Government Gazettes are a unique, useful and extremely fascinating resource for local, family and social historians and researchers in other fields throughout Australia. They were published by the government as a means of communication to officials and the general public and therefore contain information that is of great use in establishing an image of the colony of South Australia and its people in the past. They contain many thousands of names and places and information from a whole cross section of the community.
Issued weekly with occasional special issues, the South Australian Government Gazette contains information such as proclamations, land transactions, court notices, notice of acts, public notices, tenders, appointments and resignations, bankrupt and insolvency notices, impoundments, police auctions, unclaimed letters, licenses (publican’s, wine and beer, storekeeper's, occupation, and depasturing), rewards on offer and more ...
The compendium includes the full set of gazettes covering the 10 years from 1841 to 1850 – search all 10 years at once!
Example entry:
In the matter of the insolvency of James MacLeod, late of Tarranga, near the Onkaparinga River, farmer and stockholder.
A FIRST and final dividend of fourpence three farthings, and four-fifths of a farthing, will be payable to the creditors of the above estate, on Tuesday, the 13th day of January next, at my office, at the Supreme Court.
By Order,
JOHN HANCE,
Official Assignee.
December 17th, 1845.
Each year is also available individually:
South Australian Government Gazette 1841
South Australian Government Gazette 1842
South Australian Government Gazette 1843
South Australian Government Gazette 1844
South Australian Government Gazette 1845
South Australian Government Gazette 1846
South Australian Government Gazette 1847
South Australian Government Gazette 1848
South Australian Government Gazette 1849
South Australian Government Gazette 1850
This CD contains high quality scanned images of the original gazettes, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
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Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.
