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Series
Admiralty: Australia Station: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: ADM 122
What's it about?
ADM 122
Correspondence and papers relating to Australasia including New Guinea and Samoa.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 122
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Australia Station: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1896
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence and papers relating to Australasia including New Guinea and Samoa.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Board of Admiralty, Australia Station, 1859-1900
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 27 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1831/
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