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Copies of letters to Melville Island, 14 August 1824 - 11 February 1829
1 vol
*CSP (1824-25)
The volume begins with a letter of instructions dated 14 August 1824 to Captain Morris Barlow
commanding the military forces on the expedition to the north west coast of New Holland, which,
with the expeditions to King George's Sound and Westernport, was designed to thwart supposed
French ambitions. Subsequent letters are addressed to the commandant and other officers of the
settlement established. This was not a success and in November 1828 after a good deal of money
had been spent on the project, instructions were issued to the commandant to abandon it.
In the back of the volume is a list of convicts showing their names, original convictions, callings,
vessels transported by, number and date returned.
50.
Indexes:
To the letters - back of volume
To the list of convicts - front of volume
The letters 1824-25 are indexed in the Index to the Papers of the New South Wales
Colonial Secretary, 1788-1825
Location:
4/3792; microfilm copy 1824-25 AO Reel 6019, 1824-29 AO Reel 748
Copies of letters to Military Officers, 11 January 1827 - 31 October 1832
1 vol
Copies of letters to the Brigade Major (before this see series 38, for December 1826 only), the
Lieutenant Governor, the Barrack Master, the Military Secretary, the Commandants of Mounted
Police and other military officers.
Later letters are in series 53.
51.
Indexes:
In front of volume
Location:
4/3793; microfilm copy AO Reel 2869
Copies of letters to Moreton Bay, 27 August 1824 - 5 August 1853
4 vols
*CSP (1824-25)
Copies of letters to the Commandant and other officers at the penal settlement (to 1842), and later
letters to the Police Magistrate, other officials and individuals in the settlement. From April 1853
they are addressed to the Government Resident.
The first volume begins with a letter to Lieutenant H. Miller of the 40th Regiment, dated
27August 1824, notifying him of his appointment as military Commandant of the settlement to be
established, mainly to replace Port Macquarie as a penal settlement. The settlement ceased to be
used as a penal station in 1839 but the correspondence continues on miscellaneous matters
concerning it until August 1853.
Following page 272 in the volume for 1824-31 is a list of convicts transported to Moreton Bay.
This shows for each convict his original conviction including when and where he was sentenced;
his trade or calling; name; the vessel he came by; the number on the folio; whom he replaced or
was replaced by; and his colonial conviction, including where, by whom, when, sentence; ship
transported to Moreton Bay by; date returned; remarks. There is an index to this list in the front
of the volume.
Indexes:
4/3796 which indexes 4/3795
Index to the Papers of the New South Wales Colonial Secretary, 1788-25
Location:
4/3794-97; microfilm copy 1824-25 AO Reel 6019, 1824-53 AO Reels 749-750
Shelf List:
See Appendix p. 357
