Agency:
Lieutenant-Governor's Office
Agency Number:
Start Date:
16 Feb 1804
End Date:
03 Dec 1825
Description:
Administer the island of Van Diemen's Land under the direction of the Governor of New South Wales (of which Van Diemens Land formed a part). (For details of the Office and the officers who held it, see the Guide to the Public Records of Tas Sect 5)~
Legislation Creating:
Royal Commission to each Lieutenant-Governor under Royal Sign Manual and Signet.
Functions Performed:
Government administration and governance
Controlled Agencies:
| Medical Department (TA768) | 12 Sep 1803 | 06 Jan 1904 |
| Naval Department (TA932) | 01 Jan 1807 | 31 Dec 1827 |
| Convict Department (TA60) | 01 Jan 1818 | 31 Dec 1877 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Governor's Office (TA315) | 01 Jan 1825 |
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 |
| GO29 Letterbook of Despatches sent to the Commissioners for the Navy. | 08 Jan 1819 | 20 Nov 1821 |
| GO60 Governor's Commissions and Instructions. | 01 Jan 1820 | 31 Dec 1869 |
| 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 |