Votes and proceedings are the minutes of the chambers, they set out what the chambers have done rather than what was said (see Hansard).
The New South Wales Parliament has its origins in the Legislative Council established in 1824. When New South Wales attained responsible self-government in 1856, a two chamber Parliament was established with the upper chamber named the Legislative Council and the lower chamber, the Legislative Assembly.
The votes and proceedings are the minutes of these two chambers. For the Legislative Council the titles for the published votes and proceedings have varied over time, but the title for the Legislative Assembly has remained the same name since the Assembly was established in 1856.
Legislative Council
1824 - Minutes of proceedings
1833 - Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Council
1856 - Journal of the Legislative Council of New South Wales
1991 - Minutes of proceedings
Legislative Assembly
1856 - Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly during the session …
For much of the Parliament's history the votes and proceedings have been incorporated with parliamentary papers, so many of the titles included here are the same for the parliamentary papers section.
1856–
Use the online comprehensive index (links to LC Minutes)
1824-1855
Use the first Legislative Council archive
Separate files listed for each day. In pdf format.
1856-1994
Votes and indexes from the 1st to the 50th Parliament
1994–
Use the online comprehensive index (links to LA Votes)
Legislative Council
1856-1954
See print holdings
1825-1856
Legislative Council Consolidated Index to the Votes and Proceedings (Occasional paper by R F Doust)
Legislative Assembly
1856–
Use the online comprehensive index (links to LA Votes Indexes)
1856-1988
Journal of the Legislative Council of New South Wales
State Library Victoria holds the hard copy, vol.1 (1856/1857) to vol.180 (1988).
1832-1855
New South Wales. Legislative Council. Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Council
1824-1831
Minutes of proceedings of the Legislative Council of New South Wales
1856-1984
Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly during the session …
Volumes are interfiled with Parliamentary papers but are clearly labelled Votes and proceedings.
1856-1954
New South Wales. Legislative Council. Consolidated index to the Minutes of the proceedings and papers
In five volumes, 1856 to 1874, 1874 to 1893, 1894 to 1913, 1914 to 1934 and 1934 to 1954.
There is also an index at beginning of each volume of Votes and proceedings (1856/57-1984) and also on microfilm (1856/57-1900).
1824-1856
New South Wales Legislative Council 1824-1856 : abstracts of Votes and proceedings : with an index / compiled by R.F. Doust.
1984-1997
New South Wales. Parliament. Parliamentary papers during the session … / New South Wales, Parliament.
Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly are usually fiche 2 to about 4 or 5 of first fiche in each box.
1856-1900
Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly during the session... / New South Wales, Parliament
The Parliament of New South Whales website has a comprehensive index to all parliamentary documents available online. This is a great starting point if you know the period or Parliament (i.e. Parliament No.57) of the material you are looking for.
This index contains links to all NSW Hansard (debates), votes and proceedings, House Papers and Tabled Papers for both houses that are available online, including indexes to these records. Reports of debates prior to 1880 are currently unavailable online. The index is arranged by Parliament and date.
