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The South Australian Government Gazette

Produced by the Publishing and Online Services team under the Department for Infrastructure and Transport, and issued by authority of the South Australian Government Printer.

The South Australian Government Gazette is the official publication of the South Australian Government, used to communicate legislation, statutory notices, government appointments, public notices and other information required by law to be published.

Each Thursday, excluding the last week of December, the publication is printed and uploaded to this website, then mailed or emailed to subscribers.

In the event of a public holiday, or if Executive Council meets on an alternative day, the weekly Gazette may be published on a date other than Thursday.

Supplementary Gazettes may be published where urgent publication is required or where exceptionally large notices need to be accommodated.

Notices are categorised according to content and source, forming five sections of the periodical:

Governor’s Instruments—appointments, assented and amended laws
Rules—changes and amendments to rules, usually Courts
State Government Instruments—departmental and statutory information
Local Government Instruments—news of cities and district councils
Public Notices—business and individual advertisements

Publication in the South Australian Government Gazette provides an official public record of notices published under legislation and other legal authority. For many notices it marks the date on which legal effect is established under the relevant legislation.

Origins

South Australian gazette and colonial register

Trove hosts historical editions of 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.

You can find out 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.