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Series
War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Western Australia, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 18
What's it about?
CO 18
This series contains of original correspondence relating to Western Australia (formerly the Swan River settlement). After 1873 copies of out-letters are included.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 18
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Title (The name of the record)
- War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Western Australia, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1828-1900
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains of original correspondence relating to Western Australia (formerly the Swan River settlement). After 1873 copies of out-letters are included.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records after 1900 see CO 418
For out-letters before 1873 see CO 397
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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228 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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- 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.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4209/
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War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Western Australia, Original Correspondence
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