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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, 1807-1809 9 items

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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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Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet (as filmed by the AJCP), 16 April 1768-04 March 1819

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Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, transcribed by Dawson Turner, relating to voyages of the Resolution, Bounty, Discovery and other ships to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
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Collections held by the Glasgow University Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1808-1961

117 items
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Correspondence 1861-1902 of physicist Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. Subjects include India-Australia cable connection.
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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

9393 items
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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 Admiralty (as filmed by the AJCP), 1673-1957

3744 items
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The records of the Admiralty and Secretariat filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project cover the records of the Admiralty Office up to 1832 and of the Secretary's Department of the reorganised Board of Admiralty after that date.
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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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Records held by the Somerset Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP), January 1806-1953

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Register of prisoners at Shepton Mallet Gaol 1842-1872 containing many references to transportation.
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Collections held by Lambeth Palace Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1722-1929 (1940-1947)

546 items
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Material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes:
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