NRS-16735 | Card index to Indecent Articles and Classified Publications

These cards index publications classified under the provisions of the Indecent Articles and Classified Publications Act 1975, as amended. Under this legislation publications could be identified as 'unrestricted', 'restricted' or available only by direct sale. Restrictions were based on the manner in which sex, drug addiction, horror, crime, cruelty or violence was depicted in the publication. Classified publications were required to be notified in the NSW Government Gazette. The Gazette proclamation was evidence that a publication had been classified, that a direction regarding the publication had been made, and that the classification or direction was in force. Any previous notification in regard to the publication was revoked by the Gazette notice. The cards are arranged alphabetically by the title of publication. The following information is shown - author and publisher if known, classification – R (restricted), UR (un-restricted), or DS (direct sale), date of the NSW Government Gazette in which the classification notice was published, and if reviewed, date of publication for any subsequent classification notices. Individual issues of classified periodicals and magazines are usually represented by separate cards.A computer printout of a "Book List at 31/5/1978", comprising details of classified publications from 1975-76 is also included, with the information detailed on the computer printout identical to that found on the Card index for the relevant publications.Some of the publications listed on the Card index are held as part of NRS 16733, Copies of Indecent Articles and Classified Publications 1960-82.本批索引卡用于对依据经修订的《1975年不雅物品及分类出版物法（Indecent Articles and Classified Publications Act 1975）》完成分类的出版物进行编目。根据该法案，出版物可被划分为“无限制级”“限制级”或仅可通过直接销售渠道发行三类。分级标准基于出版物中性、成瘾性药物、恐怖内容、犯罪行为、虐待行为或暴力行为的呈现方式。完成分类的出版物需在新南威尔士州政府公报（New South Wales Government Gazette）上进行公告。该公报公告可作为出版物已完成分类、已就该出版物发布相关指令且该分类或指令当前生效的证明文件。此前针对该出版物的任何公告均会被该公报公告撤销。本批索引卡按出版物标题的字母顺序排列，每张索引卡包含以下信息：若可查询到则标注作者与出版机构、出版物分级——R（restricted）、UR（un-restricted）或DS（direct sale）、刊载分类公告的新南威尔士州政府公报发布日期，若经复审则标注后续分类公告的发布日期。分类期刊与杂志的单期出版物通常会单独设立一张索引卡。本次数据集还包含一份"Book List at 31/5/1978"计算机打印件，其中收录了1975至1976年的分类出版物详情，且该打印件上的信息与对应出版物的索引卡信息完全一致。本索引卡中收录的部分出版物作为NRS 16733（1960-1982年不雅物品及分类出版物副本）的一部分被归档保存。