Series VPRS
253
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Date Range:
Series
? 1856 - ? 1873
Series in Custody
1858 - 1873
Contents
1858 - 1873
Public Access:
Open
Location:
North Melbourne
Format of Records:
Physical
Agency which created this Series
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1856 - 1873
Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
VA 2825
Agency currently responsible for this Series
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1992 - cont
Department of Justice
VA 3085
Description of this Series
Description of this Series
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Function / Content
Correspondence was referred to the Law Department by other offices and Departments such as the Colonial Secretary and Chief Secretary, the Board of Land and Works or the Chief Commissioner of Police for comment or for an opinion. This correspondence would be annotated (or minuted) and the original document then returned to its originator. Before final return the document may have been also referred to a third party for noting or for comment.
This series records such pieces of correspondence referred to the Law Department. Details entered were the number and date of the document, by whom it was written and by whom it was referred, the subject of the document and when it was received and returned and a note of whether an opinion was given or a minute written upon it. If the document was referred to a third party details to whom, for what purpose, the date of referral and the date of return are given. Minutes written on this correspondence may be able to be found in VPRS 256 Minute Books.
Recordkeeping System
Entries were made in chronological order. Within the first volume this was in specific divisions of the volume allocated to each major office referring matters to the Law Department. These divisions are indexed with page numbers. From the second volume, entries are in chronological order with each entry being given an annual single number prefixed with the letter R for Reference.
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- 1856
Registry Book
VPRS 254
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P0000
1858 - 1873
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3
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