Research Guides: Government Legislation & Publications: Australian Government (Federal): Government gazettes

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Government gazettes

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Commonwealth Government Gazettes 1901 - 2012 -- Federal Register of Legislation [external website]
Find copies of Commonwealth Government Gazettes published between 1 January 1901 and 31 December 2012.
Search the annual indexes to find notices in the gazettes.
You can then establish what government decisions or actions have been made and when they occurred. These include assenting to Acts, notices of applications to acquire land by departments, results of applications for foreign ownership of land, appointments of committees and notices of approvals such as mining.
You will need to download the gazettes and the annual indexes.
Commonwealth Government Gazette October 2012 onwards -- Federal register of legislation [external website]
Search government gazettes from October 2012 to the present.
Default to Individual Notices by Titles in alphabetical order.
Use 'Filter results' dropdown box to find General notices by Titles, and Special notices by Titles.
You can also chose to have the results sorted in different ways including by portfolio, gazette number or publication date.
View the gazette online or download a PDF version.
Other Government Gazettes [external website]
Links to various gazettes such as: Government Notices Gazette, Public Service Gazette, Business Gazette, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Gazette, Tariff Concessions Gazette, Chemical Gazette, APVMA Gazette, Food Standards Gazette.
Commonwealth of Australia gazette 1901 - June 1973 [catalogue record]
Call no.: NQ354.94/4. Onsite storage. Fill in Stack request slip to access.
Use the annual index to find notices in the gazette to establish what government decisions or actions have been made and when they occurred. These include assenting to Acts, notices of applications to acquire land by departments, results of applications for foreign ownership of land, appointments of committees and notices of approvals such as mining.
As there is no single index to all gazettes you may need to search over several years to find the notice.
Australian Government gazette July 1973 - December 1973 [catalogue record]
Call no.: NQ354.94/4. Onsite storage. Fill in Stack request slip to access.
Australian Government gazette 1974 - 2013 [catalogue record]
From 1974 Commonwealth gazettes were divided into several topical gazettes such as General (Government), Special, Periodic, Public Service and Business.
After 1974 the indexing of gazettes ceased to be comprehensive. Only notices in the General (Government), Special and Periodic gazettes are indexed.
From 1974 indexes were published quarterly. From 1982 there was also an annual cumulation index published.
In various Call numbers. Onsite storage. Fill in Stack request slip to access.

What are Government Gazettes?

Government gazettes are the official publication of notices about the actions and decisions made by the government. The notices cover all areas of law and regulation and are arranged by the relevant department. Notices can be anything from tax rulings to endangered species lists to wording changes in a regulation.

Gazettes and Legislation

Government gazettes sometimes include notices relating to the passing of bills by parliament. For information on how to locate the passage of bills, including readings and assent, see the guide to NSW Legislation and Government.

Government Gazette Series

(GN) - Government Notices
(P) - Periodic
(S) - Special
(PS) - Public Service
(FOI) - Freedom of information
(TC) - Tariff Concessions

Types of Government Gazettes

Government Notices Gazette is published weekly and contains notices from government departments that are required to be published by Commonwealth law.

Special Notices Gazette can be published at any time and generally has a single notice. These notices are republished in the next Government Notices Gazette.

Periodic Notices Gazette is published when there are several notices relating to a particular topic.

Proclamation of His Majesty King Charles III

Australian Government Gazette: G2022G00869

Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, and members of the Federal Executive Council proclaimed Prince Charles Philp Arthur George to be King Charles the Third on 11th September 2022.