Series:
Despatches received from the Governor-General of the Commonwealth.
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
24 Dec 1900
End Date:
24 Sep 1929
Creating Agency:
| Governor's Office (TA315) | 01 Jan 1825 |
Related Series:
| GO52 Letterbooks of General Outward Correspondence. | 21 Nov 1820 | 24 Feb 1912 |
| GO48 Correspondence received about Naval Matters. | 08 Feb 1863 | 25 Aug 1925 |
| GO35 Copies of Despatches sent to the Governor- General of the Commonwealth. | 21 Jul 1904 | 06 Dec 1930 |
Controlling Series:
| GO51 Registers of Inward Correspondence. | 10 Jan 1882 | 09 Oct 1907 |
| GO57 Registers of Outward Correspondence. | 01 Oct 1878 | 28 Feb 1902 |
Series notes:
Most of these despatches relate to formal matters, such as announcements of the assumption of office, Royal deaths and accessions, consular appointments. However subjects of greater research interest do appear: recruiting for the Boer War, channels of communication, principles to be observed in recommending for honours, elections to the Federal Parliament and the amendment of the Constitution, the issue of passports and the collection of probate duties, immigration. Many despatches are either in the form of telegrams or are recorders; they are in code. Copies of internal memoranda and Governor's replies are sometimes included. Other despatches from the Governor-General are included in GO48/4 (Naval matters) and GO49 (Consular matters). To 1907 the despatches are registered in GO51, and for copies of some replies, see GO52/12-13.
These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
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