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Series
Colonial Office: Queensland, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 234
What's it about?
CO 234
This series comprises volumes of correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor, public offices and individuals concerning Queensland.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 234
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Queensland, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1900
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises volumes of correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor, public offices and individuals concerning Queensland.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Letters are arranged chronologically within categories; copies of out-letters sometimes follow incoming correspondence. Each volume has a contents list or a précis of the contents.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For entry books of out-letters see CO 423
For correspondence after 1900 see CO 418
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 71 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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)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 registers to this correspondence see CO 424. For registers to out-letters see CO 450. For indexed précis of correspondence see CO 714/130.
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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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Queensland was first settled in 1824 from New South Wales. In 1859 it was separated from New South Wales to become a separate colony, and in 1901 it became an original state of the new Commonwealth of Australia.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
- 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/C4425/
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