New South Wales - Governor - General standing orders, 1791-1810
New South Wales - Governor - General standing orders, 1791-1810
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Date
1791-1810
Call Numbers
Safe 1/17b , Safe 1/17c , Safe 1/18b , Safe 1/18c , Safe 1/18d
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Issue Copy
207 (Safe 1/17b).
223 (Safe 1/17c).
104 (Safe 1/18b).
196 (Safe 1/18c).
249 (Safe 1/18d).
CY Safe 1/88 (xerox copyflo on open access; original transferred to State Records NSW).
Transferred to State Records NSW).
Microfilm : CY 1072, frames 1-192 (Safe 1/17a.)
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1791-1806; 'New South Wales general standing orders...', 1802, and 'New South Wales continuation of general standing orders...', 1806. Two printed volumes bound together. The front endpaper is inscribed 'William Henry Wells, Surveyor'. In the 1802 volume, both the title page and the first page of the index are signed 'W.H. Wells' and 'J. Hay'. Th...
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Full title
New South Wales - Governor - General standing orders, 1791-1810
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General note
'The New South Wales general standing orders', 1802, was the first book published in Australia.
The volume at Safe 1/17a was purchased by David Scott Mitchell at a sale of Sir John Hay's library.
The two volumes at Safe 1/17b and Safe 1/17c are accompanied by two documents: A note, 14 March 1892, signed by J.H. Vannooten stating that he sol...
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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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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Safe 1/17b , Safe 1/17c , Safe 1/18b , Safe 1/18c , Safe 1/18d
Record Identifier
n5lVgde9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lVgde9
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449244
