1.

Melbourne, A C V: Early Constitutional Development in Australia. University of Queensland Press, 1963. p.11

2.

Richardson, G D: The Early Archives of New South Wales; Notes on their Creation and their Keepers. Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, June 1973. Vol 59 Pt 2 pp.86-87. (This paper has been used substantially in the preparation of the Introduction together with Mr Richardson's unpublished thesis The Archives of the Colonial Secretary's Department, 1788-1856, which was submitted to the University of Sydney for the degree of Master of Arts, February 1951. Copy in the Mitchell Library at ML [MSS.832])

3.

Private letter from Major Ross to Under Secretary Nepean, 16 November 1788. Historical Records of New South Wales Vol 1, Part 2 p.212

4.

Richardson p.87

5.

Governor Hunter to the Duke of Portland, 21 February 1799. Historical Records of Australia (hereafter HRA) 1.2. 244-45

6.

General Order, 29 September 1800. HRA 1.2.621

7.

'Statement of the duties of the respective officers on the Civil Establishment of His Majesty's Colony in New South Wales', 1 March 1804. HRA 1.4.538

8.

As above

9.

Richardson pp.89-90

10.

Major Johnston to Viscount Castlereagh, 11 April 1808. HRA 1.6.219

11.

Richardson pp.90-91

12.

General Order, 9 July 1813. HRA 1.7.784

13.

Commission of Frederick Goulburn as Colonial Secretary. HRA 1.10.664

14.

Liston, C A: New South Wales under Governor Brisbane, 1821-25 pp.71-86. Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of History, University of Sydney, 1980

15.

Sir Thomas Brisbane to Earl Bathurst, 1 May 1824. HRA 1.11.256-58

16.

'Memorandum of the Papers handed over from the Private to the Colonial Secretary at the end of the year 1825' (NRS 903, [5/2333.3])

17.

Sydney Gazette, 29 May 1823 p.1a

18.

Liston pp.76-77

19.

Secretary Goulburn to Governor Brisbane, 19 April 1824. HRA 1.11.258. Reply, 26 April 1824. HRA 1.11.260

20.

Liston p.80

21.

Earl Bathurst to Governor Darling, 14 July 1825. HRA 1.12.18

22.

General Order, 5 January 1826. HRA 1.12.152

23.

Sydney Gazette, 5 September 1829 p.1b

24.

Commissary Palmer to Lieutenant Governor Grose, 29 August 1794. HRA 1.1.483

25.

Colonial Secretary: Main series of letters received, 1816 (NRS 897, [4/1736 p.171])

26.

Johnson, G: Proceedings of a General Court Martial ... for the trial of Lieut. Col. George Johnston, p.25. London 1811

27.

Governor Bligh to Viscount Castlereagh, 30 April 1808. HRA 1.6.436

28.

Richardson, G D: The Archives of the Colonial Secretary's Department, 1788-1856 p.6 [Mitchell Library]

29.

'List of Papers retained by Lieut.-Governor Paterson'. Enclosure to despatch from Lieutenant Governor Paterson to Viscount Castlereagh, 23 March 1809. HRA 1.7.62

30.

Lieutenant Governor Paterson to Lieutenant Colonel Johnston, 17 March 1809. Enclosure as above. HRA 1.7.64

31.

Governor Macquarie to Viscount Castlereagh, 8 March 1810. HRA 1.7.219

32.

Circular despatch from Earl Bathurst to Sir Thomas Brisbane, 30 April 1822. HRA 1.10.800-01

33.

'Nominal lists of Letters, Memorials, etc. received', recording name, date, subject and persons referred to in same.

1821 A-Y (watermark 1823) (NRS 897, [4/1749 pp.179-251]). A-W Supplementary

1822 A-W (watermark 1823) (NRS 903, [5/2333.1]). A-W Supplementary

1823 F-W (watermark 1820) (NRS 903, [5/2333.2])

1824 A-W (watermark 1820) (NRS 903, [5/2333.3])

34.

Colonial Secretary: Special bundle on administrative arrangements, 1826-61 (NRS 906, [2/1844])

35.

Minute M14127 dated 22 October 1857 (NRS 909, [4/1060])

36.

'List of Letters, Memorials etc. received in the Year 1824' A-B (watermark 1842) (NRS 903, [5/2333.3])

37.

Report on the Present Establishment of the Colonial Secretary's Office. Enclosure No.2 to Governor's Despatch No. 110 of 27 October 1827. Mitchell Library [A1267-11 pp.450-455]

Additional papers. Colonial Secretary: Special bundle on administrativearrangements,1826-61 (NRS 906, [2/1844])

38.

File No. A25/496 in NRS 905, [9/162]

39.

Hutchins, A J and Stuckey, B J: The Development of Correspondence Registration and Record-Keeping Systems in New South Wales Government Departments, 1788-1910. Library Association of Australia, 13th Biennial Conference. Papers Vol. 2 pp.323-42

40.

Report re Copying of Departmental Correspondence. CSIL 13/5473, 5 April 1913. With CSIL 15/5002 in NRS 905, [5/7332]

41.

Recommendation that the present system in this Office of press-copying be abolished, and that letters on important subjects only, be press-copied. CSIL 15/5002, 6 September 1915 in NRS 905, [5/7332]