Australian Joint Copying Project
The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) [new window] operated from 1945 until 1997, during which time microfilm copies were made of material held in the United Kingdom which related to Australia and the Pacific. Much of this material came from the British Public Records Office [new window], with the significant exception being the Miscellaneous series which came from many diverse sources.
State Library of Queensland holds a large number of AJCP microfilm reels. Handbooks are also available, which provide a guide to the contents of different reels. Some of the contents are as follows:
- Colonial Office: Statistical returns, reports of officials, letters and petitions from private individuals.
- Home Office: Old Bailey sessions, convict transportation registers, returns, musters, censuses, pardons.
- War Office: Troops in Australia, including the New South Wales Corps.
- Foreign Office: Pacific Islands’ trade and commerce, employment of local labour, missionary activity, petitions from native rulers, copies of treaties, proclamations.
- Air Ministry, Board of Trade, Exchequer and Audit Department, Treasury and other record groups: Trade legislation, land grants, convicts, banking, telegraph, whaling, fisheries, salaries, the Australian Flying Corp.
- Admiralty Records: Ships, freight, log books, convicts, payment of marines, voyages of James Cook, establishment of the settlement of New South Wales.
- Miscellaneous Series: Maritime records, emigrant diaries and letters, convict records, archives of missionary societies, scientific records, papers of politicians and officials; imperial relations, migration, trade, public finance, business, defence, scientific research.
- Public Record Office Personal Collections: British settlement in Australia, Pacific whale fishery, convicts, appointments of governors, British interests in New Guinea and the Pacific.
- Dominions Office: 1924-1951 politics, constitutional crises, public administration, defence, World War II, trade, economic affairs, communications, migration, foreign relations and race relations.
More information
If you have a Queensland related enquiry, you can contact us in any of the following ways:
For general enquiries:
- Ask at your local Queensland public library
- Other libraries [new window]
Last updated: 20th May 2009
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