (1877-1969) was an illustrator, artist and children's author best known for her gumnut babies creations, inspired by Australian bush flora. Royalties from sale of May Gibbs’ designs help fund the charities Cerebral Palsy Alliance and Northcott.
Boronia Baby – In 1916 the book 'Gum blossom babies' was published, the beginning of the bush fantasy world that captured the imaginations of Australians for over a century.
Gumnut Baby – Gibbs’ illustrations featuring the baby figures modelled on eucalypt buds and flowers first appeared in 1913.
May Gibbs Flora and Fauna – Features a number of illustrations from May Gibbs which playfully celebrate Australia's flora and fauna. See all May Gibbs certificates
Indigenous art
These designs created by Indigenous artists are a wonderful way to celebrate a birth.
Melissa Greenwood - Ngarrwa (Give Birth) and Jagun (Birth Caves).
Baby handprints
Available in blue or pink, these certificates are a touching memento of a day to remember.
This design continues to be one of our most popular.
Rainbow family
The certificate features bright pride colours with genderless native animals as rainbow families enjoying themselves among iconic Sydney landmarks.
Sydney-based artist, illustrator and animator Monica Higgins (she/her) removed gender from the focus of the illustration to give our rainbow families the freedom to be seen as they wish to be.
Football Australia
Births, Deaths and Marriages has partnered with Football Australia to launch two new commemorative certificates, designed by artist and illustrator Serena Geddes.
Matildas - Features the team standing on the football pitch, holding a trophy and linking arms in jubilation after a winning match.
Socceroos - Features the Socceroos captured in a moment of celebration while running in a huddle and holding up a trophy.
Rugby League
NRL – Rugby fans we've got you covered with all 16 NRL clubs represented in these designs. Official NRL approved product.
State of Origin – Blues (NSW) and Maroons (QLD) designs are available for born supporters of Australian Rugby League. Copyright © State of Origin.