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Temporary closure of the Macquarie Street building

The Macquarie Street building, including the Bashir Reading Room, is temporarily closed for a major refurbishment until late 2025.

During the building work, all reading room services (except study rooms and the Children’s Library), along with a temporary bookshop and cafe, are available in the Mitchell building.

To access collection material please visit the temporary Bashir Reading Room in the Mitchell building or visit the Special Collections area in the Mitchell Library Reading Room to request original material.

For more information and FAQs, visit Transforming the Macquarie Street building.

Queensland

Online resources

Access Queensland Acts and Regulations, Bills, Explanatory Notes (ENs), Parliamentary debates (Hansard) and Government gazettes online.

  • all current
  • 1963+
  • 1867-1951
  • Queensland Legislation
  • Queensland Legislation
  • AustLII

Repealed Legislation
Acts and Regulations (no longer in force)

 all Queensland Legislation
Regulations (in force)
(browse under name of the enabling Act)		 all current Queensland Legislation
Bills and Explanatory Notes 1992+ Queensland Legislation
  • 1860+
  • 1990+
  • Queensland Parliament
  • Queensland Parliament
  • 2003+
  • 1859-1900
  • Queensland Government
  • Text Queensland

Print resources

Find Queensland Acts and Regulations, Bills, Explanatory Notes (ENs), Parliamentary debates (Hansard), Government gazettes and Parliamentary papers in the Library. You will need to request these resources from our stack storage.

 Find out how to request material from stack storage [Library website] 

 

Publication Years Call Number Location Key
Acts (Statutes) 1990 N346.941/1

Onsite Storage. Fill in Stack request slip to access.
  1963 - 1989 T0348604

Offsite Storage. Ask staff.
  1938 - 1963 T0348605 Offsite Storage. Ask staff.
  1888 - 1936 T0405449 Offsite Storage. Ask staff.
  1860 - 1887 Q345.941/A Onsite Storage. Fill in Stack request slip to access.
Consolidated Acts

1828 - 1962

14 volumes (1962 reprint)

content list -

See catalogue record

 N346.1/1 Onsite Storage. Fill in Stack request slip to access.
 

1828-1936

11 volumes (1936 reprint)

content list -

See catalogue record

 1936 reprint series Offsite Storage. Various call numbers. Ask staff.
Regulations     Not held by the State Library of NSW
Hansard (Record of proceedings) 1960/61 - 2012 T0405885 Offsite Storage. Ask staff.
  1922 - 1959/60 T0405416 Offsite Storage. Ask staff.
  1877 - 1921 T0405813 Offsite Storage. Ask staff.
  1864 - 1876 T/RAV/FM4/7 Onsite Storage. Fill in Stack request slip to access.
Government Gazettes 1859/60 - 1991; 1993 - 2011 TQ040907 Offsite Storage. Ask staff.
Parliamentary Papers

1960/61 - 1986; 1988/89 - 2011

(incomplete)

 TQ079714 Offsite Storage. Ask staff.
  1902 - 1959/60 TQ078877 Offsite Storage. Ask staff.

 

Glossary

Acts: The law made by parliament and often referred to as an Act of Parliament. Sometimes referred to as a statute or legislation.

As made (Acts and regulations): Acts as originally passed by parliament without amendments. Also referred to as Sessional Acts or Acts as passed.

Bills: A draft of a new Act or a draft of an amendment to alter an existing Act. Statutes or Acts of Parliament, start life as a Bill. A Bill must pass through a process of 2 readings in both upper and lower houses of Parliament before it becomes law.

Consolidated Acts: Consolidated Acts incorporate amendments made by other legislation since the original legislation was made. A consolidated Act refers to the combination of a number of Acts of Parliament into one codifying statute. This term is commonly used for electronic versions of legislation.

Explanatory Notes: The Explanatory Note provides an explanation about the purpose of the bill.

Government Gazettes: A gazette is an official publication for the purpose of notifying the actions and decisions of the government. All Australian governments (Commonwealth, State and Territory) publish official gazettes.

Point in time: Point in time legislative research means establishing the content of an Act at a specific point in time. Point in time Act is used interchangeably with the term Historical Act or Reprint.

Regulations: Regulations are made under the authority of an Acts. Regulations contain details necessary to carry out specific matters relating to the Act. Regulations are 'delegated' or 'subsidiary' legislation. Other delegated legislation includes rules, ordinances and by-laws.

Repealed (Act or Regulation): Refers to legislation that is no longer in force.

Researching QLD historical legislation

Queensland Law – Queensland Historical Legal Collection

  • Commencement legislation 1793–1867 (for Queensland)
  • Lands legislation 1833–1910 (for Queensland)
  • Criminal Code 1899 Queensland: preparatory and extrinsic materials
  • Letters Patent establishing the boundaries of Queensland (including Proclamations, Legislative Assembly resolutions, maps)
  • Public Acts of Queensland 1828–1936
  • Local Personal & Private Acts of Queensland 1828–1936

Researching QLD government Gazettes

Consolidated index to the Queensland Government Gazettes

 1880–1919 [catalogue record | microform] 

 1859–1869 [catalogue record | microform] 

Available at the State Library of New South Wales, Family history LG2

Qld State Archives

 Queensland State Archives [external website] 

Offsite storage

State Library material held at offsite storage will be available after 4pm the next weekday. Call (02)9273 1414 to request in advance.

Need to know more?

 Queensland legislation [external website]

 Queensland parliament [external website]

 Queensland Government [external website]

Legal information at the Library

This Guide has been developed by staff of the Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), State Library of NSW. The State Library holds an extensive collection of case law, legislation and looseleaf publications.