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Indexes:
The index in front of the 1833-34 volume is incomplete and there is a separate index
volume (4/3721) for December 1831 - March 1833 (4/3720). The volume for
30 August 1834 - 30 March 1837 (4/3722) is not indexed.
Location:
4/3716-29; microfilm copy AO Reels 1055-1061,
Shelf List:
See Appendix p. 355
Copies of letters sent to Penal Establishments, 7 May 1849 - 15 April 1853
1 vol
Most of the letters in this volume are to the penal establishment at Cockatoo Island which had
been proclaimed in 1841 as a place of confinement for male convicts under sentence of
transportation, and subsequently became a depot for convicts sentenced to the roads or public
works. They concern the convicts on the island and the use of the underground silos there which
Gipps had constructed in 1839 as a store for government grain against future shortages.
Other letters are to the superintendent of the Breakwater Stockade at Newcastle, which was also a
penal settlement, and to the Board for the Classification of Convicts.
40.
Indexes:
In front of volume
Location:
4/3730; microfilm copy AO Reel 2650
Copies of letters to Fort Wellington, 19 May 1827 - 23 July 1829
1 vol
Copies of letters to the Commandant, Captain Smyth, commencing with his instructions and
continuing until the settlement was abandoned.
In the back of the volume is a copy of a letter dated 12 May 1829 addressed to Captain Fremantle
or the Officer in Command of the New Settlement at Swan River, to which settlement the stores
and provisions were transferred.
41.
Indexes:
In front of volume
Location:
4/3731; microfilm copy AO Reel 703
Copies of letters sent to Chief Commissioner and other Commissioners of Crown Lands for
the Gold Districts, 23 May 1851 - 1 October 1856 2 vols
Most of these copies of letters sent during the period 1851-52 (4/3732) are directed to the Chief
Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Gold Districts and are concerned with his instructions for
organising the affairs of the gold fields. The few letters directed to Assistant Commissioners in
this period are concerned with their initial appointments. There are, however, a few copies of
letters sent to Edward Hargraves in connection with his work as "Commissioner of Crown Lands
prospecting for Gold" and also to the Revd W. B. Clarke concerning his Geological Exploration of
the Northern Districts of the colony.
After December 1852 the office of Chief Commissioner was discontinued (letter No. 324,
31 December 1852) and all communications previously directed by the gold commissioners to this
officer were to be sent direct to the Colonial Secretary. Thus, for the period 1853-56 (4/3733) most
of the letters are to the Commissioners for the Western and Southern Gold Districts and their
Assistant Commissioners and are concerned with the general organisation of the gold fields.
Indexes:
In front of volumes
Location:
4/3732-33; microfilm copy AO Reel 2861
Shelf List:
See Appendix p. 355
