Description of series:
21 volumes, each 13"x8"x1" containing printed pages on which are arranged in strict alphabetical order constituent particulars of Trade Marks together with their respective class and registered number. An asterik following a word indicates a device, a dagger indicateds a device and a work, and the absence of either of these symbols indicates that the constituent particular is the work alone. The volumes are labelled A - Z, with overlapping, and there is a separate volume for monograms and letters.
 
History Prior/Subsequent to Transfer:
PRIOR TO TRANSFER: Prior to 1905 each Australian State had independent jurisdiction in respect of Trade Marks and enacted their own laws in the matter. The Commonwealth Constitution Act (9th July, 1900) gave the Federal Government power to legislate concerning Trade Marks and the first Commonwealth Trade Marks Act was passed in 1905. The Act came into operation on the 2nd July 1906, on which date the administration of the States Trade Marks Act of each Australian State was transferred to the Commonwealth and the powers and functions vested under State laws became vested in the Commonwealth. Within the Department of Trade and Customs a Commonwealth Trade Marks Office was established on the 2nd July, 1906, and the Commissioner of Patents appointed to act also as the Registrar of Trade Marks. Under the Act all applications for registration of Trade Marks then had to be lodged at the Commonwealth Trade Marks Office, Melbourne.
Alphabetical indexes of constituent particulars of Trade Marks were compiled by the Commonwealth Trade Marks Office Canberra in 1940 and copies forwarded to sub-offices in each State. On the 9th November 1936, control of the Commonwealth Trade Marks Office was transferred from Dept. of Trade and Customs to the Investigation Branch of the Commonwealth Attorney General's Dept.
 
Administrative information
 
The following data was keyed from the paper documentation:
Form number:              CA 17
Creating department:      ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S, INVESTIGATION BRANCH,                           				  PATENT,TRADEMARKS,DESIGNS & COPYRIGHTS                           SUBOFFICE,BRISBANE
Transferring department:  ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S,
                          PATENTS,TRADEMARKS,DESIGNS AND COPYRIGHT                           SUBOFFICE, BRISBANE
Date of transfer:         15/05/1969
Archives file number:     RWB7/3/4