New South Wales. Governor - general orders and proclamations [printed broadsides], 1800-1810
New South Wales. Governor - general orders and proclamations [printed broadsides], 1800-1810
New South Wales. Governor - general orders and proclamations [printed broadsides], 1800-1810
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1800-1810
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Safe 1/87
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0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - printed
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Microfilm : CY 1091, frames 12-29 (Safe 1/87)
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31 Oct. 1800; General orders regarding conditions of employment for assigned convicts, including clothing, food and rates of pay. Printed broadside 24.8cm x 19.2cm. Philip Gidley King, Governor; William Neate Chapman, Secretary (Call No.: Safe 1/87 item 1; microfilm at CY 1091)
6 Jan. 1805; General orders advising that settlers of good c...
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New South Wales. Governor - general orders and proclamations [printed broadsides], 1800-1810
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Orders and proclamations from 1805 to 1810 printed by George Howe, Government Printer.
These documents are described in 'Bibliography of Australia' by John Alexander Ferguson, volume 1.
Digital order no:Album ID : 862109
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Source
Item 7 donated by Mr Morton in 1915; item 1 transferred to the Mitchell Library from the Public Library of NSW in 1923
Administrative / Biographical history
Early governors of New South Wales issued daily orders which formed the legislation of the colony. The orders were circulated throughout the colony by such means as having them read in church. Some orders and proclamations were printed as broadsides, but only a few examples survive. In 1802 a book of orders was published as 'The New South Wales Ge...
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Safe 1/87
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9Bv7dRm9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7dRm9
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455683
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