Charters and commissions concerning the Colony of North Australia / C. FitzRoy and Victoria, Queen o...
Charters and commissions concerning the Colony of North Australia / C. FitzRoy and Victoria, Queen of Great Britain
About this item
Full title
Date
1846-1847
Call Numbers
Safe 1/3b , Safe 1/3c , Safe 1/3d , Safe 1/3e
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Formats
Manuscripts and Objects
Physical Description
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0.2 metres of textual material (parchment documents in boxes) - 61 x 76 cm - manuscript
Object - 20 cm (diameter) - wax impressions of seals
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Out of copyright
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 1330 (Safe 1/3b-e)
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Scope and Contents
Contents
17 Feb. 1846; Charter granted by Queen Victoria establishing the Colony of North Australia. Document written on two sheets of parchment, with decorated borders. The text of the charter was printed in the New South Wales Government Gazette, 13 Nov. 1846, page 1422. The Great Seal of Queen Victoria, in a cylindrical tin container, is housed in a sep...
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Full title
Charters and commissions concerning the Colony of North Australia / C. FitzRoy and Victoria, Queen of Great Britain
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Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
On 17 February 1846 a royal charter was issued to establish the North Australia Colony, a new colony separate from New South Wales. It comprised land north of 26 degrees south latitude, now Queensland and Northern Territory. The initiative for the colony came from William Ewart Gladstone, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and later Prime Ministe...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Safe 1/3b , Safe 1/3c , Safe 1/3d , Safe 1/3e
Record Identifier
92eVpxPY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVpxPY
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Reference code
455811
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