The Gazette is managed by the New South Wales Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

[1] The first Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales was published in 1832.

[2] Prior to the publication of the first issue of the Gazette on 7 March 1832, official notices were published in the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser.

[3] The articles in the Gazette include official notices from municipal councils and government departments about the naming of roads and the acquisition of land as well as changes to legislation and government departments in New South Wales.

[2] Government notices, regulations, forms and orders relating to the Port Phillip District were published in the Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales until Victoria separated from New South Wales in 1851.