Documents of appointment, grants and purchases signed by Governors Darling and Bourke, with the New...
Documents of appointment, grants and purchases signed by Governors Darling and Bourke, with the New South Wales Great Seal attached, 1827-1832
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1827-1832
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B 1551/1 , B 1551/2 , B 1551/3
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0.05 metres of textual material (1 box)
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Includes 3 documents of cream-coloured parchment with hand writing or print in black ink. Attached to the bottom edge of the documents, with a loop of pale pink or green ribbon is a large, round, wax seal, the Great Seal New South Wales of George IV. The wax seals are brittle, have cracks or broken with small losses to the surface.
B 1551/1...
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Full title
Documents of appointment, grants and purchases signed by Governors Darling and Bourke, with the New South Wales Great Seal attached, 1827-1832
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Index Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2013-2014
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Chief Secretary Department
Administrative / Biographical history
The Great Seal was one of a number of legal 'instruments' created to extend Royal authority to the Pacific and permit the operation of British law in the Colony of N.S.W. As the King's representative in the region, was required to affix the Great Seal of N.S.W. to any official documents he signed, such as Commissions, Pardons and Deeds of Land Gran...
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Call Numbers
B 1551/1 , B 1551/2 , B 1551/3
Record Identifier
1xqZ6GeY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZ6GeY
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1108438
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