To get married in Australia, you don't have to be an Australian citizen, and there is no minimum residency requirement to get married in Australia.
To be legally married, a person must:
not be married to someone else
not be marrying a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling
be at least eighteen years old
understand what marriage means and freely consent to marrying
As well as this, there are legal requirements that a celebrant will guide you through. For example, you must:
give written notice of your intention to marry (the document is helpfully called Notice of Intended Marriage) to your celebrant, within the required time frame of a minimum of one month prior to the ceremony
have two people present at the ceremony who can be the legal witnesses
use specific wording during the ceremony
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