NSW Government Gazettes | Free Australian Law

“A gazette is an official publication for the purpose of notifying the actions and decisions of the government.” (Source: GovPubs). Gazettes may include legislation, appointments, declarations, determinations, proclamations and a variety of official notices.

The NSW Government Gazette has been published since 7 March 1832. The Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser contained official government notices from 1803-1832.

Sources of NSW Government Gazettes

NSW Legislation website	Coverage: Gazettes 2001- quarterly indexes 1980- Current gazette. Browse Gazettes by year. If you do not have an exact reference, try the Gazette indexes. You can also search the full text of Gazettes.
State Library of Victoria	Coverage: 1836-1851 Browse by year You can search the indexes, but not the full text of the Gazettes.
AustLII	Coverage: 1836-1851 Browse by year. To search full text, use the database search in the top menu.
Trove – Newspapers	Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser 1803-1842 (note that it only functioned as an official government gazette until 1832).
GovPubs	Contains information about print holdings of NSW Government Gazettes and the Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser in the National Library and State / Territory Libraries.

Information about NSW Government Gazettes

GovPubs	Contains information about the current and historical series of the Gazettes, plus information about the indexes to the Government Gazette (the frequency of publication varies over time).
Government Gazettes: NSW	Research guide provided by the National Library of Australia

Last updated: 9 May 2014