Queensland Colonial Secretary Somerset letter book, 2 September 1868-31 December 1871
Queensland Colonial Secretary Somerset letter book, 2 September 1868-31 December 1871
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
2 September, 1868-31 December, 1871
Call Numbers
DLMSQ 628
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume of textual material (263 p.) - 35 cm.
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 604, frames 1-140
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Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Copies of out-letters from the police magistrate, mainly addressed to the Colonial Secretary and the Commissioner of Police, Brisbane. The letters discuss i.a. buildings and stores of the settlement, behaviour of the police constables, shipping in the Torres Strait including beche de mer and pearling ships, shipwrecks, kidnapping of Islanders, the...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Queensland Colonial Secretary Somerset letter book, 2 September 1868-31 December 1871
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Notes
General note
Typescript and carbon typescript extracts from the letterbook, 28 July 1869-1 October 1871, are filed at DLMSQ 287 and in the Mitchell Library at B 1414 and B 1415
Transferred from DLSPENCER 6
Description source
Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
The settlement at Somerset at Port Albany on the Cape York Peninsula was established in 1863 as a garrison post, coaling station, harbour of refuge and entrepot for trade. Francis Lascelles Jardine acted as police magistrate, 1868-1869 and 1870-1873. Henry Majorbanks Chester was police magistrate, 1869-1870 and 1875-1877. The settlement was moved t...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DLMSQ 628
Record Identifier
nGm4WxaY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGm4WxaY
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Reference code
943300
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