“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 last print issue of Queensland Government Gazette was published on 30 November 2012 (Extraordinary Gazette, vol 361, 30/11/2012). Gazettes are now only published online.
Sources of Queensland Government Gazettes
| Queensland Government Gazette |
- Coverage: 2003-
- Part of the Queensland Government Publications website.
- Browse gazettes from the box in the top left hand corner of the page.
- Search for gazettes using the ‘search publication sets’ box. Note that this is not a full text search.
- If you do not have a specific reference, you may be able to identify what you need by using the gazette indexes (search for gazette index).
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| GovPubs |
- Contains information about print holdings of the Queensland Government Gazette in the National Library and State / Territory Libraries.
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| Trove |
- Contains information about print holdings of the Queensland Government Gazette in Australian libraries.
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| Text Queensland |
- Coverage: 1859-1900
- Click on the ‘by year’ tab to browse gazettes.
- A full text search is also available.
- From the ‘About‘ page: “Text Queensland is a collaboration between the University of Queensland Library and the Centre for the Government of Queensland at the University of Queensland.”
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Information & research guides
| Government Gazettes – Brief Guide |
- Guide to using Government Gazettes, including tips on using the indexes.
- Published by the Queensland State Archives (Brief Guide 33)
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| Guide to Government Gazettes |
- Contains an introduction to Queensland Government Gazettes, plus information on how to locate Gazettes and indexes to Gazettes in the Queensland State Library.
- Published by the Queensland State Library.
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| Government Gazettes research guide |
- Published by the National Library of Australia
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Last updated: 21 April 2014
