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Catalogue description War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Western Australia, Original Correspondence
| Reference: | CO 18 |
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| Title: | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Western Australia, Original Correspondence |
| Description: |
This series contains of original correspondence relating to Western Australia (formerly the Swan River settlement). After 1873 copies of out-letters are included. |
| Date: | 1828-1900 |
| Arrangement: |
Chronological within the following subject headings: letters of the Governor, of government departments, and of individuals (and, in the early period, settlers). The latter are listed alphabetically. Each volume with a contents list or précis of each letter, listing name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter. |
| Related material: |
For out-letters before 1873 see CO 397 For records after 1900 see CO 418 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Copies held at: |
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. |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 228 volume(s) |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
For a register of incoming correspondence before 1849 see CO 326; from 1849 onwards see CO 332. For a register of out-letters from 1873 see CO 353. For an indexed précis of incoming correspondence from 1828 to 1866 see CO 714/11-15. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In 1828 Western Australia became a British settlement (originally known as the Swan River settlement) and in 1901 it became a state of the new Commonwealth of Australia. |
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