Government Publications
Australian Historical statistics
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Australian Bureau of Statistics Historical PublicationsContains links to Colonial Statistics catalogue, Historical Census data and Historical ABS publications. This is an archived page.
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Early Australian census recordsState Library Victoria Research Guide to finding census records from 1788 to 1901.
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Historical and Colonial Census Data Archive (HCCDA)Australian colonial census publications and reports covering the period from 1833 to 1901. Contains census reports, but not individual census returns.
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Historical microfiche series: statistical publications since FederationContains publications released by the Central Office of the Australian Bureau of Statistics since 1901 to 1983. (note: offsite storage, must be requested)
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Statistical register of the colony of Victoria for the year...Microfiche at the State Library of Victoria (SLV).
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Trade through TimeSnapshot information on Australia's trading history is provided prior to Federation in 1901 and then on a decade-by-decade basis from 1900 to the present.
Legal materials
La Trobe Law guides provide up to date guidance and links for both Australian and International Law resources.
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Historic HansardCommonwealth of Australia House of Representatives (1901-1965) Hansard presented in an easy-to-read format. Browse by year, parliaments, people or Bills for easiest access.
For Historic Hansard tips on searching & downloading, see http://search.historichansard.net/tips/
Physical Government publications in the Library
The library has many other historical Australian Government publications, mainly in print. These are generally kept in off-site storage and need to be requested.
Search for the keywords (ie Vietnam War) or the Department name (ie Dept. of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs).