The South Australian Government Gazette
Produced by the Production and Online Services team under the Department for Infrastructure and Transport, issued by authority of the South Australian Government Printer.
Each Thursday, excluding the last week of December, the publication is uploaded to this website and emailed or printed for subscribers.
In the case of a public holiday, or when members of the Executive Council are scheduled to visit country regions, the weekly gazette may be published on a different day.
Supplementary gazettes are generated when information is required for urgent dissemination.
Notices are categorised according to content and source, forming five sections of the periodical:
- Governor’s Instruments—appointments, assented and amended laws
- Rules of Court—changes and amendments to Court rules
- State Government Instruments—departmental and statutory information
- Local Government Instruments—news of cities and district councils
- Public Notices—business and individual advertisements
Publication of the SA Government Gazette signifies the date that a notice enters the public domain and becomes legally binding.
Origins
South Australian gazette and colonial register
Trove hosts the South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register, various dates from 1836 to 1847 – This was South Australia’s first newspaper and is the major printed source covering the establishment of the colony. In some cases, it is the only source describing events such as the first government land sales, and the establishment of schools, businesses, churches, and self-government. It was first published in London in June 1836, moved to Adelaide in 1837, and folded into The Advertiser almost a century later in February 1931. See more at the State Library of South Australia.
Did you know?
The term gazette normally refers to a newspaper – the word derives from gazzetta, which was a Venetian coin used to buy early Italian newspapers; the coin became a name for the papers themselves.