Research Guides: South Australian Government publications: Legislative Council

Legislative Council

Hansard debates for the Legislative Council are now available online stretching back to 13 July 1971 (Fortieth Parliament, Second Session).

pre-1857
There are no official recorded debates in the Legislative Council before 1857. For this early period check Trove for Legislative Council debates as reported in early South Australian newspapers. Do a broad search using the following words: proceedings legislative council south australia.
1857-1895
From 1857 to 1895, the 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 Trove for newspaper coverage of debates for these couple of years.
1896-1913
Debates in the Legislative Council during the ... session of the ... Parliament of South Australia. Adelaide : W.K. Thomas & Co., 1896-1913.
1914-1993
From 1914 to 1993 the debates of the two chambers were again published as one title with a small variation in title details 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.