Agency Details

Agency Number:

TA315

Title:

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE

Start Date:

01 Jan 1825

End Date:

Description:

With the separation of the Colonies of NSW and Van Diemen's Land by the Order-in-Council of 14 Jun 1825,separate Commissions were issued to the Governor of NSW for each Colony. During his absence from Van Diemen's Land the Lieutenant-Governor appointed by Warrant under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet administered the Colony. With full independence in 1856 the local representative of the Crown was commissioned as the Governor. (For details of the Office and the officers who held it, see the Guide to the Public Records of Tasmania, Section Two).

Information Sources:

Legislation Administered:

Legislation Creating:

Imperial Order-in-Council of 14 Jun 1825 (proclaimed at Hobart on 3 Dec). Reconstituted by Letters Patent in 1880 & 1900

Legislation Abolishing Agency:

Functions Performed:

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10 GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE [1]

Controlled Agencies:

•	TA768 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT	12 Sep 1803	06 Jan 1904
•	TA58 COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT	01 Jan 1804	31 Dec 1895
•	TA932 NAVAL DEPARTMENT	01 Jan 1807	31 Dec 1827
•	TA686 POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT	16 Oct 1813	14 Feb 1901
•	TA60 CONVICT DEPARTMENT	01 Jan 1818	31 Dec 1877
•	TA151 COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE (1)	01 Jan 1825	31 Dec 1856
•	TA61 CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT	01 Jan 1827	31 Dec 1901
•	TA465 ROYAL DERWENT HOSPITAL	01 Jan 1827	30 Nov 2000
•	TA982 INVALID DEPOT, NEW NORFOLK	03 Apr 1827	20 Jun 1848
•	TA1568 ROYAL TASMANIAN BOTANICAL GARDENS	01 Jan 1828
•	TA336 HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, CASCADES	01 Jan 1877	31 Dec 1890
•	TA1546 STATE RELIEF (BUSH FIRES) COMMITTEE	11 Feb 1967	31 May 1968
•	TA978 THE PRICES INQUIRY BOARD	16 Aug 1988	31 Mar 1989

Previous Agencies:

•

TA863 LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR'S OFFICE

16 Feb 1804

03 Dec 1825

Subsequent Agencies:

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TA980 COMMISSIONERS OF THE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE

01 Jan 1859

05 Dec 1885

Related Agencies:

•	NG1091 SIR ROBERT GEORGE CROOKSHANK HAMILTON	30 Aug 1836	22 Apr 1895
•	NG457 GEORGE STRAHAN	01 Jan 1838	31 Dec 1887
•	NG723 ALAN HAMILTON	01 Jan 1860
•	NG2184 GORE BROWNE FAMILY	01 Jan 1861	29 Dec 1898
•	NG2226 ALLARDYCE FAMILY	09 Jul 1889	01 Mar 1983
•	NG1736 STANLEY AND PEARL BURBURY	01 Jan 1909	31 May 1995

Series Created By Agency:

•	GO59 COPIES OF OFFICIAL NOTICES IN THE HOBART TOWN GAZETTE.	06 Jul 1816	10 Aug 1826
•	AE675 SUMMARY OF GOVERNMENT NOTICES AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION	13 May 1817	24 Dec 1839
•	GO26 LETTERBOOKS OF DESPATCHES SENT TO THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE.	18 Dec 1818	23 Dec 1836
•	GO52 LETTERBOOKS OF GENERAL OUTWARD CORRESPONDENCE.	21 Nov 1820	24 Feb 1912
•	GO25 LETTERBOOKS OF DESPATCHES SENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	16 Jan 1821	21 Jan 1911
•	GO39 MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED PRINCIPALLY TO THE GOVERNOR.	23 Nov 1821	13 Oct 1926
•	GO17 DESPATCHES FROM THE TREASURY TO THE OFFICER- IN-COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES IN THE COLONY.	30 Nov 1821	21 Dec 1833
•	GO2 DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES.	28 Aug 1823	31 Oct 1835
•	GO1 DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	29 Aug 1823	28 Dec 1932
•	GO23 INDEXES TO DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	01 Jan 1825	31 Dec 1885
•	GO60 GOVERNOR'S COMMISSIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS.	01 Jan 1825	31 Dec 1869
•	GO141 PHOTOGRAPHS.	01 Jan 1825	31 Dec 1942
•	GO33 GOVERNOR'S DUPLICATE DESPATCHES RECEIVED BY THE COLONIAL OFFICE.	12 Feb 1825	27 Dec 1855
•	GO30 LETTERBOOK OF DESPATCHES SENT MAINLY TO THE TREASURY.	01 Jan 1826	18 May 1839
•	GO53 PRIVATE SECRETARY'S LETTERBOOKS.	02 May 1826	14 Jan 1869
•	GO31 LETTERBOOK AND REGISTER OF DESPATCHES SENT TO THE COLONIAL AGENT.	20 May 1826	18 May 1834
•	GO54 LETTERBOOKS OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR'S MEMORANDA ADDRESSED TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.	26 Jun 1826	24 Jan 1837
•	GO21 REGISTERS OF DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	02 Aug 1826	16 Dec 1963
•	GO37 REGISTERS OF DESPATCHES SENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	02 Jan 1827	01 Dec 1966
•	GO55 LETTERBOOK OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR'S CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED TO CROWN LAW OFFICES.	09 Nov 1827	09 Sep 1836
•	GO3 DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY AND UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE RELATING TO ADVANCES TO EMIGRANTS.	15 Nov 1831	12 Dec 1834
•	GO120 PROCLAMATION OF AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC POUND AT NEW NORFOLK.	30 Jan 1832	30 Jan 1832
•	GO43 REPORT OF ALEXANDER MACONACHIE ON CONVICT DISCIPLINE, AND ASSOCIATED PAPERS.	01 May 1837	30 Jun 1837
•	GO44 JUDGES' REPORTS OF SUPREME COURT CRIMINAL CASES, AND ASSOCIATED CORRESPONDENCE.	20 Jan 1840	27 Dec 1841
•	GO45 CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF THE COLONIAL SECRETARY AND THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL.	01 Jan 1841	31 Dec 1843
•	GO74 COPIES OF ENCLOSURES TO DESPATCHES SENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	06 Nov 1841	01 Jul 1910
•	GO40 MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED TO THE PRIVATE SECRETARY.	27 Jan 1842	13 Dec 1924
•	GO61 COPIES OF PAPERS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CLAIMS OF THE COLONY ON THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT.	01 Jan 1845	31 Dec 1867
•	GO62 COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM THE MIDLAND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.	01 Jan 1846	31 Dec 1847
•	GO38 INDEXES TO DESPATCHES SENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	27 Jan 1847	31 Dec 1884
•	GO46 REPORTS OF THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL OF CONVICTS.	06 May 1847	14 Aug 1857
•	GO121 REGISTER OF CONVICTS FOR WHOM ENQUIRIES WERE MADE.	01 Jan 1850	31 Dec 1868
•	GO63 MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.	01 Jan 1855	31 Dec 1930
•	GO122 REGISTERS, LISTS AND ASSOCIATED PAPERS RELATING TO PERSONS INVITED OR ELIGIBLE TO BE INVITED TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE.	01 Jan 1855	31 Dec 1973
•	GO64 REGISTER OF APPLICATIONS FOR FREE PARDONS.	06 Mar 1856	30 Dec 1856
•	GO142 PLANS.	01 Jan 1858	31 Dec 1972
•	GO65 REGISTER OF PARDONS RECEIVED FOR SIGNATURE AND RETURNED.	08 Aug 1859	22 Oct 1862
•	GO58 TRANSMISSION REGISTER OF PAPERS REFERRED TO VARIOUS OFFICERS.	09 Aug 1859	05 May 1863
•	GO66 REGISTER OF GRANT DEEDS RECEIVED FOR SIGNATURE AND RETURNED.	10 Aug 1859	03 Dec 1861
•	GO5 CIRCULAR DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	18 Apr 1860	27 Dec 1932
•	GO12 COLONIAL OFFICE DESPATCHES ACKNOWLEDGING DESPATCHES FROM THE GOVERNOR.	29 Apr 1860	25 Aug 1926
•	GO4 SEPARATE, SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	27 Aug 1860	21 Dec 1931
•	GO41 CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM COLONIAL AND STATE DEPARTMENTS.	23 May 1861	11 Dec 1919
•	GO47 CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED ABOUT MILITARY MATTERS.	14 Dec 1861	30 Sep 1870
•	GO56 LETTERBOOKS OF GOVERNOR'S MEMORANDA ADDRESSED TO MINISTERS.	24 Dec 1861	14 Feb 1888
•	GO67 JOURNALS OF EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.	01 Jan 1862	27 Jun 1949
•	GO16 UNCLASSIFIED COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COLONIAL OFFICE.	14 Apr 1862	05 Oct 1932
•	GO19 DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNORS OF OTHER COLONIES AND STATES.	17 Nov 1862	18 Jun 1917
•	GO48 CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED ABOUT NAVAL MATTERS.	08 Feb 1863	25 Aug 1925
•	GO18 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED FROM BRITISH DEPARTMENTS OTHER THAN THE COLONIAL OFFICE.	16 Mar 1863	12 Jun 1924
•	GO24 PRIVATE SECRETARY'S LISTS OF DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	01 Jan 1866	30 Jun 1877
•	GO49 CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED RELATING TO FOREIGN CONSULS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.	12 Nov 1866	25 Nov 1933
•	GO27 LETTERBOOKS OF CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCHES SENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	21 Apr 1869	29 Dec 1913
•	GO6 "LIBRARY" DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE COLONIAL OFFICE.	04 Jun 1869	22 Dec 1932
•	GO32 LETTERBOOK OF DESPATCHES ON CONVICT MATTERS SENT TO THE HOME OFFICE.	25 Nov 1869	09 Sep 1879
•	GO50 BILLS RECEIVED FOR ASSENT AND ATTORNEY- GENERAL'S REPORTS ON LEGISLATION.	15 Oct 1870	24 Dec 1901
•	GO7 "GENERAL" DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	31 Aug 1871	28 Dec 1908
•	GO8 DESPATCHES TRANSMITTING COPIES OF TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	16 Jul 1874	14 Jun 1923
•	GO68 GOVERNOR'S SPEECHES OPENING PARLIAMENT, ADDRESSES-IN-REPLY, ADDRESSES TO THE CROWN, AND ASSOCIATED PAPERS.	22 Jul 1874	29 Jan 1933
•	GO42 CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM OTHER COLONIES AND STATES.	19 May 1875	11 Dec 1902
•	GO57 REGISTERS OF OUTWARD CORRESPONDENCE.	01 Oct 1878	28 Feb 1902
•	GO9 "HONOURS" DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	30 Nov 1878	21 Dec 1931
•	GO13 COLONIAL OFFICE DESPATCHES ACKNOWLEDGING AND REPEATING TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNOR.	08 Apr 1881	05 Dec 1894
•	GO22 REGISTER OF SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	29 Dec 1881	03 Dec 1904
•	GO51 REGISTERS OF INWARD CORRESPONDENCE.	10 Jan 1882	09 Oct 1907
•	GO10 "FEDERAL COUNCIL" DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	24 Oct 1889	30 Dec 1898
•	GO28 LETTERBOOK OF DESPATCHES SENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.	07 Jan 1890	15 Jan 1899
•	GO14 COLONIAL OFFICE SCHEDULES OF DESPATCHES SENT TO THE GOVERNOR.	07 Aug 1896	31 Dec 1958
•	GO72 REGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE.	01 Jan 1900	31 Dec 1987
•	AC227 REGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE, NEW SERIES.	01 Jan 1900	31 Dec 1987
•	GO125 VISITORS BOOKS.	22 Oct 1900	28 Nov 1973
•	GO20 DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH.	24 Dec 1900	24 Sep 1929
•	GO124 INVENTORY OF FURNITURE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.	01 Sep 1901	31 Mar 1913
•	GO133 JOURNALS OF EXPENSES FOR MAINTENANCE AND STATIONERY STORES.	01 Jan 1902	31 Dec 1971
•	GO11 "MISCELLANEOUS" DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	30 Jan 1902	24 Mar 1930
•	GO35 COPIES OF DESPATCHES SENT TO THE GOVERNOR- GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH.	21 Jul 1904	06 Dec 1930
•	GO75 COPIES OF SEPARATE, SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCHES SENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	31 Dec 1909	31 Dec 1972
•	GO34 COPIES OF DESPATCHES SENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	14 Jan 1911	11 Aug 1933
•	GO36 COPIES OF DESPATCHES SENT TO GOVERNORS OF OTHER COLONIES AND STATES.	16 Sep 1911	05 Jul 1918
•	GO86 COPIES OF TELEGRAMS AND CABLEGRAMS SENT.	26 Jul 1912	18 Apr 1916
•	GO82 TELEGRAM AND CABLEGRAMS RECEIVED.	23 Aug 1912	20 Apr 1916
•	GO89 MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE, ARRANGED BY FILE TITLE.	01 Jan 1914	31 Dec 1970
•	GO93 MACQUARIE ISLAND FILES.	01 Jan 1916	31 Dec 1943
•	GO15 DOMINIONS OFFICE SCHEDULES OF TELEGRAMS SENT TO THE GOVERNOR.	08 Feb 1926	31 Dec 1944
•	GO79 INWARD AND OUTWARD DESPATCHES, WITH ASSOCIATED CORRESPONDENCE, TO AND FROM SECRETARY OF STATE.	01 Jan 1933	31 Dec 1981
•	GO80 SUBJECT INDEX TO INWARD AND OUTWARD DESPATCHES.	01 Jan 1933	31 Dec 1933
•	AC232 SAMPLE STATIONERY.	01 Jan 1935	31 Dec 1982
•	GO91 MISCELLANEOUS STAFF MATTERS.	01 Jan 1937	31 Dec 1953
•	GO130 STAFF FILES.	01 Jan 1938	31 Dec 1958
•	GO109 CORRESPONDENCE AND ASSOCIATED PAPERS RELATING TO THE "PATRIOTIC PADDOCK", GOVERNMENT HOUSE.	01 Jan 1940	31 Dec 1946
•	GO71 ALPHABETICAL REGISTER OF TASMANIAN WAR CASUALTIES WITH NAMES OF RELATIVES TO WHOM LETTERS OF SYMPATHY WERE SENT.	01 Jan 1941	31 Dec 1945
•	GO131 KITCHEN GARDEN BOOK.	01 Jan 1942	30 Apr 1945
•	GO132 INDEX TO PERSONS INVITED TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE.	01 Jan 1948	31 Dec 1958
•	AC228 FILE RELATING TO PROPOSED ROYAL VISITS.	01 Jan 1949	31 Dec 1952
•	GO134 JOURNALS OF EXPENDITURE UNDER THE GENERAL AND GARDENS AND PASTURES ACCOUNTS.	15 Jun 1949	31 Mar 1960
•	GO136 ADDRESSES OF WELCOME.	01 Jan 1951	31 Dec 1963
•	GO88 MISCELLANEOUS UNREGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE.	01 Jan 1953	31 Dec 1960
•	AC229 FILE RELATING TO FLOOD DISASTER.	01 Jan 1960	31 Dec 1960
•	AC230 CORRESPONDENCE AND ASSOCIATED PAPERS KEPT BY LORD ROWALLAN RELATING TO HIS MEMORANDUM ABOUT THE RIGHT OF STATE GOVERNORS TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE CROWN.	01 Jan 1961	31 Dec 1961
•	GO137 GOVERNOR'S WEEKLY PROGRAMMES.	02 Jan 1966	19 Jan 1969
•	GO77 SCHEDULES OF DESPATCHES SENT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.	01 Jan 1967	31 Dec 1967
•	GO118 CORRESPONDENCE AND ASSOCIATED PAPERS RELATING TO THE BUSHFIRE DISASTER FEB 1967.	01 Feb 1967	30 Nov 1967
•	GO90 VISITS BY SIR EDRIC AND LADY BASTYAN.	01 Jan 1968	31 Dec 1971
•	GO138 GOVERNOR'S DAILY PROGRAMMES.	17 Jan 1968	25 Dec 1972
•	GO139 DAILY BRIEFS.	26 Nov 1968	26 Oct 1972
•	GO143 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND GROUNDS.	04 Nov 1969	04 Nov 1969
•	AC233 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS RELATING TO ALTERATIONS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.	01 Jan 1985	31 Dec 1985
•	AC231 CONSIDERATION OF LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS NECESSARY IN TASMANIA FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TO REMOVE LEGISLATIVE LINKS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.	18 Sep 1985	18 Sep 1985