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Series
Colonial Office: Australia Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 418
What's it about?
CO 418
This series contains original correspondence relating to Australia.
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 418
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Australia Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1889-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Australia.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier correspondence relating to New South Wales see CO 201
For correspondence after 1922 see CO 532
For earlier correspondence relating to Victoria see CO 309
For earlier correspondence relating to Tasmania see CO 280
For earlier correspondence relating to Western Australia see CO 18
For earlier records relating to Southern Australia see CO 13
For earlier correspondence relating to British New Guinea see CO 422
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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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226 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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 to correspondence, 1889-1900, see CO 557 For a register to correspondence, 1901-1908, see CO 644 For a register to correspondence, 1909-1922, see CO 706
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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/C4608/
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