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Parliamentary Papers - Australia (Commonwealth)

Commonwealth parliamentary papers began in 1901. Until 1966 they were published in subject groupings (such as "General" or "Finance") within a series of volumes for each Parliamentary session, titled The records of the proceedings and the printed papers. The House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings and the Senate Journals were published as Volume 1, and the Parliamentary Papers in Volumes 2 onwards, with an index in Volume 1.

From 1967 papers were arranged by Parliamentary Paper number and bound yearly in an independent series.

Sometimes the Senate has published its own papers (identified by the letter 'S'), which are bound with the Journals of the Senate.

Current Series of Parliamentary Papers - Australia (Commonwealth)

Previous Series of Parliamentary Papers - Australia (Commonwealth)

Index of Parliamentary Papers - Australia (Commonwealth)



Current Series of Parliamentary Papers - Australia (Commonwealth):

Parliamentary papers
1967-
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Previous Series of Parliamentary Papers - Australia (Commonwealth):

Papers presented to Parliament (and ordered to be printed)
1901-1966
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Index of Parliamentary Papers - Australia (Commonwealth):

About Indexes to Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers

Bound sets of volumes of Parliamentary papers each have annual or sessional indexes. Indexes for early years have been cumulated and published separately. Before papers are bound, draft indexes are issued.

The index will indicate the volume, paper and page number where the paper can be found. If no volume or paper number is indicated, it means that the paper has not been published as a Parliamentary paper. If not listed separately in your library's catalogue, copies may be available from the Table Office at Parliament House. In the case of the draft indexes, as they refer to unbound papers, they will quote the paper number only.


Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry. Part I: Commonwealth of Australia, 1900-1950
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Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry: Commonwealth, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria, 1960-1980 and South Australia, 1970-1980
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Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry: part 1A: Commonwealth of Australia, 1950-1960
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Consolidated Register of Senate Committee Reports
March 1970-

Although not strictly an index of Parliamentary Papers, this index includes many Parliamentary Papers, listed by the Committee that created them.

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Consolidated index to the Checklists of Royal Commissions, Select Committees [etc], ... in the Commonwealth of Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, 1856-1960
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Index to papers presented to Parliament
1901-

The official index to Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers. Consolidated editions have been issued for the periods 1901-1949, 1950-1961, 1962-1972. More recent editions cover 3-4 years each. Annual indexes are also included with the bound volumes. Available online for the period 1992+.

For holdings of indexes not listed here, see the holdings of Parliamentary Papers themselves.

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Register of Reports from Committees of the House of Representatives and Joint Committees 1901 -

Although not strictly an index of Parliamentary Papers, this index includes many Parliamentary Papers, listed by the Committee that created them.

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Royal Commissions 1902-
This Parliamentary Library guide lists all Commonwealth Royal Commissions and where the Royal Commission reports can be located, in the Parliamentary Paper series or online.
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Supplement to checklist of Royal Commissions, select committees of Parliament and boards of inquiry, 1856-1980
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