Category Archives: Archiving Project

Prelude to the creation of the VDL Supreme Court

Posted on 28/02/2022 by dashea2014

From the early 1600s to 1782 Britain was able to send criminals to its colonies in America. However, the War of Independence put an end to that arrangement and the Government found itself in need of an alternative destination to … Continue reading →

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Federal Council of Australasia

Posted on 27/10/2021 by dashea2014

If searching for missing Acts is like finishing a jig saw puzzle and realising the picture is not complete, then finding ten Acts that appear to have duplicate numbers is akin to having bits left over after you have assembled … Continue reading →

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VDL Governor’s Despatches to Colonial Office 1826 to 1832

Posted on 23/10/2021 by dashea2014

One of the puzzles encountered when preparing to transfer the official copies of the legislation passed by the Legislative Council of Van Diemen’s Land was the whereabouts of some of the manuscript copies of Acts from 1826-1832. In theory all … Continue reading →

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Manuscript copies of VDL Acts – 1830-1851

Posted on 13/10/2021 by dashea2014

In 1945 the National Library of Australia and Archive repositories in the United Kingdom and Ireland began a collaborative project to copy historical records relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Microfilming commenced in 1948, continuing until the Project … Continue reading →

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Bushrangers – 1815

Posted on 07/10/2021 by dashea2014

While Lieutenant Governor George Arthur has the dubious reputation for engaging in the longest period of martial law in Australia, from late 1828 to the end of 1831, this was not the first instance of the Island being subjected to … Continue reading →

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Printing and Numbering of Orders from Collins to Arthur

Posted on 01/03/2021 by dashea2014

Prior to Van Diemen’s becoming an independent colony on 3 December 1825, a succession of Lieutenant Governors had administered the Island largely through the issue of General and Garrison Orders. As the names suggest Garrison Orders applied to the military … Continue reading →

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Thomas Bigge’s view of education in Van Diemen’s Land

Posted on 22/02/2021 by dashea2014

Thomas Bigge’s view of education in Van Diemen’s LandDraft In 1785 Britain had to face the dilemma of what to do with the convicts it had been sending to the American colonies from 1718 to 1785. It is estimated that … Continue reading →

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VDL Statutes 1830 already in TAHO collection

Posted on 05/10/2019 by dashea2014

A search in Enrolments of Acts of Council (Series SC202) at the Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office has identified 14 original copies of VDL Statutes for the year 1830 that have already been transferred to TAHO: SC202/1/1 – 10 Geo … Continue reading →

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Missing Acts

Posted on 07/09/2019 by dashea2014

The Acts Custody Act 1858, passed some three years after the name change for the Colony of Van Diemen’s Land to Tasmania, made provision for the custody of all the Acts of the Legislature of Tasmania. Section 1 of the … Continue reading →

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Original copies 1826-1851

Posted on 04/09/2019 by dashea2014

The first step towards an independent law-making governing body for Van Diemen’s Land was the separation of the Island dependency from the Colony of New South Wales. On 17 July 1825 King George IV had signed a warrant (issued under … Continue reading →

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