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It depends on whether you want upcoming dividends or historical dividends.

Announced upcoming dividends are published on

Mondays in the Australian Financial Review.

Continuously on the ASX web site www.asx.com.au.

Monthly in Shares Magazine.

If you are trying to estimate when a company is due to pay its dividend, the company web site (find its address through the ASX web site) may have projected dates, or they may be in their last annual report. Also, the Ninemsn Finance page for each company shows the last two payment dates.

Historical dividend dates and amounts will be more difficult. The Ninemsn Finance page will show up to ten years history for each company. However, it will not show the dates. For dates, the best way might be Shares magazine back issues at a library because there are monthly lists.