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Series
Colonial Office: Oversea Settlement Department: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 721
What's it about?
CO 721
This series contains correspondence and papers of the Oversea Settlement Department.
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 721
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Oversea Settlement Department: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1918-1925
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence and papers of the Oversea Settlement Department.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later records see DO 57
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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)
- 118 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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- Topics
- International
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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/C4910/
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