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War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Western Australia, Original Correspondence

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Reference	CO 18
Title	War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Western Australia, Original Correspondence
Date	1828-1900
Description	This series contains of original correspondence relating to Western Australia (formerly the Swan River settlement). After 1873 copies of out-letters are included.
Arrangement	Chronological within the following subject headings: letters of the Governor, of government departments, and of individuals (and, in the early period, settlers). The latter are listed alphabetically. Each volume with a contents list or précis of each letter, listing name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter.
Related material	For records after 1900 see CO 418 For out-letters before 1873 see CO 397
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Physical description	228 volume(s)
Unpublished finding aids	For a register of incoming correspondence before 1849 see CO 326; from 1849 onwards see CO 332. For a register of out-letters from 1873 see CO 353. For an indexed précis of incoming correspondence from 1828 to 1866 see CO 714/11-15.
Administrative/ biographical background	In 1828 Western Australia became a British settlement (originally known as the Swan River settlement) and in 1901 it became a state of the new Commonwealth of Australia.
Copies information	Microfilm copies were created as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (1948-1997). The microfilm images have been digitised and made available online by the National Library of Australia.

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