NRS-4524 | Despatches and enclosures from the Governor of Queensland

Full description

The despatches include copies of the Queensland Government Gazette of 10 December 1859 which printed the Queen's Letters Patent erecting Moreton Bay into a Colony and appointing Sir George Bowen Captain General and Governor in Chief; and deal with such matters as the need for immigrant labour; requests for payment by New South Wales of monies owing to Queensland; supply of New South Wales postage stamps to Queensland; the nominated members of the Queensland Legislative Council (including copies of the Queensland Government Gazette of 11 May 1860 constructing the first Queensland Legislative Council); arrangements to light the Torres Strait route; the possibilities of steam trade through Torres Strait and Singapore with the English and French troops in China; proposed nautical survey of the Australian coast and arrangements for the defence of Queensland.

(4/1631). 1 box.

Note:

This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.