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Information about State Records Freedom of Information (FOI) General Awareness course during October and November 2008. FOI General Awareness Courses 2008 |
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Details about Certificate III and Certificate IV in Recordkeeping in 2009 and the new alternative to traditional face-to-face delivery of studying via correspondence. Certificate III and IV in Recordkeeping in 2009 |
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Publicising the Christmas and New Year opening hours for State Records City and Gepps Cross Research Centres. Christmas 2008 Research Centre Hours |
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State Records Council has approved the permanent retention of all pre-1901 official records. Pre-1901 Records Made Permanent |
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State Records has recently updated the Adequate Records Management Standard and South Australian Recordkeeping Metadata Standard and created the Contracting and Official Records Standard. Across-Government Standards for Record Management |
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News item re change to October 2008 Research Centre opening hours at Gepps Cross. Change to October 2008 Sunday Opening Hours |
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Freedom of Information (FOI) training courses being conducted for public sector employees in September and October 2008. FOI Training Courses - September/October 2008 |
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News item to announce that State Records has updated its Authorised Agency Retrieval Request Form. Agency Retrieval Request Form Updated |
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To promotes the availability of Freedom of Information (FOI) Induction Training as an on-line module via ERNI, State Records E-Resource Network Initiative. Freedom of Information (ERNI) Induction Training |
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Notifying agencies that May 2007 version of the guideline for agencies making public access determinations for official records which they control is now available. Public Access Determination Guideline for Agencies |
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Chief (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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