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A1640 – series descriptive note

Function and purpose

This series consists of dockets of correspondence of various Ministers responsible for various functions in the Northern Territory. The correspondence covers all aspects of Northern Territory administration, including matters relating to land selection, purchase and leasing, mineral leases, surveys, exploration reports, indigenous people, railways, appointments, hospitals, water supply and police. The series also contains reports from the Government Resident in Palmerston, Northern Territory.

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A number of correspondence dockets created as part of this series were subsequently top-numbered into other series. It is known that approximately 80 dockets were top-numbered into CRS A1 and A3 between 1911 and 1920; dockets may also have been top-numbered into later parts of these series and into subsequent series.

Folio found in another file relating to the records in this Series

A folio contained in A452/1 – 1952/310 – BC75754, dated 10 February 1954, to the Administrator or the Northern Territory from JA CARRODUS.  The letter contains information relating to the South Australian Docket No 333 of 1894 relating to annum payment by the North Australian Pastoral Company limited for the lease of Bore Leased by the North Australian Pastoral Co Ltd on an area formerly held as Pastoral Lease No 761.  The letter provides information about the docket in question and dockets that were forwarded to Darwin with the Lands Titles Office Records.

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Custodial history

The Northern Territory was administered by the South Australian Government from the 1860s until 1911, when it was transferred to the Commonwealth. At this time, records that resulted from that period of administration, including the records in this series, were also transferred to the Commonwealth. In 1927, following a request from the South Australian Public Library, most of the records of this series were returned to the Library in Adelaide. These records are now held by the State Records of South Australia. The records retained by the National Archives of Australia were those still required by the Commonwealth for administrative purposes at this time.

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Records from this series are also held by State Records of South Australia, where they are controlled as series GRS/1 (Letters received – Office of the Minister Controlling the Northern Territory, Adelaide).

Control records for the series are also held by the State Records Of South Australia, controlled as series GRS/3 (Indexes to letters received - Office of the Minister Controlling the Northern Territory, Adelaide) and GRS/6 (Numerical lists of letters received - Office of the Minister Controlling the Northern Territory, Adelaide). 

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