Party: Premier's Department
Summary
An extensive holding dating from ca 1871. A selective listing is as follows:
Papers and correspondence regarding Federation, 1888-1901. PRE/1-5. OPEN A,B,C.
Papers, reports, cuttings etc., regarding the proposed separation of Central and Northern Queensland, 1871-1899. PRE/6. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence and papers relating to tours throughout Queensland by various premiers, 1895, 1897-early 1900s. PRE/8-9. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence, reports and associated papers regarding land and sea defence and the Great War, 1885-1918. PRE/19-23, 25-38. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence and associated papers regarding Queensland coastal survey by H.M.S. Paluma, May 1883-July 1902. PRE/24. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence and associated papers regarding the sugar bonus and excise on sugar, 1904-1905. PRE/49. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence and associated records regarding meat exports, meat refrigeration and the Imperial Meat Scheme, 1901-1936. PRE/50-80, 134. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence regarding Pacific Island Labourers, December 1889-1907 (incontinuous). PRE/84-91. OPEN A,B,C.
Extensive files relating to immigration, include correspondence, Acts, reports, press cuttings etc. Subjects include legislation, indentured labour, the Overseas Settlement Scheme, Immigration from: Japan 1893-1907, Russia 1923, Italy 1925, the Boy Scouts Immigration Scheme 1920-1923, Farm Labourers Immigration Scheme, immigration of domestic servants, 1884-1937. PRE/92-124. OPEN A,B,C.
Contract between Queensland Agent General and British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd., for steamer services, London-Queensland, 8 September 1908. PRE/141. OPEN A,B,C.
General correspondence files, in and out correspondence, with registers, ca 1896-1940. PRE/A1-PRE/09. OPEN A,B,C.
Correspondence regarding appointments of J.P.s, 1883-1960. PRE/R1-PRE/U101. 30 A,B,C.
Despatches and telegrams from the Agent General in London, 1887-1898. PRE/V1-7, PRE/Y1. OPEN A,B,C.
Letterbooks of the Premiers, Chief Secretaries and Under Secretaries of the Premier's Department, 1893, 1898-1904. PRE/Z1-7. OPEN A,B,C.