Tasmanian Government Gazettes

“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.

Sources of Tasmanian Government Gazettes

Tasmanian Government Gazette
  • Coverage: 2008-
  • The Gazette can be searched or browsed.
  • Indexes are published every six months.
  • You can also subscribe to the Government Gazette by RSS or email.
GovPubs
  • Contains information about print holdings of Government Gazettes (and newspapers which contained government notices) in the National Library and State / Territory Libraries.
Trove: Tasmanian Newspapers
  • Early government gazettes were part of general newspapers. Selected newspapers have been digitised and are available on Trove. For print holdings of newspapers, use the general Trove search. Titles and dates of newspapers from GovPubs.
  • Hobart Gazette: 1882-1906 (not yet digitised)
  • Hobart Town Gazette: 25 June 1825-1881  (only 1825-1827 digitised)
  • Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser: 20 January 1821-12 August 1825
  • Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter: 11 May 1816-13 January 1821 (first official Gazette)
  • Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser: 20 January 1821-12 August 1825 (unofficial Gazette, not yet digitised)
  • Van Diemen’s Land Gazette and General Advertiser: 7 May-24 September 1814 (unofficial Gazette, not yet digitised)

 

Research guides

Government Gazettes research guide
  • Provided by the National Library of Australia

 

Related pages

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Last updated: 4 April 2014