Victorian Government Gazette 1851. 1851. <P>Government Gazettes are a unique, useful and extremely fascinating resource for local, family and social historians and researchers in other fields throughout Australia.<br><br> They were published by the government as a means of communication to officials and the general public and therefore contain information that is of great use in establishing an image of Australia and its people in the past.</P><P> They include a range of information such as land transactions, legal notices, proclamations, insolvency and bankrupt notices, impoundments, private advertisements, patent applications, partnerships, licences, contracts, government institutions and positions, statistics and much more.</P><P> They have information covering a broad spectrum of the community with important details and facts on thousands of people.</P><P> The Victorian Government Gazette for 1851 was the first for that colony, and started half way through the year. Before this there were several years of Port Phillip Gazettes.</P><P> This product provides a great tool for researching Victorian history, making information that is difficult to find easily accessible on one CD.</P>
