As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2006
 
Registration No. 333- 
           
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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NOVASTAR RESOURCES LTD
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
91-1975651
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

Seth Grae
8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 287-8743
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
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Copy to:

Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq.
Joseph R. Tiano, Jr., Esq.
Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
701 8th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 508-4000
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Consulting Agreements
(Full title of the Plan)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be
Registered
Amount of
Shares to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
285,000
0.45
$128,250
$13.72

(1)    The number of shares stated is the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the terms of the Consulting Agreements filed as exhibits hereto. The consulting agreements qualify as Employee Benefit Plans as defined under Rule 405 of Regulation C.
(2)    This calculation is made solely for the purposes of determining the registration fee pursuant to the provisions of Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is calculated on the basis of the last sale of the common stock reported on the OTC Bulletin Board as of September 15, 2006, a date within five business days prior to the filing of this registration statement.
 

 
PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

The following documents, which we previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

(a)    Our Annual Report on Form 10KSB, filed with the SEC on October 14, 2005, as amended on November 25, 2005, (Commission File No. 000-28535);

(b)    All Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB and all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above;

(c)    The description of the Company’s Common Stock , $0.001 par value, set forth under the caption “Description of Securities” in the Company’s registration statement on Form 8-A, dated July 14, 2006.

In addition, all documents we filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

Not applicable.
 
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

The legality of the Common Stock offered herein will be passed upon for the Company by Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, the Company’s Counsel.
 

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statutes provides:

Discretionary and mandatory indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents: General provisions.

1. A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
 
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2. A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.

3. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections 1 and 2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense.

The foregoing indemnification provisions are broad enough to encompass certain liabilities of directors and officers of Company under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933.

Our Bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors and officers, past, present and future, under certain circumstances, against attorney’s fees, judgments, fines and other expenses incurred by them in any litigation to which they become a party arising from their association with or activities on behalf of us. We will also bear expenses of such litigation for any of our directors, officers, employees or agents upon such persons promise to repay us therefor if it is ultimately determined that any such person shall not have been entitled to indemnification. This indemnification policy could result in substantial expenditure by us, which we may be unable to recoup.

Insofar as indemnification by us for liabilities arising under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by such director, officer or controlling person of us in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being offered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

Not applicable.
 
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement, which are incorporated herein:
 
Exhibit
Number
Document
4.1
Consulting Agreement, dated July 18, 2006, between the Novastar Resources, Ltd. and David Lewis
4.2
Consulting Agreement, dated July 18, 2006, between the Novastar Resources, Ltd. and Aaron Foley
5
Opinion of Thelen Reid Priest LLP
23.1
Consent of Telford Sadovnick P.L.L.C.
23.2
Consent of Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
24
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration Statement)
 
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

(A) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement;

(i)    To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;

(iii)  To include any additional or changed material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement;

provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

(2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
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(3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(B) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(C) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
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SIGNATURES

The Company.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in McLean, Virginia on this 19th day of September, 2006.
 
NOVASTAR RESOURCES LTD

By: /s/ Seth Grae  
Seth Grae
Chief Executive Officer
 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 19, 2006.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Seth Grae and Larry Goldman, and each or any of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
 
Signature
Title 
Date
     
/s/ Seth Grae
Seth Grae
President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
September 19, 2006
 
/s/ Larry Goldman
Larry Goldman
Treasurer and Acting Chief
Financial Officer
September 19, 2006
     
/s/ Thomas Graham, Jr.
Thomas Graham, Jr.
Interim Secretary and
Director
September 19, 2006
 
/s/ Cornelius J. Milmoe
Cornelius J. Milmoe
Chief Operating Officer and
Director 
September 19, 2006
     
/s/ Victor E. Alessi
Victor E. Alessi
Director
September 19, 2006
    
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Index to Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Number
Document
4.1
Consulting Agreement, dated July 18, 2006, between the Novastar Resources, Ltd. and David Lewis
4.2
Consulting Agreement, dated July 18, 2006, between the Novastar Resources, Ltd. and Aaron Foley
5
Opinion of Thelen Reid Priest LLP
23.1
Consent of Telford Sadovnick P.L.L.C.
23.2
Consent of Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
24
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration Statement)
 
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