Celebrant guides
The paperwork, explained properly.
Plain-English guides to the parts of Australian celebrancy that actually cost you evenings: the Notice of Intended Marriage, Form 15, state BDM lodgement, and the software you run it all on. Written for celebrants, cited to primary sources, and dated so you can see when we last checked.
New here? Start with the Notice of Intended Marriage state-by-state guide.
Notice of Intended Marriage: A State-by-State Guide for Australian Celebrants
The form is Commonwealth and identical everywhere. What changes state to state is what happens after the ceremony, and that's where the mistakes live.
Read the guide → Software & tools·Verified 24 July 2026Best CRM for Celebrants: Spreadsheets vs CRMs Compared
There's no ceremony count where spreadsheets suddenly become wrong. There's a point where double handling costs more evenings than a purpose-built tool costs dollars.
Read the guide → Switching·Verified 24 July 2026Switching from Studio Ninja or 17hats? A Celebrant's Migration Guide
What stops most celebrants switching isn't doubt that a better tool exists. It's the fear of losing a client record somewhere in the move.
Read the guide → Research·Verified 12 August 2026The 2026 Australian Celebrant Survey
234 celebrants on volume, cost, and the work beyond weddings.
Read the guide → Research·Verified 14 August 2026Australian Marriage Statistics 2026
The official numbers, read for the people who run the ceremonies.
Read the guide → Software & tools·Verified 27 July 2026Notice of Intended Marriage Software: A Guide for Australian Celebrants
Search for it and you get a legal explainer, not a piece of software. Here is what the category is, and what to check before you pay for any of it.
Read the guide → Legal paperwork·Verified 25 August 2026Marriage Celebrant Record-Keeping Requirements
Most celebrants know how to issue a Form 15. Far fewer know what the law asks them to do with the record of it for the next six years.
Read the guide → Legal paperwork·Verified 7 September 2026Software for Civil Celebrants Ceremony Documents
Search for it and you get a legal explainer, a desktop-era tool, or nothing built for the job. Here's what ceremony documents software should actually do.
Read the guide →Founding Celebrant
Celebrant Central launches 1 October 2026. Founding Celebrant places are capped at 100, with founding pricing locked in plus the badge. Join the notify-me list to hear the moment they open.
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