Guide to the Lists and indexes of the Western Pacific Archives, 1857-1975

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 9749
Creator:
Western Pacific Archives
Extent:
0.97 metres and (7 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Lists and indexes of the Western Pacific Archives, National Library of Australia, MS 9749, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The collection comprises lists of records of the Western Pacific High Commissioner, the WPHC Secretariat in Suva, the British Commissioner and Consul in Tonga, and the New Hebrides British Service. The records listed include despatches, correspondence files, personal files, land claims registers, printed documents, financial records, legal records, passport registers, maps and plans. They extend from the formation of the Commission in 1877 until its closure, but do not include records of the Commissioners in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate or the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.
Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The collection was donated to the Library in 2003 by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Library in London at the request of the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau.

Arrangement:

The lists are arranged in four series: WPHC, BCT, Subseries [unnumbered] NHBS and miscellaneous. Within the first three groups the lists are arranged by record group number.

Indexed terms

Names:
Western Pacific Archives

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3066746).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Lists and indexes of the Western Pacific Archives, National Library of Australia, MS 9749, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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