Gazettes provide the official record of announcements and decisions made by Governments. Items dealt with include:
The State Library aims to collect a complete set of these documents for the Commonwealth, all States, and the Northern Territory.
The State Library currently subscribes to the Government Gazette for each Australian State and the Northern Territory. From 2000 onwards these are located in the Government Publications Collection. Pre-2000 gazettes are held offsite and can be retrieved within three days. Full information on State Library holdings of Gazettes for other States is available on the Govpubs: the Australian Government Publications Guide website.
For recent gazettes of states and territories, check the following websites:
Prior to June 20, 1839, material published in the Gazette was included in the South Australian gazette and colonial register which is available in digital form, at Trove: Digitised Australian newspapers from 1803 to 1954: South Australian gazette and colonial register(Adelaide, SA : 1836 - 1839).
The South Australian Government Gazettes from 1839 onwards are kept in Bound Volumes on open access in the Government Publications collection.
The South Australian Government Gazettes from 1839 - 1999 are also now available online via the AustLii database & website, thanks to Piper Alderman and the State Library. The Gazettes from 1846 - 1860 are also available on the World Vital Records database.
The index to the South Australian Government Gazette was published annually to 1876; since then the Index has been published half-yearly and is bound with the gazettes.
1839 - current: Government Publications Collection - bound volumes
1999 - current: SA Government Gazette Website
1839 - 1999: AustLii database & website
The Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 1901- is available in the Government Publications Collection. The gazette currently appears in a number of series, namely Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals, Business, Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Food Standards, General, Government Notices, Periodic, Public Service, Special, and Tariff Concessions.
In addition, the Library holds the Commonwealth of Australia gazette. Government notices. Index covers the current year's issues of the Government Notices, and related Special and Periodic series going back to 1977, although the collection is imperfect. All other gazette series are not indexed. Indexing is by subject and by names of individuals and organisations. Notices about the making and date of operation of legislation are indexed directly under the title of the legislation. Matters concerning the States and Territories are indexed under the name of the State or Territory and under the relevant subject.
