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The Correspondence Branch is first listed as part of the Council of Education, with the earliest staff appointment listed as 1 February 1867.(1) Members of the Council of Education were appointed on 1 January 1867.(2) The preceeding Board of National Education lists a clerk, and a messenger and office keeper as staff, but not as a separate Branch.(3)The Correspondence Branch was responsible for the administration of matters relating to education, including indexes and registers of letters received, policy issues, subject files, and copies of letters sent.
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1.Blue Books 1873, p.22
2.Votes and Proceedings, Vol 3, Public School Boards 1868-69, p.798
3.Returns of the Colony of NSW 1856, p.468
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