A guide to accessing South Australian Government publications
This chamber came into existence in 1857 in South Australia. Hansard debates for the House of Assembly are now available online stretching back to 13 July 1971 (Fortieth Parliament, Second Session). See the General Hansard Information page on the Parliament of South Australia's website for more information.
1857/58-1895
Debates of the 2 chambers were published as one title, first titled Epitome of the debates in the Houses of Legislature, then titled Debates in the Houses of Legislature. No Hansard was produced for 1863 and 1864 due to an industrial dispute. Check newspaper reports in Trove for coverage of debates for these couple of years.
1896-1913
Debates in the House of Assembly during the ... session of the ... Parliament of South Australia. Adelaide : I.L. Bonython & Co., 1897-1914.
1914-1993
From 1914 to 1993 the debates of the two chambers were again published as one title with a small variation in title between 1914-1951 and 1952-1993. Or use online version from 1971 onwards.
August 1992 onwards
Available online only. Note that advanced filtering options are not available until October 2007 sessions.
