Celebrant (Australia) celebrancy was established by the Australian Commonwealth Attorney General Lionel Murphy on 19 July 1973, when his first appointee, Mrs Lois D'Arcy, was categorised as a Civil Marriage Celebrant. Later, as civil marriage celebrants branched out into the performance of other ceremonies such as Funerals and Namings the term was shortened to Civil Celebrant. According to civil celebrant Dally Messenger III: The civil celebrant program is almost entirely the result of one man's vision. Murphy himself told me the story of how he was opposed by his own staff, the public service, his fellow members of parliament and officials of
Celebrant Foundation and Institute transitions for people from all walks of life through the training, certification, and ongoing support of professionally certified Life-cycle Celebrants®, and by providing public education, outreach, and advocacy. CF&I Celebrant Certification Training and Education: The Celebrant Foundation & Institute offers educational programs taught via live, real time, web-based classes. Individuals looking for a change in career either as an independent, full-time, or part-time job have taken courses at the Celebrant Foundation in the pursuit of starting a career as a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant. Celebrant students follow the CF&I interdisciplinary, Jungian-based education program that focuses on the history and art of