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A Guide to New South Wales State Archives relating to Responsible Government
New South Wales and the Commonwealth
The records listed here are mainly those relating to the transfer of property and records
from New South Wales to the Commonwealth of Australia. Excepted from this are the
records relating to the transfer of the Federal Capital Territory which can be found in Part
3 of A Guide to New South Wales State archives relating to Federation in 2001, available
in printed format and also on our website.
Attorney General and Justice
Special bundles
CGS 333
Payment by Commonwealth to New South Wales
Government for legal work undertaken on behalf of the
Commonwealth, 1902-07
CGS 333,
[5/7775.1]
Correspondence and accounts for legal work undertaken by the
New South Wales Crown Solicitor on behalf of the Commonwealth
in actions and prosecutions by Commonwealth departments and
conveyancing matters. There is also correspondence concerning
non-payment of accounts.
Transfer of patent and trade mark records to the
Commonwealth, 1904-20
CGS 333,
[5/7774.1]
Correspondence and papers concerning the transfer of patent
records and trade mark registers to the Commonwealth and New
South Wales' dissatisfaction about their possible removal to
Melbourne.
Proposed transfer of bankruptcy administration to
Commonwealth, 1906-21,1924-28
CGS 333,
[5/7781]
Correspondence and printed papers concerning the necessity for
uniform bankruptcy laws throughout the Commonwealth of
Australia, Premiers' and interstate conferences to discuss
bankruptcy and company laws, a draft Bill for an act relating to
Bankruptcy, 1912, and comments on Bill. The Commonwealth
Bankruptcy Act 1924 came into force on 1 August 1928, and
papers concerning the proposed conversion from State to Federal
control are included.
Governor
Despatches from the Secretary of State for the Colonies and
the Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia,
and related papers, concerning the transfer of the
administration of Norfolk Island from New South Wales to
the Commonwealth, 1902-14
CGS 4517,
[12/2064.1
part]
On 1 July 1914 Norfolk Island was placed under the authority of
the Commonwealth. While a separate settlement, Norfolk Island
had been closely associated with New South Wales since 1856. As
the Premier wrote in an August 1909 letter to the Prime Minister:
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