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of Victoria

Historical primary sources for legal history

Gazettes, Sessional Papers, Journals, Hansard

Commonwealth of Australia

Historical Australian Gazettes (1901 - 2012)
Historical archives of Commonwealth of Australia and Australian Government Gazettes.
Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
Historic Hansard
Historic Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers

New South Wales

NSW Parliamentary Debates
Debates from the Legislative Council (Upper House) from 1824 onward and Legislative Assembly (Lower House) from 1856 onward

Early Australian statutes

Commonwealth of Australia

AustLII - Commonwealth of Australia Acts (1901-)

New South Wales

AustLII - New South Wales Acts (1824 - )

Early Australian case law

AustLII Colonial History Collection
Pre-1900 primary sources and commentary.
AustLII

Primary sources (other)

TROVE - National Library of Australia

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