Guide to the Records of the Colonial Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1714-1959

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Summary

Collection number:

Creator:

Colonial Office. Great Britain

Extent:

9393 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the National Archives of the UK (TNA) and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Citation of items from this collection should include references to the National Archives of the UK (TNA) and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: TNA Series: CO 201/429, New South Wales. Original Correspondence. Despatches May-June 1850 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Further information on citation guidelines is available at The National Archives of the UK (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/citing-documents-national-archives/).

Availability:

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Background

Content Summary:

Colonial Office records constitute by far the largest group of records filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). As most of the Colonial Office Series relate to specific colonies they have largely been filmed comprehensively (with some exceptions). In this respect the Colonial Office copying has differed from that of most of the other record groups.

The Australian Joint Copying Project filmed Series and Pieces from the following Colonial Office Series:

Correspondence with the colonies: Entry books and registers of correspondence

Records of the Chief Clerk's and General Departments

Records of Local Bodies and other Colonial Miscellanea

Acts, Ordinances and Proclamations from the Colonies

Sessional Papers from the Colonies

Records of the Emigration Departments

Records of the Accounts Department

Government Gazettes from the Colonies

Records of the Dominions Division

Records of Economic Departments List of Series relating to a particular colony:

Auckland Islands: CO 330, CO 394, CO 714

Australia (General): CO 11, CO 12, CO 381, CO 418, CO 537, CO 557, CO 714

Australia (Commonwealth): CO 706, CO 707

Bermuda: CO 37, CO 38, CO 40

Fiji: CO 83, CO 537, CO 419, CO 515, CO 400, CO 383, CO 85, CO 459

Gibraltar: CO 91, CO 92

Newfoundland: CO 194, CO 195, CO 199

New Guinea (Papua): CO 422, CO 578, CO 579, CO 383, CO 436

New South Wales: CO 201, CO 714, CO 360, CO 369, CO 202, CO 203, CO 383, CO 204, CO 207, CO 206

New Zealand: CO 208, CO 209, CO 537, CO 714, CO 361, CO 365, CO 406, CO 383, CO 213

Northern Australia: CO 395

Queensland: CO 234, CO 714, CO 424, CO 450, CO 423, CO 383

South Australia: CO 13, CO 714, CO 331, CO 514, CO 396, CO 383, CO 15, CO 17

Tasmania: CO 280, CO 714, CO 370, CO 371, CO 408, CO 281, CO 383, CO 281, CO 383, CO 282, CO 283, CO 284

Victoria: CO 309, CO 714, CO 374, CO 513, CO 411, CO 383, CO 311, CO 313Western Australia: CO 18, CO 714, CO 332, CO 353, CO 397, CO 19, CO 383, CO 20, CO 22

Western Australia: Co 18, CO 19, CO 20, CO 22, CO 332, CO 353, CO 383, Co 397, CO 714

Australia and New Zealand: CO 644, CO 645

Western Pacific: CO 225, CO 537, CO 492, CO 493

Colonies (General): CO 323, CO 324-CO 325, CO 378-CO 381, CO 432, CO 570, CO 652, CO 694, CO 816, CO 854, CO 862

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:: Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use:: Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the National Archives of the UK. Further advice is available from: The National Archives of the UK. Copyright (http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/legal/copyright/)