Government Gazettes are a unique, useful and extremely fascinating resource for local, family and social historians and researchers in other fields throughout Australia. They are published by governments and their agencies as a means of communication to officials and to the general public.

Gazettes contain a range of valuable and interesting content such as:

• Acts of parliament

• Government appointments, resignations and transfers, including: Justices of the Peace and returning officers

• Government departments

• Insolvents

• Land acquisitions, rentals, sales and leases

• Mining and minerals

• Petitions