Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877
Collection
Accession number
33054
Date
2021
Abstract
Letters received by the Colonial Secretary of the British Colony of New South Wales relating to the Moreton Bay settlement from 1822 to 1877 copied from the microfilm reels known as the A2 series.
Scope and content
Letters were sent by well-known personalities such as Commandants Miller, Logan, Clunie, Fyans, Cotton, Gravatt and Gorman to Governors Brisbane, Darling, Bourke, Gipps and Denison. Also reports appear created by Surveyor Generals Oxley and Mitchell, Master Attendant John Nicholson, Doctors Cowper, Murray, Robertson, Ballow and Cannan, the Reverends John Vincent, Johannes Handt and John Gregor plus other eminent pioneers.
Description
approximately 55,000 scanned pages of correspondence
Additional format
Also available on microform.
Guides
Transcripts available.
Administrative / Biographical history
Brief history of office of Colonial Secretary and list of incumbents
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status
Out of copyright.
Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.
Notes
Language used in these documents reflect the creator’s attitude or that of the period in which they were expressed and are considered inappropriate or offensive today
Preferred citation
33054, Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland