Colonial Secretary's correspondence 1859-1903

Research Guide to the Colonial Secretary’s correspondence records 1859-1903 at Queensland State Archives.

This guide gives a brief history of the Colonial Secretary’s Office (the name of the office was changed from Colonial Secretary to Home Secretary on 6 August 1896), including an explanation of its administrative procedures, a description of the series of records for correspondence from 1859–1903, and how to find letter numbers for the letters received in the Office.