About
Billions in unclaimed money
is waiting to be found.
Australian governments, regulators and institutions hold billions of dollars in lost bank accounts, forgotten super, unpaid wages, rental bonds and estate money. We make it easy to check whether some of it is yours.
Find Lost Money is an independent directory. We don’t hold unclaimed funds or process claims. We connect you with official Australian Government search services.
Why we built this
Unclaimed money in Australia is genuinely easy to find - the problem is that it’s spread across more than a dozen separate registers. Each state and territory runs its own, and national bodies like ASIC, the ATO, Fair Work and AFSA run several more. Most people never check them all, and plenty don’t know they exist.
Find Lost Money Australia is a plain, free directory of those registers. We tell you what each one holds, what you’ll need before you search, and send you straight to the official page.
What we are not
We are not a government agency, and we are not affiliated with any of the departments we link to. We do not hold any money, we cannot lodge a claim for you, and we never see the results of your searches.
You never need to pay anyone to recover unclaimed money in Australia. If a service offers to find your money for a percentage, everything they will do is something you can do yourself for free using the links on this site.
What we stand for
Official sources only
Every link on this site goes to a government or regulator-run register. We never send you to a paid middleman.
Always free
Searching is free everywhere we link to, and we never charge a fee or take a percentage of what you claim.
Simple to follow
Unclaimed money is scattered across dozens of registers. We put them in one place, state by state.
No pressure
We don't hold your money, we don't handle your claim, and we don't ask for your bank details.
How it works
Search
Pick your state or a national register and search your name.
Match
Check any results against your previous names and addresses.
Claim
Follow the official claim process on the government website.
How to use the official government searches
Every register we link to is run by an Australian government agency or regulator, and every search is free. Work through them in this order so you don’t miss anything.
- 1
Start with your state or territory register
Each state and territory holds unclaimed money from bank accounts, share dividends, deceased estates and rental bonds. Search the register for every state you have lived in, not just your current one.
- 2
Check the national registers
ASIC's MoneySmart holds unclaimed bank accounts, life insurance and shares; the ATO holds lost and unclaimed super; Fair Work holds unpaid wages and entitlements; AFSA holds money from bankruptcies.
- 3
Search every name you have used
Try maiden names, married names, shortened first names, middle-name variations and common misspellings. Records are stored exactly as the institution recorded them.
- 4
Gather your proof before claiming
Most agencies ask for photo ID, proof of your link to the old address or account, and for estates, proof you are the executor or next of kin.
- 5
Lodge the claim on the official website
Follow the claim form on the government page itself. Claims are free and there is no deadline — unclaimed money is held indefinitely until it is claimed.
- 6
Re-check once a year
Registers are updated as institutions transfer new unclaimed amounts, so a nil result today doesn't mean a nil result next year.
You never have to pay to search or claim. If a private “recovery agent” asks for a percentage or your bank login, stop — the same claim can be lodged yourself, free, on the official site.
Ready to start searching?
Pick your state, or search the national registers.