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Field name | Value |
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Title | New South Wales Original Correspondence – Secretary of State. Port Jackson: Offices and Individuals |
Date | Jul-Dec 1803 |
Document Type | Correspondence; Financial Papers; Legal Papers |
Reference | CO 201/28 |
Library / Archive | The National Archives |
Collection Name | Colonial Office and Predecessors: New South Wales Original Correspondence |
Description | Correspondence, invoices and contracts relating to the settlement of New South Wales, including copies of out-letters. The correspondence covers petitions (largely from members of the public seeking to become free settlers), the supply of money in New South Wales, the introduction of sheep and cattle to the colony, the tendering of convict ships, the conduct of Governor King and other officials, the provisioning of ships in the colony and lists of transportees. |
Series Description | This series contains original correspondence relating to New South Wales. Also includes correspondence relating to Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) up to 1825. |
Theme(s) | Motives for Emigration; Politics, Legislation and Governance; Journey Conditions; Ships and Shipping Lines; Departures: Port Conditions and Organisation; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
Country (from) | Great Britain; Ireland |
Country (to) | Australia |
Places | New South Wales, Australia; Spithead, England |
Ports | Deptford, Portsmouth, London, England; Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia; Rio di Janeiro, Brazil; Calcutta, India |
Nationality | English; Irish; European |
Ships | Atlas; Coromandel; Buffalo; Experiment; Calcutta |
People | Lord Hobart (Hobart, Vere Henry); King, Governor Philip Gidley; Vansittart, Nicholas |
Keywords | transportation, female emigration, assisted emigration, child migration, land claim, land grant, victualling, army, surgeon, public health, artisan, luggage, labour, labourer, clothing, agent, shipping, food, victualling, East India Company, administration, money, finance, farming, agriculture, employment |
Language | English |
Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |