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Australian joint copying project [microform] : microfilm of material in the Public Record Office, London, and manuscript material in other repositories, relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific / filmed under the auspices of the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.

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Location	3rd Floor Genealogy Microfilm
Coverage	Public Record Office (PRO) Series Reels 1 – 7261 imperfect and Miscellaneous (M) Series Reels M333 – M3105 imperfect. Ask Staff.

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ISSN	1034-151X
Other title	AJCP
Physical description	microfilm reels : positive ; 35 mm.
Organised/Arranged	Divided into two series: Public Record Office Series and Miscellaneous Series.
Publication history	1948-
Series	Australian Joint Copying Project microform collection.
Notes	National Library of Australia holds microfilm master. Microfilm and guides available for sale.
Cite As	Citations should refer to original material and microfilm reel number. Example 1: PRO Series: CO 201/429. New South Wales. Original Correspondence. Despatches May-June 1850 (AJCP reel PRO 621). Example 2: M Series: Derby Central Library. Catton Papers. Unbound letters (AJCP reel M 791).
Biography/history	Established in 1945 by an agreement between the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales to jointly microfilm material in the Public Record Office, London and elsewhere relating to Australia and the Pacific. In 1988 the SLNSW withdrew from the project, which continued until June 1993 under the direction of the NLA and with the participation of the State Library of Victoria, the National Library of New Zealand, the National Archives of New Zealand and other Australian state and academic libraries. Final delivery of microfilm is expected in 1995.
Finding Aids	Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Pt. 1, General introduction: Shelf lists of copying in the Public Record Office and miscellaneous copying (also lists reels held by various libraries, particularly Australian state and university libraries); Pt. 2, Colonial Office; Pt. 3, Home Office; Pt. 4, War Office; Pt. 5, Foreign Office; Pt. 6, Exchequer and Audit Department, Privy Coucil Office, Board of Trade, Treasury; Pt. 7, Admiralty; Pt. 8, M Series (Miscellaneous copying); Pt. 9, Public Record Office Personal Collections; Pt. 10, Dominions Office.
Summary	Official, business, church and private records dating from 1560 to 1975.
Subjects	Great Britain. Public Record Office.
	Australian Joint Copying Project.
	Australia -- History -- Sources.
	New Zealand -- History -- Sources.
Related names	National Library of Australia.
	Australian Joint Copying Project.
	State Library of New South Wales.