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Series ID8400
Previous System LocationCOL/1-74, 139-140, 142-427, 459, 483A; A/4661-A/4735; A/4829; A/5069-A/5078; A/25048; A/29370-A/29597; A/29600-A/29602; A/31602-A/31831; TR1889/1; RSI2383; SRS1963
Title

Special Batches
Parent Series
This series does not have a parent series.
Start Date 11/5/1861
End Date Circa 12/31/1975
Date Statement N/A
Date Notes N/A
Abstract

Colonial Secretary's / Home Secretary's Office / Health and Home Affairs Department / Health Department batches of correspondence and papers

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Items Total Items: 1985
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Departmental NumbersN/A
System of Arrangement Various batch arrangements (for example, subject then alphabetical: Indigence cases A - Z); within batches, letters are usually arranged chronologically and numerically by annual running number, though groups of letters within batches may also be"top - numbered".
How To Use Series All subjects are listed, but researchers may also track particular letters through the Registers of Letters Received until the final "top-number" indicates the batch in which the file is located. (If searches fail, it may be necessary for researchers to consult related series)
 
 

Creating Agencies

Agency IDTitleFromTo
107Colonial Secretary's Office 11/5/1861 8/6/1896
123Home Secretary's Office 8/6/1896 12/5/1935
126Health and Home Affairs Department 12/5/1935 9/26/1963
105Health Department 9/26/1963 12/31/1975
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Access Category

Open
Access ProcedurePermission to access restricted material by responsible agency
Agency Now Responsible
Agency ID: 105
Health Department
Note: Some items in the series do not have the same responsible agency.
Restriction DetailsN/A
Regulation Details
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Subordinate Series

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Controlling Series

Series IDTitleFromTo
11936Registers of Letters Received 1/1/1861 12/31/1896
12844Registers of Letters Received 1/1/1897 12/31/1935
17262Registers of Letters Received Relating to Institutions 1/1/1936 12/31/1972
17258Registers of General Letters Received 1/1/1936 12/31/1975
17499Registers of Letters Received Relating to Home Affairs 1/1/1937 12/31/1940
17086Registers of Letters Received Relating to Hospitals 1/1/1946 12/31/1971
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Previous Series

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Subsequent Series

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Related Series

Series IDTitleRelationship
5384Batch and Miscellaneous Subject FilesChief Secretary's / Premier's Department batch and subject files
1043Batch FilesChief Secretary''s / Premier's Department batch files
5263General CorrespondenceHome Secretary's Office correspondence
6679General CorrespondenceHealth and Home Affairs /Health Department correspondence
5402Inwards and General CorrespondenceChief Secretary's / Premier's Department correspondence
5253Inwards CorrespondenceColonial Secretary's / Home Secretary's Office inwards correspondence
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Publication Notes

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Copyright Status

Copyright State of Queensland
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Remarks

The Responsible Agency may differ for some items because the range of functions of the Colonial Secretary / Home Secretary was so broad.
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Description

This series consists of batches of correspondence and papers which were removed from, or not included in, the general correspondence of the Colonial Secretary's/Home Secretary's Office, and the subsequent Health and Home Affairs Department and Health Department. The letters which were removed, either for administrative convenience or because the subject was particularly important, were entered in the Registers of Letters Received in the normal way, with a note often specifying 'Away Batch'.

The Colonial Secretary was originally responsible for all matters not the responsibility of the Attorney General or Treasurer, so the range of subjects to approximately 1935 is broad. From approximately 1886, with the creation of the portfolio of Chief Secretary, the responsibilities of the Colonial Secretary (from 1896, Home Secretary), while still extensive, mostly related to internal affairs; however, the record-keeping for the Chief Secretary remained within the Colonial Secretary's / Home Secretary's Office until 1898, so correspondence related to the Chief Secretary's responsibilities for external and other matters, may be found in these batches as well as those of the Premier's Department, for example, series 1043.

With the creation of the Health and Home Affairs Department in 1935 and the subsequent Health Department in 1963, the majority of batches became health-related.
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Preferred Citation

Queensland State Archives Series ID 8400, Special Batches
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