I’ve discussed Government Gazettes and Police Gazettes before, with their enormous usefulness to family historians. They can be used to find out more detail about your ancestors, and can sometimes solve questions about what happened to them. They can give clues to further research about residence, land and occupations.
The good news is that they are increasingly becoming available online. Here is an updated (June 2021) list:
Government Gazettes
- New South Wales 1832-1880
- Queensland 1859-1905
- South Australia 1841-1870
- Tasmania 1907-1916, 1919
- Victoria 1851-1901
- New Zealand 1876-1878, 1880-1883, 1886
- New South Wales 1853-1899
- Queensland 1903-1910
- South Australia 1867-1884
- Commonwealth 1901-2012
- New South Wales 1832-2001
- Northern Territory 1873-1927
- Tasmania 1816-1827
Government sites
- Queensland 1859-1900 online http://www.textqueensland.com.au/gazette
- South Australia 1839-1999 http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/
- Victoria 1836 to 1997 including NSW Gazettes 1836 to 1851 http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/
- Western Australia 1836-current https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/gazettes.html
Police Gazettes
- New South Wales 1862-1900
- Queensland 1864-1900
- South Australia 1862-1900
- Tasmania 1884-1900
- Victoria 1855-1900 (not all years)
- New South Wales 1854-1930
- New Zealand 1878-1945
- South Australia 1862-1947
- Tasmania 1884-1933
- Victoria 1855, 1864-1924
Government sites
- Western Australia 1876-1900 https://slwa.wa.gov.au/explore-discover/wa-heritage/police-gazettes