Australian Government Publications
in the University of Sydney Library
1. Introduction
2. Government Directories 2.1 Federal 2.2 New South Wales 2.3 Other States
3. Parliamentary Publications 3.1 Votes and Proceedings, and Journals 3.2 Parliamentary Debates (Hansards) 3.3 Parliamentary Papers 3.3.1 Federal Government 3.3.2 New South Wales 3.3.3 Other States 3.3.4 British Papers Relating to Australia 3.3.5 Indexes to Parliamentary Papers 3.3.6 Indexes to maps in Parliamentary Papers 3.4 Parliamentary Handbooks and Procedure 3.4.1 Executive Procedures 3.5 Biographies of Parliamentarians 3.5.1 Federal 3.5.2 New South Wales 3.5.3 Other States 3.6 Elections 3.7 Budget Papers
4. Press Releases
5. Government Gazettes and Industrial Awards 5.1 Government Gazettes 5.2 Industrial Awards
6. Laws
7. Bills 7.1 Bills of Federal Parliament 7.2 Bills of the New South Wales Parliament
8. Treaties
9. Statistics
10. Yearbooks
11. Censuses
12. Government Archives
13. Bibliographies and Indexes
Appendix: Other library publications dealing with government documents Credits
1. Introduction
This document is a supplement to the Australian Government Internet Guide.
The University of Sydney Library is a depository library for all publications Ausinfo (previously the Australian Government Publishing Service), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (since 1998 via AusStats), and (until 1991) the New South Wales Government. Since 1991 when the depository scheme was discontinued, NSW government publications have been selectively purchased to attempt to maintain a comprehensive collection.
The Library collects Federal government publications and many publications of the state governments of Australia. Local government publications are not collected.
This guide mainly refers to items located in the Fisher Library (such as Microform, Audiovisual, Reference, Rare Books) unless otherwise indicated.
Some government publications in Fisher Library are arranged by a special classification in a separate location on the 9th floor of the Fisher Research Library. This arrangement is alphabetical by country, then alphabetical by type of publication, then chronological, e.g.:
G for Government publication
AUS for Australia
D for Debates
The publications on the ninth floor of Fisher Library are parliamentary publications.
Some sets of government publications are held in microform (location prefix MIC). These are shelved in the Audio-Visual area on Floor 3 of Fisher Library. Some publications are located in Storage.
All other government publications are located on the main shelves of Fisher and other libraries.
The following books provide useful information about Australian government publications.
R070.5950994 BORCHARDT D H
2 Australian official publications
Melbourne: Longman Cheshire 1979
R070.5950994 COXON Howard
3 Australian official publications
Oxford: Pergamon 1981
R016.35494 COOK John et al
3 Guide to Commonwealth Government information sources.
Sydney: Pergamon Press, 1988
The above is a guide to materials available from federal government agencies, and outlines access to government records via FOI and Archives legislation.
R015.94053 HARRINGTON Michael
3 The guide to government publications in Australia
Canberra: AGPS Press 1990
The following is a comprehensive guide to research in all fields touching on Australian politics and has authoritative sections on government publications.
R016.0163 MAYER Henry et al
1A ARGAP: a research guide to Australian politics and cognate
subjects
Melbourne: Cheshire 1976
R016.0163 MAYER Henry and KIRBY Liz
1 ARGAP 2
Melbourne: Longman Cheshire 1984
A good introduction/overview of the workings of the Federal Government can be found in:
R354.94 AUSTRALIAN Public Service Board
83 An introduction to Australian government administration
Canberra: AGPS 1986
R354.940072 AUSTRALIAN Public Service Board
12 Financial administration handbook
Canberra: AGPS 1985
R354.9404 AUSTRALIA. Federal Executive Council Secretariat
8 Federal Executive Council Handbook
Canberra: AGPS 1983
R354.9404 AUSTRALIA. Department of the Prime Minister and
6 Cabinet handbook
Canberra: AGPS 1983
R328.9405 AUSTRALIA. Department of the Prime Minister and
8 Cabinet Legislation handbook
Canberra: AGPS 1983
R328.940765 COMMITTEES of the Commonwealth Parliament
2 (produced by the Departments of the Senate and the House of
Representatives)
Canberra: AGPS 1987
R354.9404 AUSTRALIA. Parliament. Department of the Senate
15 The Senate: services provided for senators
Canberra: AGPS 1988
R320.994 HARRINGTON Michael
109 Facts on government: a guide to the Federal Government
Canberra: AGPS 1989
2. Government Directories
2.1 Federal Directories
The following include information about Members of Parliament, the judiciary, government departments, agencies, Royal Commissions, etc. : addresses and functions of each departmental branch or section, names of senior personnel, etc.
WWW access to Government Homepages
WWW access to Government Directories
R354.9400025 COMMONWEALTH government directory
7 Canberra: AGPS 1943+
(latest)
Prior to 1983, the Directory was published in a single annual volume. In 1983, the format was changed to meet the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
Volume 1 is a listing of agencies, and their addresses and functions, published twice a year.
Volume 2 contains statements about each department or agency's organisation, functions, decision-making powers, consultative arrangements, categories of documents maintained, and facilities and procedures to enable members of the public to obtain access to documents. (Updated annually and located at RL354.9400025/6).
The Freedom of Information Act was amended in 1986 and requires that F0I statements be published in the Annual Reports of each department. From 198 the Commonwealth Government Directory has been a single volume.
R354.940025 SERVICE guide. A directory of services provided by
3 the Commonwealth government
Canberra: AGPS 1981
R354.9404 MINISTERIAL directory
3 Canberra: AGPS 1979-
R354.940005 NATIONAL guide to government departments and services
5 Melbourne: Information Australia 1990-
(latest)
R354.94 NON-statutory bodies of the Commonwealth
75 Canberra: AGPS 1984
Law Library INTERNATIONAL Public Relations Pty Ltd
The Government of Australia: a political and departmental
guide (loose-leaf, current)
Includes information about the federal and all state governments.
R354.9400025 WHO'S who in Australian governments
9 Sydney: Ausdirect, 1990
Information about intergovernmental bodies, councils, conferences, committees of officials, etc., is found in the following:
R334.0994 REGISTER of Commonwealth - State Co-operative
5 arrangements
Hobart: Advisory council for Inter Government
Relations 1984
R354.94082 AUSTRALIA. Department of the Prime Minister and
1 Cabinet
Australian-State Government Co-operative
arrangements:
Canberra: 1975
2.2 New South Wales Directories
R354.944 NEW SOUTH WALES
13 Directory of administration and services
Sydney: Government Printer 1977+
R354.944005 GOVERNMENT reference directory
1 Sydney: Information Publications Pty Ltd 1985/86+
R354.99409 REGISTER of public statutory bodies in New South Wales
2 Sydney: Premier's Department 1983
From 1985 the Register is incorporated in the Government
Directory above.
R354.944 NSW Government Guide
22 Sydney: Calcutt Watson & Associates 1988 -
This includes a separate volume of NSW government policies
R354.944 NSW political and governmental directory
27 Sydney: Political Reference Service (NSW), 1989
R354.94404 NEW SOUTH WALES. Premier's Department
4 Schedule showing administrative bodies and sub-units in
each portfolio.
Sydney: NSW Premier's Dept 1984
R328.944073 NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament. Library.
1 Premiers, Leaders of the Opposition and Whips in the
Parliament of New South Wales 1901-1981
2nd edition 1981
2.3 Other States Directories
R354.9429 NORTHERN Territory government directory
4 Darwin: Department of the Chief Minister 1982+
R994.290025 WHO'S what where in the Northern Territory
1 Darwin: Office of Information 1979+
R354.943004 QUEENSLAND government directory
1 Brisbane: Premier's Department 1977+
R354.9423 SOUTH Australia government services directory
7 Adelaide 1981+
R354.946 DIRECTORY of Tasmanian government agencies
5 Hobart: Public Service Board 1982
(loose-leaf, updated)
R354.945 VICTORIAN government directory
6 Melbourne: Department of the Premier 1982+
3. Parliamentary Publications
3.1 Votes and Proceedings, and Journals
Votes and proceedings and Journals form the daily record of the business of the parliament. In the lower houses of parliament they are generally called Votes and Proceedings and in the upper houses they are usually called Journals or Minutes of Proceedings. They contain lists of committees, records of attendance, and details of papers tabled but not printed. The full texts of printed papers are sometimes bound with the Votes or the Journals.
G.AUS AUSTRALIA. Parliament. House of Representatives.
V Votes and Proceedings
1901+
WWW access to Votes and Proceedings 1982+ (html version)
WWW access to Votes and Proceedings 1998+ (pdf version)
G.AUS AUSTRALIA. Parliament. Senate.
J Journals
1901+
WWW access to Journals 1973+ (html version)
WWW access to Journals 2003+ (pdf version)
Storage NEW SOUTH WALES. Legislative Council.
DST 05679 Votes and Proceedings
1824-1855 (bound volumes)
Fisher MIC 1824-1855 (microfilm)
328.944
18
G.NSW NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament. Legislative Council.
J Journals
1856/7+ (bound volumes)
(Pre 1901 volumes are in Storage at DST 05681)
Fisher MIC 1856-1900 (microfilm)
328.94401
1
Fisher MIC NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament. Legislative Assembly.
328.944 Votes and Proceedings
19 (note: no Legislative Assembly until 1856)
1856-1900 (microfilm)
G.NSW 1856+ (bound volumes)
V
(Pre 1901 volumes are in Storage at DST 05680)
The latest unbound issues of all the above titles are located on Level 9 of Fisher Library at G.NSW P.
Law AUSTRALIAN Capital Territory. Legislative Assembly.
Business of the Assembly
1974-1979
RL328.974 AUSTRALIAN Capital Territory. House of Assembly.
1 Minutes of Proceedings
1980-
QUEENSLAND. Parliament. Legislative Assembly.
Votes and Proceedings (with papers)
1893-1901
G.QLD (bound volumes)
V
Fisher MIC 1860-1901
328.94301 (microfilm)
2
[reels 1-47]
QUEENSLAND. Parliament. Legislative Council.
Journals (with papers)
1860-1901
G.QLD (bound volumes)
JC
Fisher MIC (microfilm)
328.94301
2
[reels 48-86]
G.QLD QUEENSLAND. Parliament.
J Journals
1902+
Fisher MIC SOUTH Australia. Parliament.
328.942301 Proceedings of the parliament ... with copies of documents
1 ordered to be printed
1857/8 - 1900/1
G.SA 1889+ (bound volumes)
P
TASMANIA. Parliament. Legislative Council.
Fisher MIC Journals
328.94601 1856-1883 (microfilm)
3
TASMANIA. Parliament. House of Assembly.
Fisher MIC Journals.
328.94601 1856-1883 (microfilm)
1
TASMANIA. Parliament.
Fisher MIC Journals and printed papers
328.94601 1884-1902 (microfilm)
2
G.TAS 1900+ (bound volumes)
J
VICTORIA. Parliament. Legislative Assembly.
Fisher MIC Votes and Proceedings
328.94504 1856/7-1900/1 (microfilm)
1
G.VIC 1974/76+ (bound volumes)
AVP
VICTORIA. Parliament. Legislative Council.
Fisher MIC Votes and Proceedings
328.94501 1852-1902 (microfilm)
1
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Parliament.
Fisher MIC Minutes and Votes and Proceedings with papers
328.941 1890/91-1900 (microfilm)
2A
G.WA 1890/91+ (bound volumes)
M
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Legislative Council.
Fisher MIC Votes and Proceedings
328.941 1870-89 (microfilm)
3
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Parliament.
Fisher MIC Journals and printed papers
328.94105 August 1985+ (microfiche)
1
NOTE: The following regularly publishes administrative chronicles of each State:
351.05 AUSTRALIAN Journal of Public Administration 4 1976+
For a summary of legislation, statements, motions, papers, committees and other statistics, see:
R328.32 AUSTRALIA. Parliament. House of Representatives.
1 Work of the Session 1984+
R328.94071 AUSTRALIA. Parliament. Senate
4 Business of the Senate 1985+
G.NSW NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament. Legislative Assembly.
V Business of the Legislative Assembly
R328.944 NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament. Legislative Council.
13 Record of the Parliament 1953/56+
R328.944005 NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament. Legislative Council.
2 New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1944+
(latest)
3.2 Parliamentary Debates (Hansards)
The verbatim record of parliamentary debates published by the various parliaments is commonly called Hansard. Included are answers to questions, texts or petitions, and the occasional report which has been incorporated in Hansard without being read in parliament.
G.AUS AUSTRALIA. Parliament
D Parliamentary debates
1901+
WWW access to Commonwealth Hansard 1981+
From 1953+ Senate and House of Representatives debates appear in separate volumes at G.AUS/DS and G.AUS/DR respectively.
The latest weekly issues are held on level 9 of Fisher Library at G.AUS/DS and G.AUS/DR.
The bound volumes include indexes to subjects and names of speakers. The daily and weekly issues do not include indexes.
NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament.
Fisher MIC Parliamentary debates
328.94402 1879-1900 on microfilm
1
G.NSW 1879+ (bound volumes)
D (Pre 1901 volumes are in Storage at DST 05682)
NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament.
Fisher MIC Parliamentary debates
328.94402 INDEX 1856-1880 on microfilm
2
WWW access to NSW Hansard 1988+
Note: The latest daily issues are kept with the bound volumes on level 9 of Fisher Library.
Before 1879 New South Wales debates were reported in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Law AUSTRALIAN Capital Territory. Legislative Assembly.
Debates
1976-1979
Law AUSTRALIAN Capital Territory. House of Assembly.
Debates
1980-
WWW access to ACT Hansard 1995+
G.QLD QUEENSLAND. Parliament.
D Parliamentary debates
1864+ (incomplete)
(bound volumes)
Fisher MIC 1864-1901
328.94301 (microfilm)
2
[reels 87-104]
WWW access to Queensland Hansard 1990+
Fisher MIC SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Parliament.
328.942302 Official reports of the parliamentary debates
2 1857-1900 on microfilm
G.SA 1889+ (bound volumes)
D
WWW access to SA Hansard 1993+
G.TAS TASMANIA. Parliament.
D Parliamentary debates
1980+
WWW access to Tasmania Hansard 1991+
Before 1980 Tasmanian debates were reported in the Mercury newspaper, Hobart.
G.VIC VICTORIA. Parliament.
D Parliamentary debates (Hansard)
Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly
1965-1981 (incomplete)
G.VIC VICTORIA. Parliament. Legislative Assembly
DA Parliamentary debates (Hansards)
1982+ (incomplete)
G.VIC VICTORIA. Parliament. Legislative Council
DC Parliamentary debates (Hansards)
1982+ (incomplete)
WWW access to Victorian Hansard 1991+
G.WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Parliament.
D Parliamentary Debates.
1890- (incomplete)
WWW access to WA Hansard 2002+
3.3 Parliamentary Papers
3.3.1 Federal Government Parliamentary Papers
These are documents which have been presented to parliament and ordered to be printed. They include annual reports of executive departments, reports of commissions, committees, and any other body required to report to parliament. The papers are numbered consecutively.
G.AUS AUSTRALIA. Parliament
P Parliamentary papers
1901+
There are consolidated indexes 1901-1949 and 1950-1961, and separate sessional indexes from 1961+. One set of these indexes is shelved with the parliamentary papers, another set is in the Fisher Reference Collection: R328.9404/1. See also section 3.3.5: Indexes to Parliamentary Papers; and the Parliamentary Reports Index of papers held by the University of Sydney Library; and the listings published by the Australian Parliament.
3.3.2 New South Wales Parliamentary Papers
NEW South Wales. Parliament Joint volumes of papers presented to the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly G.NSW 1904 - 1986/87/88 (bound volumes) P Fisher MIC 1986/87/88 - (microfiche) 328.94404 3A
NOTE:
- Recent paper copies of NSW papers are kept in the collection on Floor 9 of Fisher Library at G.NSW/P and are filed in paper number order. There are current indexes kept with the papers, and these can be used to identify the paper number.
- To find web versions of NSW parliamentary committee reports, use the Parliament of NSW Committees
site.
- You can also use the Capital Monitor database to search for the web versions of NSW parliamentary committee papers.
Before 1904, New South Wales parliamentary papers were bound
with the Votes and Proceedings and the Journals.
Consolidated indexes are as follows:
G.NSW NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament. Legislative Assembly.
IA Consolidated index of papers laid upon the table of the
Legislative Assembly with lists of petitions received.
1904-1971
G.NSW NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament. Legislative Council.
IC Consolidated Index to the minutes of the proceedings and
and printed papers of the New South Wales Legislative Council
R328.944016 1856-1954
1
See also section 3.3.5: Indexes to Parliamentary Papers.
3.3.3 Other States Parliamentary Papers
Fisher MIC QUEENSLAND. Parliament.
328.94301 Parliamentary papers
2 1860-1901
(microfilm)
[reels 1-86] [Legis. Ass. Votes & Proc. = reels 1-47;
Legis. Coun. Journals = reels 48-86]
G.QLD (bound volumes)
P
Note: Parliamentary Papers for Queensland form part of the series for Votes and Proceedings, and Journals.
G.QLD QUEENSLAND. Parliament.
P Parliamentary papers
1902+
To find web versions of QLD parliamentary committee reports, use the Parliament of QLD Committees
site.
Fisher MIC SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Parliament.
328.942301 Proceedings of the parliament ... with copies of documents
1 ordered to be printed.
1857-1900/1 (microfilm)
G.SA 1889+ (bound volumes)
P
To find web versions of SA parliamentary committee reports, use the Parliament of SA Committees
site.
G.TAS TASMANIA. Parliament.
J Legislative Council and House of Assembly Journals and
printed papers
1900/1+
TASMANIA. Parliament. Legislative Council.
Fisher MIC Journals
328.94601 1856-1883 (microfilm)
3
TASMANIA. Parliament. House of Assembly.
Fisher MIC Journals.
328.94601 1856-1883 (microfilm)
1
TASMANIA. Parliament.
Fisher MIC Journals and printed papers
328.94601 1884-1902 (microfilm)
2
To find web versions of Tasmanian parliamentary committee reports, use the Parliament of Tasmania Committees
site.
Fisher MIC VICTORIA. Parliament. Legislative Assembly.
328.94504 Votes and Proceedings
1 1856/7-1900/1 (microfilm)
G.VIC 1974/1976+ (bound volumes)
AVP
Fisher MIC VICTORIA. Parliament. Legislative Council.
328.94501 Votes and Proceedings
1 1852-1902 (microfilm)
To find web versions of Victorian parliamentary committee reports, use the Parliament of Victoria Committees
site.
G.WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Parliament.
M Minutes and Votes and Proceedings ... with papers
1890/1-1985
Fisher MIC WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Parliament.
328.94105 Journals and printed papers
1 August 1985+ (microfiche)
R328.941 Consolidated indexes: (WA) :
2 (1890-1946)
R328.941 (1947-1956)
3
To find web versions of WA parliamentary committee reports, use the Parliament of WA Committees
site.
3.3.4 British Papers Relating to Australia
GUK Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
PI Parliamentary Papers.
C715 Irish University Press series of British
parliamentary papers.
Colonies: Australia
Shannon: Irish UP 1968-1969
This is a 34-volume compilation of nineteenth century House of Commons papers relating to the Australian colonies, together with a 2 volume index to papers on Australia and New Zealand.
R016.32841 Index to British Parliamentary Papers on Australian and
4 New Zealand 1800-1899
Shannon: Irish UP 1974
3.3.5 Indexes to Parliamentary Papers
R328.9404 AUSTRALIA. Parliament
1 Index to the papers presented to parliament
1901-
G.NSW NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament. Legislative Assembly.
IA Consolidated index of papers laid upon the table of the
Legislative Assembly with lists of petitions received.
1904-1971
G.NSW NEW SOUTH WALES. Parliament. Legislative Council.
IC Consolidated Index to the minutes of the proceedings and
and printed papers of the New South Wales Legislative Council
R328.944016 1856-1954
1 (Continued by sessional indexes 1955-)
R354.94093 AUSTRALIAN Federal Government Inquiries Jan 1980-
13 Canberra: Dept of the Parliamentary Library.
R016.3549409 BORCHARDT D H
1 Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of
Parliament and Boards of Inquiry.
Part 1: Commonwealth of Australia 1900-1950
Part 1A Commonwealth of Australia 1950-1960
Part 2: Tasmania 1856-1959
Part 3: Victoria 1856-1960
Part 4: New South Wales 1855-1960
Part 5: Queensland 1859-1960
R016.3549409 BORCHARDT D H
1 Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees
of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry: Commonwealth,
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria
1960-1980 and South Australia 1970-1980.
Bundoora Vic: La Trobe University Library 1986
R016.3549409 BORCHARDT D H
4 Supplement to checklist of Royal Commissions,
Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of
Inquiry 1856-1980
Bundoora Vic: La Trobe University Library 1990
R354.94093 CUSHING Frances
13 Australian Federal Government Inquiries: 5 December
1972 to 31 December 1990.
Canberra ACT: Department of the Parliamentary Library 1992
R328.37016 QUEENSLAND. Parliamentary Library
2 Royal Commissions held in Queensland
1860-1966
R016.3549409 HAGGER Jean and MONTANELLI T
2 Consolidated index to the checklists of Royal Commissions
held in the Commonwealth of Australia, Queensland, New South
Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
1856-1960.
Bundoora Vic: La Trobe University Library 1980.
R016.3549409 MARSHALL Julie G
5 The literature on Royal Commissions, Select Committees of
Parliament and Boards of Inquiry 1856-1980: a select
bibliography
Bundoora, Vic:La Trobe University Library, 1990
R015.9450532 STREHLOW T J
1 Index to Victorian parliamentary papers, 1980-1990
Melbourne, Vic: University of Melbourne Library 1992
R016.3289423 ZALUMS Elmar
2 A Bibliography of South Australian Royal Commission, Select
Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry 1857-1970
Bedford Park: Flinders University 1975
R016.354941 ZALUMS Elmar and STAFFORD, Helen
1 A Bibliography of Western Australia Royal Commissions, Select
Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry 1870-1979
Blackwood SA: Zalums and Stafford 1980
3.3.6 Indexes to maps in Parliamentary Papers
R016.912944 MCQUILTON J and COLLINS D
1 Guide to maps in the New South Wales parliamentary
papers
(also Geog) 1836-1912
(Historical Geography Monograph Series 3)
Kensington: History Project Incorporated 1983
R016.912944 MCQUILTON J and COLLINS D
1A Guide to maps in the New South Wales parliamentary
papers
(also Geog) 1904-1980
(Historical geography Monograph 4)
Kensington: History Project Incorporated 1984
R016.912964 MCQUILTON J and McCULLOCH J
1 Guide to maps in the Tasmanian Parliamentary papers 1856-1981
(Historical Geography Monograph 5)
Kensington: History Project Incorporated 1984
3.4 Parliamentary Handbooks and Procedure
R328.94 AUSTRALIAN parliamentary handbook 3 Canberra: Parliamentary Library 1901+
Includes biographical details of Members, lists of officials, election and referendum results.
R328.94 ODGERS J R
13B Australian Senate practice
5th edition 1976
(also parliamentary paper 1/1976)
R328.9405 AUSTRALIA. Parliament. Senate
3 Standing orders
Canberra: AGPS
R328.9405 HOUSE of Representatives practice (2nd edition)
9 Canberra: AGPS 1989
R328.9405 AUSTRALIA. Parliament. House of Representatives.
6 Standing and sessional orders
(latest) Canberra: AGPS
R328.944 NEW South Wales parliamentary handbook
2 Sydney: Government Printer 1867/8+
Includes the standing orders of the Legislative Assembly, and reprints acts relating to the Constitution.
R328.944 NEW South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly.
6A Standing Rules and Orders
R328.943 QUEENSLAND parliamentary handbook
3 Brisbane: Parliamentary Library 1985
Includes biographical information about MPs and historical information about Parliament and electorates.
3.4.1 Executive Procedures
R354.9404 AUSTRALIA. Cabinet Office.
6 Cabinet handbook
Canberra: AGPS 1983
R328.9405 AUSTRALIA. Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
8 Legislation Handbook
Canberra: AGPS 1983
R354.9404 AUSTRALIA. Federal Executive Office.
8 Federal Executive Council Handbook
R354.94001 AUSTRALIA. Public Service Board.
8 Personnel Management Manual
Canberra: Public Service Board 1981+
R354.9440016 PUBLIC Service Board of New South Wales.
2 Staff and Personnel Handbook
Sydney: Public Service Board 1985+
3.5 Biographies of Parliamentarians
3.5.1 Federal Biographies
R324.29407 CRISP L F and ATKINSON B
13 Australian Labour Party federal parliamentarians 1901-1981
Canberra: Crisp and Atkinson 1981
R328.94073 RYDON Joan
1 A biographical register of the Commonwealth Parliament,
1901-1972
Canberra: ANU Press 1975
R324.29407 AUSTRALIAN federal government profile
18 Melbourne: Infoquest Business Publications 1983
R016.3549403 ADCOCK Nola
1 Australian prime ministers: a select list of biographical
information
Canberra: Parliamentary Library 1984
Biographical information about Federal MPs is also found in the Australian Parliamentary Handbook listed above.
3.5.2 New South Wales Biographies
R328.944073 CONNOLLY C N
3 Biographical register of the New South Wales Parliament,
1856-1901
Canberra: ANU Press 1983
R328.944 MARTIN Allan William
11 Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales
1856-1901: biographical notes
Canberra: ANU Press 1959
R328.944073 RADI Heather
2 Biographical register of the New South Wales Parliament,
1901-1970
Canberra: ANU Press 1979
R354.94404 NEW South Wales Cabinet
1 List of Ministers, biographical notes
Sydney: Government Printer 1984
3.5.3 Other States Biographies
R328.9430922 WATERSON D B
2 A biographical register of the Queensland
Parliament, 1860-1929
Canberra: ANU Press 1972
R328.9430992 WATERSON D B
2A Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament 1930-1980
With an outline atlas of Queensland electorates 1859-1980
Canberra: ANU Press 1982
R328.9423073 COXON Howard
1 Biographical register of the South Australian
Parliament 1857-1957
Adelaide: Wakefield Press 1985
R328.946073 BENNETT Scott
1 Biographical register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960
Canberra: ANU Press 1980
R328.9450922 THOMSON Kathleen
2 Biographical register of the Victorian Parliament 1859-1900
Canberra: ANU Press 1972
R328.9450922 BROWNE Geoffrey
3 A biographical register of the Victorian Parliament 1900-1945
MA Thesis, Monash University 1982
3.6 Elections
324.202194 AUSTRALIAN Electoral Commission.
2 to 9 Election Statistics
Canberra: AGPS 1984+
This has separate books for each state's results. Election statistics are also recorded in the Parliamentary handbook and the Parliamentary papers (under the heading Elections and Referendums).
R324.202194 AUSTRALIAN Electoral Office.
2 Summary of Commonwealth election and referendum statistics
1901-1975
Canberra: AGPS 1976
R324.944 AUSTRALIAN Electoral Office.
9 Commonwealth by-elections 1901-1982
Canberra: AGPS 1983
WWW access to Election Results
R324.944 NEW South Wales. State Electoral Office.
6 Legislative Assembly; Statistical returns.
(See also NSW Parliamentary Papers.)
R324.944 NEW South Wales. State Electoral Office.
8 Legislative Council; statistical returns
(See also NSW Parliamentary Papers.)
WWW access to Election Results
R324.94 LEY F
18 Commonwealth electoral procedures: and other information
relating to electoral and election matters.
Canberra: AGPS 1978
342.9407 NEW South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council.
1B Conspectus of the electoral legislation of the
Commonwealth
(also Law) states of Australia and the Northern Territory.
5th edition 1980
R324.640944 AUSTRALIAN Electoral Commission.
1 Electoral roll; state of New South Wales.
(latest; Sydney, State Electoral Office.
earlier in
Storage)
R324.640944 AUSTRALIAN Electoral Commission.
1 List of streets, roads and localities in New
South Wales.
Sydney, Australian Electoral Commission 1984+
Lists state and federal electorate information for each street.
Fisher MIC COMMONWEALTH electoral maps, proclaimed
324.630994 Microreproduction of maps published between 1900 and
1 1979 by mapping authorities in each state, accompanied by a
printed index.
Poster NEW South Wales. State Electoral Office.
A-V Area Maps of the State Electoral Districts as determined by the
Electoral Districts Commissioners 1980.
Note: The following regularly publishes political chronicles of each State:
320.5 AUSTRALIAN Journal of Politics and History 11 1955+
The following three works give details of election results for the Commonwealth and states, plus lists of cabinets, governors, governors-general.
R354.94 HUGHES C A and GRAHAM B D
4 A handbook of Australian government and politics
1890-1964
Canberra: ANU Press 1968
R320.994 HUGHES C A
29 A handbook of Australian Government and politics
1965-1974
Canberra: ANU Press 1977
R320.994 HUGHES C A
79 A handbook of Australian government and politics
1975-1984
Canberra: ANU Press 1986
The following two books give very detailed results of each election, giving figures for each electorate. Similar studies exist for the other states by the same authors.
R329.0239404 HUGHES C A and GRAHAM B D
1 Voting for the Australian House of Representatives
1901-1964
Canberra: ANU Press 1974
U329.023944 HUGHES C A and GRAHAM B D
2 Voting for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1890-1964
Canberra: ANU Department of Political Science 1975
3.7 Budget Papers
The latest federal budget is in the Fisher Reference collection and earlier budgets are in the Fisher Research Library. Includes the Budget Speech, which is also reported in full in the Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). The other Budget Papers are also published in the Parliamentary Papers. Prior to 1974/75, the Budget Papers were published ONLY in the Parliamentary Debates and Papers. Mini-budgets (sometimes called May or April Economic Statement, or Initial Budgetary Measures) are also held at Dewey class number 336.94. Each part is individually catalogued as a monograph.
R336.94 AUSTRALIA. Department of the Treasury.
31 Budget Paper 1974/75+
(latest Ref
earlier RL)
WWW access to Commonwealth Budgets 1996/97+
Copies of the current Budget are also located in Special Reserve. The Budget Related Papers are also located at R336.94/31
336.944 NEW South Wales. Treasury.
5 Budget Papers 1964/65+
(RL and U) These are also published in the NSW Parliamentary Papers.
Comprising:
1. Budget Speech
2. Supplementary Budget Information
3. Budget Estimates
4. Financial Arrangements between the Commonwealth and
New South Wales
5. Capital Work Programme - List of Projects
6. Appropriation Bill
WWW access to NSW Budgets 1995/96+
To find the Budget Papers of other states, refer to the Parliamentary Papers of each state.
4. Press Releases
Useful information about government policy may be found in the following sources of press releases. They also supplement Hansards by providing texts of important speeches made outside parliament.
R354.94005 MINISTERIAL document service
8 Canberra: AGPS July 1988-
This is a daily compilation of press statements made by ministers of the Federal Government and by the leaders of the opposition party/parties, including minor parties. It is indexed monthly, and the index appears in one of the early issues of the following month. This was preceded by Commonwealth Record (see below) but a gap exists from July 1987 - July 1988.
R354.9404 COMMONWEALTH record
2 Canberra: AGPS 1976 - June 1987
This publication is a weekly compilation of statements and speeches made outside parliament by ministers, opposition leaders, and leaders of other political parties. There are also references to ministerial statements, etc. made in parliament, the full texts of which are in Hansard. Commonwealth record has an annual cumulative index.
Previously issued under the following titles:
R354.9405 AUSTRALIAN government weekly digest
4 1975
354.9405 AUSTRALIAN government digest
3 1972-75
R354.940009 The federal government:
1 A chronology of events and decisions with
references 1983, 1984.
Canberra College of Advanced Education Library 1983+
A brief description of each event or decision is followed by references to newspaper articles or entries in Commonwealth Record. Includes a Subject Index.
R354.9440313 GOVERNMENT news release
3 Sydney: Premier's Media Unit 1989+
Provides a similar service to Ministerial Document Service for NSW press releases.
5. Government Gazettes and Industrial Awards
5.1 Government Gazettes
These advise the public of the decisions made by parliament and the various government departments and instrumentalities. They contain information on public service appointments and promotions, public holidays, dates when new legislation will come into effect, bankruptcy notices, tender notices, details of re-organisation of government departments, etc. Bound volumes of the Australian and New South Wales government gazettes are located on Floor 9 of Fisher Library. The latest issues of Australian gazettes are in the Serials Room, Floor 3 of Fisher Library.
G.AUS COMMONWEALTH of Australia gazette G Canberra: AGPS 1955+ WWW access to selected Commonwealth of Australia gazettes. G.NSW NEW South Wales G Government gazette of the state of New South Wales Sydney: Government Printer 1832-1914; 1948; 1961-8/5/92 (Imperfect) (Pre 1901 volumes are in Storage at DST 05683) Law 1974- WWW access to the current NSW Government gazettes. 072A SYDNEY gazette and New South Wales advertiser and 1803-1842 Fisher MIC 079.9441 12 350.1009944 PUBLIC services notices 1 Sydney: Government Printer 1979+ G.ACT AUSTRALIAN Capital Territory. G Australian Capital Territory Gazette May 1989- South Australia WWW access to South Australian government gazette, January 1998+
5.2 Industrial Awards
331.105 NEW South Wales industrial gazette
12 (NSW Department of Industrial Relations)
Sydney 1912+
COMMONWEALTH arbitration reports
(Australia. Conciliation and Arbitration Commission)
Canberra: AGPS Volume 1, 1905/7+
344.018914 1974-1981 [incomplete] (bound volumes)
1
Fisher MIC 1905/07-1981[incomplete] (microfiche)
344.018914
1A
Law 1905/07-1986, 1991 [incomplete]
A report of Cases decided and Orders and Awards made.
331.0994 INDUSTRIAL information bulletin
11 (Australia. Department of Labour and Immigration)
1961-1975 [incomplete]
Law 1946-75
Federal and state awards are also reported in the following commercially produced loose-leaf services:
331.1994 AUSTRALIAN industrial law review
3 (CCH Australia Ltd.), Sydney
1961-1967
Law 1962-1996
Law Library INDUSTRIAL arbitration service
(Law Book Company)
Sydney 1950-1981
6. Laws
Australian federal and New South Wales state laws are in the Fisher Reference Collection and the Law Library. Current acts of the other states are held only in the Law Library.
R346 AUSTRALIA. [Laws, etc.] 6 Acts of the Australian Parliament (Earlier RL) 1901-2000
Includes reprinted acts, alphabetical table and subject index.
346 AUSTRALIA. [Laws, etc.] 5 Statutory rules 1901-1993
Includes table of statutory rules
Reprints at R348.0294/1 and Law
Statutory Rules dated 1987+ are located in the Fisher Reference Collection, and 1901-1986 are located in the Fisher Research Library.
R346 NEW SOUTH WALES. [Laws, etc.] 9 Statutes of New South Wales Public and Private (Earlier RL) 1862-2000
Acts passed 1824-1986 are in the Fisher Research Library. Recent acts and reprinted acts are in the Fisher Reference Collection at R346/9A. Also held at Law.
Includes alphabetical list of acts (public and private from 1856 -loose- leaf, current)
R346 NEW SOUTH WALES. [Laws, etc.] 10 Rules, regulations, by-laws, ordinances, instruments etc. (Earlier RL) 1921-2000
Recent years are held in the Fisher Reference Collection. Earlier volumes are in the Fisher Research Library.
The following are guides to Australian legal materials:
R340.05 AUSTRALIAN legal monthly digest 10 Sydney: Law Book Company 1947+
A digest of Australian federal and state case law and selected English cases. Includes cumulative tables of legislation for the current year and cumulative indexes.
R354.940005 NEW legislation of the Australian parliament
1 Sydney: Report Newspapers 1973+
A parliamentary explanation of all new legislation introduced by the government.
R348.94048 COMMONWEALTH legislation catalogue 3 Canberra: AGPS 1989+
Cumulative monthly listing of federal legislation. Gives up-to-date listings of current and repealed acts and associated regulations. Very useful for finding amendments made since last reprint of an act or regulation.
R349.944 LAW handbook (3rd edition)
6B Sydney: Redfern Legal Centre 1988
R328.94 HARRINGTON Michael
49 Guide to legislation
Canberra: AGPS 1989
R340.072 CAMPBELL Enid
7 Legal research materials and methods
Sydney: Law Books Co. 1979
R348.944028 NEW South Wales legislation in force:
2 public and private acts and principal statutory
instruments
Sydney: New South Wales Parliamentary
Council's Office, 1990+
(updated twice yearly)
7. Bills
Copies of bills introduced into the New South Wales and Federal parliaments (and associated explanatory memoranda) are held in the Law Library only.
7.1 Bills of Federal Parliament
Bills are kept in a single alphabetical sequence for the session when each bill was first introduced, irrespective of House where introduced. The Law Library holds Federal Bills from 1967 onwards.
The Cumulative List of Bills and Associated Material is issued by AGPS approximately annually. The final Cumulative List for each session lists all versions of bills and explanatory memoranda introduced into Parliament during that session and supersedes all previous cumulative list for each session is filed or bound at the beginning of the bills for that session and serves as a checklist.
Customs Tariff Proposals and Excise Tariff Proposals formally place before Parliament all tariff alterations made by notices published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. When published in the Gazette they enable collection of duty to commence immediately so that profits cannot be made from advance knowledge of the changes. Thus presentation to Parliament is a formal, legally required mechanism, which follows commencement of the changes, especially during a Parliamentary recess. The Proposals are later incorporated into Customs or Tariff Validation Bills which are amendments to the original Acts and pass through Parliament as normal Bills. After the passage of these Bills the Proposals are formally discharged by Parliament. The Proposals are filed alphabetically with the Bills under the words " Customs..." or " Excise..." in keeping with their appearance in the Cumulative List of Bills and Associated Material.
A limited number of bound volumes of bills are prepared for the Parliament and sets are presented to the Parliamentary Library and the National Library only. A proposal to publish further sets in microform has not yet borne fruit.
Treatment in other libraries:
NSW Parliamentary Library - discards federal bills as they are passed. The remaining bills not passed into law are bound by session.
State Library - NQ346.94/5 1901-
UNSW Law Library - all kept and bound from session 1970-71-72.
7.2 Bills of the New South Wales Parliament
The Law Library holds NSW Bills from 1967 (incomplete holdings). Bills are kept in a single alphabetical sequence for the session when the bill was first introduced, irrespective of house where introduced. For each session the following lists
are produced:
Legislative Assembly
No.1
Register of Public Bills originated in the Assembly during the Session .....
No.2
Register of Public and Private Bills brought from they Council during the Session .....
Legislative Council
No.1
Register of Public Bills, originated in the Council, during the Session .....
No.2
Register of Private Bills introduced upon petition to the Council, during the session of .....
No.3
Register of Public and Private Bills brought from the Assembly during the session of .....
No.4
Register of Public and Private Bills brought from the Assembly during the session,
which did not reach the Council.
Information given on these alphabetical lists includes date of introduction, date of 1st, 2nd and 3rd reading, committee stage, report of assent, number of Act. Also information on cognate bills. These lists are filed at the beginning of the file of bill
s for each session and provide a checklist of all bills with a legislative history of each.
Bills are filed for the session when introduced whether or not the bill was enacted in that form during that session. All versions or prints of bills are kept.
Note: a lapsed bill may be reintroduced during the following session, so the same text may sometimes be found amongst the bills of successive sessions with only the date changed. The date on a bill may also change during its progress through parliament
The lists are produced by the Legislative Assembly Office and Legislative Council Office respectively, and although forming a separate series, are found in the bound volumes of Votes and Proceedings of the Assembly and Journal of the Council. Actual date
of sessions may be ascertained from: NSW Parliamentary Record.
Format
From 1974 (circa)
Some bills accompanied by Explanatory Note. Cover has long title of Bill, date introduced and name of mover of first reading.
From 1977
Name of Bill (short title) replaces long title on first page.
From 1978
Size of bills reduced and Explanatory Note attached to front of each bill.
From Session 1984-85-86
Date of introduction and name of introducer no longer printed on the bill. From this Session 1st print, 2nd Print etc. is printed on the cover to indicate different versions of bills during passage through parliament.
Information Bulletin (sometimes subtitled " an outline of new legislation recently introduced", a publication of the then Department of Attorney-General and of Justice, inter alia is the forerunner of the Explanatory Note now issued with each bill. Issued 1974-78 in small format, and in 1979 in large format.
The time between a Bill passing both Houses and its presentation to the Governor for assent must be no more than two weeks, but is usually one week.
Treatment in other libraries
NSW Parliamentary Library: all bills bound alphabetically for each Session.
UNSW Law Library: collects federal (from 1970) and all states' bills and binds them by calendar year.
State Library: NSW bills not passed as law kept in pamphlet boxes in Mitchell, none bound.
Background procedural information on bills is contained in Bills and Acts of Parliament
by K C McCrae, Usher of the Black Rod, in Government Publications in Australia: papers on their understanding and use. 3rd edition 1972, at 015.94/7A (Ref and RL)
8. Treaties
341.294 AUSTRALIA. Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade
4 Australian treaty series.
Canberra: AGPS No.1, 1948+
1959+ in RL
1948+ in Law
327.05 AUSTRALIA. Dept. of Foreign Affairs
5 Select documents in international affairs
Canberra: AGPS 1963+
Contains texts of international Treaties and Conventions in the preparation of which Australia participated but to which Australia did not become a party.9. Statistics
The Library receives copies of all Australian Bureau of Statistics publications. Current ABS publications from 1998 onwards are also available to University of Sydney staff and students as part of the AusStats database. Earlier issues can be located via the Serials Catalogue or in the microfiche set at MIC319.4/68 mentioned below (1901-1993), or via networked database access at Fisher Library (1994-1997).
Australian colonial statistics covering the period 1804-1900 are also available on microfiche produced by the ABS.
R015.940904 AUSTRALIAN Bureau of Statistics
3 Catalogue of publications and products
Canberra 1968+
Published annually and includes subject and title indexes to ABS publications.
R319.44025 DIRECTORY of statistical collections, New South Wales; a
1 guide to statistics compiled by New South Wales
(latest Ref government departments and authorities.
earlier RL) (New South Wales. State Statistical Co-ordination Unit)
Sydney 1980+
Fisher MIC Colonial microfiche (microform): Australian Bureau of
319.4 Statistics, c.1989
70
(Located in wooden containers on a table near the Microform shelves)
This fiche collection is accompanied by:
Catalogue of Australian Statistical Publications, 1804-1901.
This guide is kept with the microfiche set. Another copy of the guide is held in the Serials Department at the ABS Catalogue No. 1115.0.
For a bibliographic guide to all Central Office ABS publications, dated 1901 to 1993 see:
Fisher MIC AUSTRALIAN Bureau of Statistics 319.4 Index to the Historical Microfiche Series 1901-1993. 68 Canberra: ABS, 1995
This catalogue accompanies a microfiche set of the publications listed in the index.
Fisher MIC Historical Microfiche Series 1901-1993 319.4 Canberra: ABS, 1995. 68
The microfiche set Historical Microfiche Series 1901-1993 is supplemented by an electronic product called ABS Historical Publications on CDROM 1994-1997. Ask at the Information Desk at Fisher Library for access to this product.
Current ABS publications from 1998 onwards are also available to University of Sydney staff and students as part of the AusStats database. For older publications, refer to the microfiche and CDROM products above.
Poster cabinet AUSTRALIAN Bureau of Statistics Audio-Visual Area Statistical maps
ABS Time Series are also available via the AusStats database.
Guides to statistics sources can be found in:
R016.3194 HAGGER J A
1 A guide to Australian economic and social statistics
Sydney: Pergamon 1983
R016.3194 MILLER Ann E
2 Checklist of nineteenth century Australian colonial
statistical sources
Kensington: History Project Inc., 1983
NSW BLUE BOOKS AUSTRALIAN Bureau of Statistics. New South Wales Office.
See Statistical register of New South Wales
Microfiche sets of Blue Books for 1822-1894 are available on microfiche at MIC319/1 Box 1
For further information about historical statistics, ask for the Library guide:
Guide to Australian Historical Statistics at the Information Desk.
10. Yearbooks
Yearbooks issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics are useful sources of information on governments and contain demographic and other statistical data. The Fisher Reference Collection contains a full set of Yearbook Australia and New South Wales Yearbook. The latest yearbooks for other states are kept in the Fisher Reference Collection and earlier issues are in the Fisher Research Library.
R319.4 YEARBOOK Australia
4 Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Number 1, 1901 -
R319.4 NEW South Wales Yearbook
3 Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
1904/5 -
11. Censuses
R319.4 AUSTRALIAN Bureau of Statistics
11 Census of population and housing 1911+
(latest Ref, earlier RL)
Latest census summaries are in the Fisher Reference Collection, earlier censuses in the Fisher Research Library. Much more detailed figures from recent censuses can be found in the microfiche sets held in the Audiovisual Area:
Fisher MIC 1971 Census
919.40021 Canberra: ABS, 1971 -
8
Fisher MIC 1976 Census
919.40021 Canberra: ABS, 1976.
8A
Fisher MIC 1981 Census
919.40021 Canberra: ABS 1981
1
Fisher MIC 1986 Census
919.40021 Canberra: ABS 1986
2
For a fuller summary of Census materials held by the Library and of the formats available,
see Australian Census Information
[No census microfiche sets were produced after the 1986 census. This data is available in CDROM format, and is called CLIB91, CLIB96 and CLIB2001. These are available in electronic format at Fisher Library and most other University of Sydney libraries. Ask at the Information Desk at each library for details.]
The microfiche sets include summaries and cross-classified tables, maps, and information by statistical division, subdivision, local government area, federal electoral boundaries, collection districts, postcodes etc.
Fisher Library also has 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001 Census data on CDROM, which can be used to create tables and maps based on census data. Ask at the Fisher Information Desk for details.
The ABS Ausstats database also has a range of census data available online to University of Sydney staff and students. This data can be located via the ABS website and clicking on Census, or via the following link:
2001 Census of Population and Housing
The ABS Ausstats database also has historical census data available in spreadsheet format at: Australian Historical Population Statistics. Some of this data goes back to 1788.
R912.13126 ATLAS of population and housing, 1981 census
1A Canberra: Division of National Mapping and the
Australian Bureau of Statistics 1983-
Maps of major cities, showing population density, occupation, income, migrant ratios, etc.
R912.199441 POULSEN Michael
2 Sydney: a social and political atlas
Sydney: Allen and Unwin 1980
R319.441 WESTERN Sydney: a statistical profile of the region
1 Blacktown: WESTIR 1982
R305.8009944 STATISTICAL profile of ethnic communities in New South
4 Wales
Sydney: Census Applications, 1988
R304.6099402 ATLAS of the Australian people; Queensland. 1986 census.
1 Canberra; AGPS, 1990
(other states available or in production)
R304.6099441 HORVATH Ronald
3 SYDNEY: a social atlas
Sydney: University of Sydney Press, 1989
RF304.609944 SYDNEY: a social atlas
1 Sydney: ABS, 1989
For censuses and musters in NSW prior to 1900 see: Guide to Australian Historical Statistics.
12. Government Archives
R016.994 IVES Walter Alan
5 Archives in Australia
Canberra: Pearce Press 1978
R027.594 AUSTRALIAN Archives
12 The Australian Archives
Canberra 1987
This is a collection of guides to archives and how to get access to archival records
R027.594 AUSTRALIAN Archives: NSW
8 Sydney: Australian Archives 1981
R994.4 GUIDE to the State Archives
37 Sydney: Archives Authority of NSW, 1964+
R016.35494 COOK John et al
3 A guide to commonwealth government information
sources
Sydney: Pergamon Press 1988
This work outlines access to Australian government archives and the types of materials archived. Also information on Freedom of Information and other information produced by government departments.
027.171 DOUST R F
31 The administration of official archives in New South
Wales 1870-1960
UNSW: M. Lib. Thesis 1969
Fisher MIC ARCHIVES Authority of New South Wales
929.394 The genealogical research kit
8 Sydney 1984 +
The research kit is a microform reproduction of selected NSW colonial archives, including Register of baptisms, burials and marriages, list of convicts 1788-1823. Appointments to government offices 1814-1825, Electoral Rolls 1842-1863 and Returns of the Colony (Blue Books) 1822-1857.
Fisher MIC NEW South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and
929.394 Marriages
1 NSW Registry of births, deaths and marriages
pre 1956 to 1905.
Sydney: W and F Pascoe 1982-
British government archives relevant to Australia held in the Public Record Office, London are listed on pages 184-314 of the following work:
R994.0016 MANDER-JONES Phyllis
9/2 Manuscripts in the British Isles relevant to Australia,
New Zealand and the Pacific
Canberra: ANU Press 1972
All records relating to the Australian colonies that are held in the Public Record Office in London have been microfilmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), a joint venture between the National Library of Australia and the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
The microfilm set is held in the Mitchell Library. A description of the records which have been microfilmed is contained in the following set of reference books:
R994.0016 NATIONAL Library of Australia
14 Australian Joint Copying Project handbook
Canberra: 1972-1980
13. Bibliographies and Indexes
The following are useful for finding out whether a publication has been issued:
R015.94 A LIST of lists: government publications in Australia 11 Melbourne: Library Council of Victoria 1979
This is a list of publication lists and bibliographies of the Australian federal and state governments.
R015.9409045 AUSTRALIAN government publications 1 Canberra: National Library of Australia 1952+
Lists federal and state government publications, and includes an index. In 1988 the scope was widened to include input from a large number of Australian libraries. Prior to 1988, only documents received by the National Library were included. From 1988 in microfiche format only.
R015.9409047 AUSTRALIAN Government Publishing Service
1 Annual catalogue of Commonwealth publications
Monthly catalogue of publications placed on sale.
Commonwealth publications official list: issued weekly.
R015.94053 AUSTRALIAN Government Publishing Service
2 AGPS catalogue on microfiche
Monthly catalogue listing of all AGPS publications by title, government departments and subject. Includes numerical listings of parliamentary papers.
R015.944053 PUBLICATIONS issued
1 Sydney: NSW Government Printing Office 1970-1986
R015.994 Official publications received
1 Sydney: State Library of New South Wales 1968+
R015.94053 PUBLICATIONS listed at the NSW Government
Information Service
Sydney: Government Printer July/Aug 1982-1984/5
R015.943053 QUEENSLAND government publications
1 Brisbane : Library Board of Queensland 1981+
R015.946 TASMANIAN official publications
2 Hobart: State Library of Tasmania 1972-1976
From 1977+ incorporated in: Australian government publications
R015.945 VICTORIAN government publications received
2 Melbourne: State Library of Victoria 1976+
R015.9423 SOUTH Australian government publications
1 Adelaide: South Australia. Govt Printing Dept. 1975+
R015.941 OFFICIAL publications of Western Australia
3 Perth: Western Australia. Parliament. Library
1973-1978.
From 1979, see Australian Government Publications
R015.941 ZALUMS Elmar
2 Western Australia government publications
1829-1959; a bibliography.
Adelaide 1968
Other library publications dealing with government documents
- Australian Historical Statistics
- Australian Public Policy
- Australian Parliamentary Reports Index
- British Government Publications
- United States Government Publications
- International Governmental Organisations
- European Union Publications
Credits
This is a guide to the government publications held in the University of Sydney Library. Printed versions can be obtained from the Information Desk at Fisher Library.
The text of this document was written by Ian Duncan in May 1986 and has been updated since then by Ray Penn. It is being constantly revised. Any comments or suggestions should be directed to: Ray Penn, Government Publications Librarian at: r.penn@library.usyd.edu.au.
This document is a supplement to the Australian Government Internet Guide.