Government Gazettes in general contain a vast amount of historical and
genealogical information. However they are largely an untapped resource. The few
complete runs that are available are usually only found in major libraries. And
even for researchers who do have access to these the sheer size and extent of
the Gazettes is daunting.
Now that is all changing - with the publication of the gazettes on affordable
and searchable form on CD-ROM. Tens of thousands of ordinary people and
localities, small and large, are mentioned EVERY YEAR in Government Gazettes.
But they offer researchers much more than simply names and places. They will
help you reconstruct events and circumstances in the life of individuals and
communities.
Information such as list following can often be found in most Gazettes: lists
of magistrates, intestate estates, unclaimed letters (tens of thousands of
Victorian residents usually with their addresses), applicants for patents,
appointees to government positions, auctioneers, cemetery and church land
trustees, consuls, creation and dissolution of business partnerships,
depasturing licences, insolvents, land purchasers, members elected to the
Legislative Council, missing persons, municipal councillors, persons owing money
to Treasury, persons named in writs to be executed by the Sheriff, petitioners
to establish local government, shareholders in companies seeking registration as
limited liability companies, and successful tenderers for government business
and works to name a few.
The whole of each the gazette is searchable. Search for any word in the text
- names, places and more.
This CD set contains high quality scanned images of the whole of each year
from 1881-1890, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be
searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
Each year is also available individually:
Victorian Government Gazette 1881
Victorian Government Gazette 1882
Victorian Government Gazette 1883
Victorian Government Gazette 1884
Victorian Government Gazette 1885
Victorian Government Gazette 1886
Victorian Government Gazette 1887
Victorian Government Gazette 1888
Victorian Government Gazette 1889
Victorian Government Gazette 1890
Click here to download a file of sample pages from this book
Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive. The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s.
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.
