Colonial Secretary of New South Wales

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government office ministerial position

The Colonial Secretary of New South Wales was a senior ministerial office in the colonial government responsible for internal administration and governance before the establishment of the modern premiership.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Colonial Secretary of New Zealand	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government office ⓘ ministerial position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Colony of New South Wales ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	British Empire ⓘ colonial administration of Australia ⓘ
category	Colonial political office in Australia ⓘ Defunct government position in New South Wales ⓘ
constituentOf	colonial executive of New South Wales ⓘ
country	New South Wales ⓘ
dissolvedIn	late 19th century ⓘ
followedBy	Chief Secretary of New South Wales ⓘ Premier of New South Wales ⓘ
governingBody	Executive Council of New South Wales ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch ⓘ
historicalPeriod	History of New South Wales ⓘ surface form: colonial era of New South Wales
historicalRole	central administrative office before responsible government ⓘ precursor to the modern premiership in New South Wales ⓘ
inception	19th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	New South Wales ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	New South Wales ⓘ
officeCreatedFor	management of colonial internal affairs ⓘ
officeHierarchyStatus	principal adviser to the Governor on internal matters ⓘ senior colonial official ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	Colonial Secretary ⓘ
officeScope	internal affairs rather than external relations ⓘ
officeType	cabinet-level office ⓘ senior ministerial office ⓘ
partOf	Executive Council of New South Wales ⓘ Government of New South Wales ⓘ
positionFunction	coordination of legislation and regulations ⓘ liaison between Governor and colonial departments ⓘ oversight of public service ⓘ record-keeping and correspondence for colonial government ⓘ
positionHeldIn	Colony of New South Wales ⓘ surface form: colonial government of New South Wales
precededBy	Secretary to the Governor of New South Wales ⓘ
replacedBy	Chief Secretary of New South Wales ⓘ Premier of New South Wales ⓘ
responsibleFor	coordination of colonial departments ⓘ domestic governance ⓘ implementation of policies of the Governor ⓘ internal administration ⓘ
seat	Sydney ⓘ
subordinateTo	Governor of New South Wales ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Premier of New South Wales → precededBy → Colonial Secretary of New South Wales ⓘ

Prime Minister of New Zealand → precededBy → Colonial Secretary of New South Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Secretary of New Zealand