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Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - New South Wales
Location: State Library of Western Australia

Title: Acts and Ordinances of [the Governor and Council of] New South Wales

Dates at this location:1824-1837
Call Number: Q346.1944 NEW
Format:Paper

Acts and Ordinances of [the Governor and Council of] New South Wales is a Previous Series of Acts/Ordinances/Statutes - New South Wales

From 1788 to 1823, the governors of New South Wales legislated by General Orders and proclamations. Orders to 1803 were reprinted in the Historical Records of Australia, Series I (see library catalogues for holdings). Orders from 1804-1823 were published in the Sydney Gazette.

The New South Wales Legislative Council was established in 1824, and its acts were published as Acts and Ordinances of [the Governor and Council of] New South Wales, covering the period 1824-1857.

The New South Wales Parliament was established in 1856. Acts continued to be published as Acts and Ordinances of New South Wales until 1862, and thereafter under the title Statutes of New South Wales. There were also various nineteenth-century collections of acts. New South Wales acts are available online from 1990.

Consolidated editions of NSW Acts were published in 1937 and 1957, and were updated by the Cumulative Supplement (1942-1979). Loose reprints are available from about 1979. Current consolidations are available online.

 

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