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Colonial Office: Tasmania, Original Correspondence
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| Reference | CO 280 |
|---|---|
| Title | Colonial Office: Tasmania, Original Correspondence |
| Date | 1824-1900 |
| Description | Correspondence relating to Tasmania, including some with the Van Diemen's Land Company and the Australian Agricultural Company. |
| Arrangement | Bound volumes arranged chronologically within the following subject headings: Despatches (letters of the governors), Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations) and Individuals (arranged alphabetically). Each volume with a contents list, or précis of each letter giving name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter. The series includes some case volumes. |
| Related material |
See also CO 282 For correspondence after 1900 see CO 418 |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Physical description | 403 volume(s) |
| Access conditions | Open |
| Unpublished finding aids |
For registers and an alphabetical index to correspondence for 1820-1866 see CO 714/148-153. For entry books of out-letters 1825 to 1872 see CO 408. For registers of correspondence before 1849 see CO 326, for separate registers of correspondence from 1849 to 1900 see CO 370. For registers of out-letters 1873 to 1900 see CO 371 |
| Administrative/ biographical background | Until 1825 Tasmania (until 1854 known as Van Diemen's Land) was a dependency of New South Wales, after this date it became a separate colony. In 1901 Tasmania became a state within 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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