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Sources and Finding AidsChief (formerly Colonial) SecretaryOn This Page
AvailabilityAn alphabetical names and subject index to correspondence of the Chief Secretary's Office is available at both Research Centres:
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Description GRG 24Records of GRG 24 The Chief (formerly Colonial) Secretary's Office are an invaluable source for early colonial history. The first colonial Secretary, Robert Gouger, took office at Glenelg, South Australia, on 28 December 1836. From its inception, the office was the main executive and co-ordinating authority of government administration. It had a special function as the correct channel of communication with the governor by other government departments and by the public generally. The business of the office touched on nearly all aspects of the life of the province such as postal arrangements, Aborigines, petitions, legislation, and pastoral lands. The Colonial Secretary's Office became the Chief Secretary's Office in November 1856. The Premier's Department [GRG 75], created in March 1965, eventually assumed the functions of the Chief Secretary's Office. GRG 24/1 is an early series of Colonial Secretary's Office correspondence, starting in 1836, that covers the first five years in the history of South Australia [see Example 1]. GRG 24/4 Letters sent are held for the date range 1837-1976. The A-Z index covers 1837-1856. GRG 24/6 Letters received are held for the date range 1842-1982. The A-Z index covers 1842-1856 [see Example 2]. There are also indexes created by the Chief Secretary's Office for later years. GRG 24/90, miscellaneous records, includes correspondence, letters received, memorandum, reports, memorials, proclamations, plans, inventories, depositions, and various other documents. It forms a valuable adjunct to GRG 24/1, GRG 24/4 and GRG 24/6 [see Example 3]. All four record series - GRG 24/1, GRG 24/4, GRG 24/6, GRG 24/90 - are available on microfilm in both Research Centres. Records are available for the years which have been indexed. For other correspondence series of the Chief Secretary's Office see the series inventory in the description of GRG 24 in ArchivesSearch. Related Information:
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