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Records of the War Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1770-1960

1358 items
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The War Office records cover a wide variety of material relating to both Colonial and Australian involvements in armed conflicts. Amongst the records filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project are documents and correspondence of the Commander- in-Chief, Secretary-at-War, Secretary of State and Judge-Advocate General.
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102nd Foot, 1805-1806

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Records of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (as filmed by the AJCP), 1701-1970

1032 items
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The records comprise minutes of the Standing Committee 1778-1819, 1900-1935 and the Foreign Committee 1846-1880, anniversary sermons, annual reports and journals of monthly meetings of the Society 1901-1935, missionary reports 1852-1938, letters received from Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia and Southeast Asia 1821-1936, copies of letters of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Overseas Secretary 1842-1935, missionary rolls 1846-1910, candidates' papers 1821-1857, testimonials, ledgers 1891-1936 and photograph albums, including photographs of Malaya, Singapore, Borneo and Melanesia.
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Records of the Board of Trade (as filmed by the AJCP), 1784-April 1956

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Select items were copied by the AJCP from the following Series and Record Groups: Central Administrative Records; Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Department; Department of Overseas Trade; Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen; Records of Allied Organisations.
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Collections held by the Aberdeen University Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1800-1972

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Diary 1843 of David Cargill on a voyage to Van Diemen's Land and Tonga.
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Correspondence, 1800-1813 3 items

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Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet (as filmed by the AJCP), 1768-1820

187 items
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Material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes correspondence on topics such as: botanical, zoological and ethnological specimens collected from the South Seas while also referring to French and Spanish voyages; Cook's voyages; the charts and plates; voyages of W. Bligh and G. Vancouver; and specimens collected in Australia, the Pacific and the East Indies
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Papers of Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool and Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (as filmed by the AJCP), 1785-1826

64 items
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Correspondence and other papers mainly concerning the establishment of the whale industry in the Pacific. Other papers deal with: claims of the East India Co in the Pacific; trade with the East Indies; the cultivation and import of hemp; and the establishment of the colony in New South Wales. Correspondents include W. Pitt, Capt. J. Blankett, Samuel Enderby, G. Chalmers and Capt. A. Phillip.
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Papers of Cicely Fox Smith (as filmed by the AJCP), 28 August 1791-04 October 1936

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Logs and remark books kept on the Blackwall 1851-1852 and Prince of Wales by H.R. James, Rodney 1887-1890 and Hesperus 1890-1895 by F.W. Corner, and City of Adelaide 1891-1901 by various members of the crew.
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Records of the Home Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1779-1882

654 items
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The Home Office was responsible for colonial affairs until 1801, but the bulk of records affecting the colonies has been transferred to the Colonial Office. Most of the remaining records of interest to the Australian Joint Copying Project concern the convicts.
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Records of the Colonial Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1714-1959

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Colonial Office records constitute by far the largest group of records filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). As most of the Colonial Office Series relate to specific colonies they have largely been filmed comprehensively (with some exceptions). In this respect the Colonial Office copying has differed from that of most of the other record groups.
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Records of the Board of Longitude (as filmed by the AJCP), 1714-1838

57 items
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Papers about the discovery of methods of measuring longitude at sea, notably the work of John Harrison. They also include papers relating to other issues of navigation. There are records, notably logs of scientific observations, relating to some major voyages of discovery, including ones led by Captain James Cook, Captain Matthew Flinders and Captain George Vancover, as well as to the search for the North West Passage.
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