Colonial Office: Victoria Original Correspondence

Description and record details

Reference	CO 309
Title	Colonial Office: Victoria Original Correspondence
Date	1851-1900
Description	This series contains original correspondence relating to Victoria.
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.
Related material	For correspondence before 1851 see CO 201 For records after 1900 see CO 418
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Physical description	150 volume(s)
Access conditions	Open
Unpublished finding aids	For registers of correspondence see CO 374
Administrative/ biographical background	Victoria, having previously been governed from New South Wales, became a separate British colony in 1851. 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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