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A Guide to New South Wales State Archives relating to Responsible Government
By the Order in Council, the separation of the Moreton Bay district and its erection into a
separate colony called Queensland would not take place until the Letters Patent had been
received and published both in New South Wales and in Queensland itself. The
separation took effect from the day of proclamation of the Order in Council in both of the
Colonies which occurred in December 1859.
The population of the new colony at the time of its separation was about 25,000. 20
Colonial Secretary, later Chief Secretary
Main series of letters received
CGS 905
1856 Despatches — M237/B
CGS 905,
M237/B in
[4/3345.2]
Topnumbered as M237/B is Secretary of State Despatch No. 18 of
4 February 1856. This acknowledges receipt of the Governor's
despatch of 18 October 1855, No. 168, concerning the separation
of the Moreton Bay district from New South Wales and of the
establishment of a separate government in that province: "In
consequence of the decided opinion which you have expressed as
to the inexpediency of such a separation in the existing state of
that district, I shall abstain for the present from the adoption of
any measures for that purpose; and you will inform those parties
who are interested in the question that such is the decision of Her
Majesty's Government."
1856 Legislative Council and Assembly — LA 56/5
LA 56/5 is an Address from the Legislative Assembly, dated
7 August 1856, for all despatches received by the Governor from
the Secretary of State relative to the separation of the Northern
from the Middle District of the Colony of New South Wales
together with copies of all correspondence from the Governor to
the Secretary of State on this subject to be laid upon the table.
Included are two copies of the printed return to this Address which
contains correspondence dated 1855 and 1856.
1856 Legislative Council and Assembly — LC 56/9
LC 56/9 is an Address from the Legislative Council, dated
21 November 1856, for copies of all correspondence between the
New South Wales Government and the Secretary of State for the
Colonies relating to the erection of the Northern Districts of New
South Wales into a separate Colony, including copies of all
petitions, minutes of the Executive Council, and other documents
enclosed in the Governor's despatches; as well as a copy of Mr
Deas Thomson's Memorandum respecting the Northern Boundary
to be assigned to New South Wales on the formation of the New
Colony, as referred to a despatch to the Governor, Despatch No.90
of 21 July 1856.
CGS 905,
LA 56/5 in
[4/3348]
CGS 905,
LC 56/9 in
[4/3348]
Included is a copy of the return to this Address, ordered to be
printed 22 March 1857, which comprises fifty-seven pages of
correspondence between the Governor and the Secretary of State
with the various enclosed petitions, minutes and other inclusions,
as well as Mr Deas Thomson's Memorandum, dated between 1851
and 1856.
20 Seven Colonies, op cit, p.78
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