Government Publications Resource Guide, page 2

Print resources

The following items are a selection of key print materials available in the Library. Some of these items may be on the shelves in the Information Centre and the Redmond Barry Reading Room. Others may need to be requested through our online catalogue. These items will then be retrieved from storage and delivered to the book collection point in this room.

Australian and Victorian resources

How we are governed: federal, state and local government/Claude R. Forell.  1994
R 342.94 F76H (1994)
Tile gives basic information on the structure of government and the processes involved in the parliamentary system.

Sawer’s: the Australian Constitution/ Guy Aitken, Robert Orr.  2002
R 342.94 S96AU (2002)
Title gives the text and a history of the creation and changes made to the Australian constitution.

National guide to government. 
RR 354.9400025 N21A
Quarterly updated directory of Australian and state governments.  Biographical entries on politicians and address and key personnel of government departments.

A guide to the Australian government ... : structure, organisations and key people
RR 351.940025 G94N
Annual directory of Australian ministers, government departments and agencies.

Victorian government directory
R 354.94500025 V66D
Annual directory of Victorian government departments, ministers and agencies, including which legislation is administered by each minister

Australian local government guide
RR 352.0002594 AU7I
Quarterly directory of all local governments in Australia, including names of councilors and addresses of all local government departments.

Report on government services / Steering
R 354.94008 AU7R
Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision Annual statistical and performance comparison of state government services to the community

Victorian parliamentary handbook
R 328.9450025 V66
Handbook for the parliament, including biographies of politicians and historical information on the parliament.

Index to Victorian Parliamentary papers:  1885-1900  and 1900/01-1949 / compiled by T.J. Strehlow & C.W. Ford
R & LTR 015.9450532 ST8I
Index to Victorian parliamentary papers, 1950-92 / compiled by T.J. Strehlow
These 3 volumes list all papers presented to the Victorian parliament.  The bound parliamentary papers can be found in the La Trobe collection.  Parliamentary papers include annual reports of government departments, royal commissions and committees of inquiry.

Parliamentary handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia.
R 328.94 AU7PA
Handbook for the parliament, including biographies of politicians and historical information on the parliament and the Constitution.

Indexes to the papers presented to parliament…Australia. 1901-
R & LTR 328.9404 AU7
These 3 volumes list all papers presented to the Australian parliament.  The bound parliamentary papers can be found in the La Trobe collection.  Parliamentary papers include annual reports of government departments, royal commissions and committees of inquiry.

Australian government publications. 1961-1998
R 015.94 AU7G
Lists all publications produced by Australian and state governments, including bills, acts and government reports.

United nations and international resources

R 341.2303 OS5E (2003)
Encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements.  2003
Text of major international treaties and conventions and the history of United Nations bodies.

Encyclopedia of human rights issues since 1945/ Winston E. Langley.  1996
R 323.03 L44E (1996)
Includes history and text of all international treaties and conventions relating to human rights.

Constitutions of the countries of the world
342.023 B61
Updated text of constitutions in english and original language, with constitutional chronologies and annotated bibliographies, with an accompanying publication:  Constitutions of the dependencies and territories.