Convict Guide - published 2006 - Manual / Resource - Page 219
Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to convicts and convict administration
Copies of letters to the mounted police,
21 Feb 1846–26 Dec 1850
Copies of letters to Commandants of the
Mounted Police in the various districts. The
letters are concerned with appointments to the
force, rations and arms supplied, Aboriginal
people, escort of prisoners, robberies and
bushrangers.
NRS 991
Microfilm copy:
Reel 2819,
[4/3863]
From 1827 to 1846 see NRS 989. NRS 982 and
985 also include letters to the Commandants of
the Mounted Police.
Copies of letters to Port Phillip, 2 Aug
1839–21 Apr 1856
This series was commenced after La Trobe
reached the colony. It includes copies of letters
to him while still in Sydney and then letters to
officials in Port Phillip and from July 1851,
Victoria, most of the letters being addressed to
the Superintendent and later the Lieutenant
Governor or Colonial Secretary. There are letters
concerning convicts and convict exiles.
18.6
NRS 993
Microfilm copy:
Reels 2879-2882,
[4/3867-76]
Correspondence of other government agencies
Courts of Petty
Sessions
See Copies of letters received by and sent from the various local
benches, listed alphabetically, in Chapter 11 of this Guide.
Executive Council
Instructions to Governor Darling (17 July 1825) contained references to
the establishment of an Executive Council to assist the Governor in the
execution of his duties.
After 1856, the chief executive authority was the Cabinet, consisting of
all the ministers of the Crown. The Executive Council comprised the
Governor, and advisers appointed by him in accordance with his
instructions and with the conventions of responsible government. The
Council's chief purpose was to give legal authority to the more
important instruments of executive government, such as Orders in
Council, regulations and proclamations and include matters relating to
transportation, convicts and the convict system.
Executive Council's
records
Minute books, 1825–1900, 1901–1935
Quantity: 135 volumes
This series contains an almost complete record of
the Minutes of the Executive Council from the
time of its inception until 1935.
Minutes usually contain an abstract or summary
of minute papers tabled before the Council.
Minutes note members present and record the
decision of the Council as a whole.
216
NRS 4232,
[4/1515–604];
[9/608–53]
Microfilm copy of
[4/1516–18] and
[4/1520–52]:
Reels 2436–2448
State Records Authority of New South Wales
