NRS-4526 | Despatches and enclosures from the Governor of Tasmania

Correspondence dealing with such matters as the difficulties experienced by the Commissariat in obtaining fresh meat due to the crews of vessels sent to Port Phillip abandoning them for the goldfields; the sending of Enrolled Pensioners and other troops to assist the Victorian Government to maintain order among the goldminers; the establishment of monthly steam communication with England; the stores, stock, crop etc. on Norfolk Island available for the Pitcairn Islanders (Sept 1855); and the defence of Tasmania by sea. (4/1627). 1 box. Note:This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.