Guide to the Records held by the House of Lords Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1790-1965

 

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Summary

Collection number:
M1120 - M1122
Creator:
House of Lords Record Office
Extent:
309 items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:
Available

Background

Content Summary:

Selections from Main Papers 1790-1909 including reports of Inspector of Convicts, and manuscript and printed Bills including: 1824 Transportation Bill; 1828 New South Wales Administration of Justice Bill; 1834 South Australian Colonization Bill; 1845 Waste Lands (Australia) Bill; 1846 New Zealand Company Bill; 1850 Australian Colonies Government Bill; 1875 Pacific Islanders Protection Bill; 1885 Federal Council of Australasia Bill; and 1890 Borneo Company Bill.

Extracts from Committee books 1824-1912, including Committees on Unopposed Private Bills, Committees on Public Petitions and Select Committee on Private Bills.

Papers 1872-1898 of Sir George Baden-Powell including writings on Australia 1878-1879, papers on French interests in the Pacific, and papers on the proposed Canadian-Pacific Shipping Line and Cable Service.

Letters 1907-1935 of A. Deakin, Sir George Reid and others to Ralph Blumenfeld, editor of the Daily Express.

Papers 1879-1894 of George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan, concerning international exhibitions and travels of Gerry Cadogan in Australia.

Papers 1913-1933 of Sir Patrick Hannan concerning Navy League.

Letters 1914 of Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson to William Pringle.

Papers 1892-1945 of Sir Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, relating to: statue of Capt. James Cook in London; the Imperial Wireless Chain; imperial organisation; and the Joint Select Committee on Colonial Affairs. Correspondents include Sir John Henniker Heaton, Lord Bledisloe and W. Pember Reeves.

Papers 1835-1841 of Sir John Shaw-Lefevre on South Australian Colonisation Commission, including letters of R. Torrens, Daniel Wakefield and George Fife Angas.

Papers 1903-1922 of John St L. Strachey, editor of the Spectator.

Papers 1924-1965 of John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, Governor of New South Wales 1937-1946, comprising copies of letters written during a visit to Australia and Southeast Asia in 1924, and his typescript memoirs.

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 owner of the original material.
Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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