Celebrant (Australia)
（重定向自Civil celebrant）
![Major religious affiliations in Australia by census year[6]](/Images/godic/202501/04/AustralianReligiousAffiliation_2.svg0620.png")
![Mrs Lois D'Arcy was the first independent civil marriage celebrant ever appointed — by Attorney-General Lionel Murphy. Her appointment is dated July 19, 1973. This photo illustrates Murphy's radical move in appointing women into a hitherto male dominated profession, and his confidence in young people. Lois D'Arcy was, at the time, a young mother of 26.](/Images/godic/202501/04/Lois_D'Arcy_10620.png")
![Dally Messenger III is an acknowledged leader in the Civil Celebrant Program in Australia, New Zealand and the USA. He has written two influential books, one on secular ceremonies and another on the history of celebrancy. cf. reference 11 & 25.](/Images/godic/202501/04/Dally_messenger_iii0620.jpg")
![Graph tracing the success of the civil marriage celebrant program in Australia from 1969 to 2004.Sometime in 1998 Civil weddings became more than 50% of all weddings performed in Australia.](/Images/godic/202501/04/Four_streams_of_weddings_in_Australia0620.png")
In Australia, celebrants are people who conduct formal ceremonies in the community, particularly weddings, which are the main ceremony of legal import conducted by celebrants. They may also conduct extra-legal ceremonies such as naming of babies, renewal of wedding vows and funerals. Officiating at a marriage requires that the celebrant be an authorised marriage celebrant under Australian law, but officiating at extra-legal ceremonies does not.