MS 74
Papers of Mathilde Elizabeth Deane



Scope and Content Note

  • Transcripts
  • 1919-27
  • 1.60 m (10 boxes)
  • Available for reference
The transcripts were purchased from Miss Deane in 1921-30. Further transcripts and other family papers acquired from Miss Deane in 1958 are held at MS 60.

Biographical Note

Mathilde Elizabeth Deane was the daughter of the notable engineer Henry Deane. In 1913 she moved with her father from Sydney to Melbourne and for some years worked for publishers, including Critchley Parker and Thomas Lothien. In May 1919 she was engaged by the Public Library of New South Wales to make typescript transcripts of the despatches of the Governor of Victoria for the period 1851-60, in the Public Library of Victoria. She completed the task in 1922 and then compiled an index to the despatches, as well as transcribing letters of Matthew Flinders. In 1926 Deane emigrated to England, where she remained permanently. She transcribed Victorian despatches and other papers not held in Melbourne or Sydney, at the Public Record Office in London, but gave up the work on account of ill-health in 1930.


Series List

SERIES 1

Typescript transcripts made by M.E. Deane in Melbourne, 1922

Despatches from the Governor of Victoria to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1851-1860 (4764 pages)

Folders     
                                                                      
1-5     1851                                                               
6-12    1852                                                               
13-20   1853                                                               
21-28   1854                                                               
29-33   1855                                                               
34-35   1856                                                               
36-38   1857                                                               
39-40   1858                                                               
41-42   1859                                                               
43      1860                                                               
44-46   Confidential despatches and circulars from the Secretary           
        of State to the Governor of Victoria, 1851-1860  (246 pages)       
47      Confidential despatches from the Governor of Victoria to the       
        Secretary of State, 1852-1860  (76 pages)                          
48-51   Index to despatches (folders 1-43) from the Governor               
        of Victoria to the Secretary of State for the Colonies,            
        1851-1860 compiled in Melbourne, 1925  (105 pages) and             
        bound volume of index                                              
52      Chronological list of despatches from the Governor of Victoria     
        to the Secretary of State, 1851-1860 compiled in Melbourne,        
        1921  (95 pages)                                                   
53      Chronological list of despatches from the Secretary of             
        State to the Governor of Victoria, 1851-1860 compiled in           
        Melbourne 1920, (53 pages)                                         
SERIES 2

Typescript transcripts made by M.E.Deane at the Public Record Office, London, 1926-27

Despatches from the Governor of Victoria to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1851-1860, not held in Melbourne,compiled in London 1926 (843 pages)

Folders                                                                           
1       1851                                                               
2-3     1852                                                               
3-6     1853                                                               
7       1854                                                               
8-9     1855                                                               
10-13   1856                                                               
14-15   1857                                                               
16-17   1858                                                               
18-19   1859                                                               
20-22   1860                                                               
23      Despatches from the Secretary of State to the Governor             
        of Victoria 1851-1860, not held in Melbourne,compiled in           
        London 1927                                                        
24      List of despatches enclosures and extracts missing from the        
        volumes in the Public Libraries of New South Wales,                
        Victoria, together with minutes from the Secretary of State        
        to the Governor of Victoria, 1851-1860 compiled in London,         
        1927  (3 pages)                                                    
25      List of despatches enclosures and extracts missing from the        
        volumes in the Public Libraries of New South Wales and             
        Victoria, together with minutes of the Colonial Office             
        from the Governor of Victoria to the Secretary of State,           
        1851-1860 compiled in London, 1926-1927  (20 pages)                

SERIES 3

Miscellaneous transcripts

Folder                                                                            
1       Appendices to despatches from the Governor of New South            
        Wales to the Secretary of State, 1855-1860 (pages A-H)             
2-3     List of minutes of the Executive Council of Victoria,              
        1851-56                                                            
Papers of Matthew Flinders 1791-1804

4       Extracts of letters in the Admiralty and Colonial Office           
        records: typed transcripts made by W.M. Flinders-Petrie            
        for J.J. Shillinglaw, held in the Public Library in Victoria,      
        copied 1925                                                        

Journal of George Cox 1821

5       Typed transcript of a journal kept by George Cox on his tour       
        to the northward and eastward of Bathurst, 1821; held at the       
        Mitchell Library, Sydney, copied 1921                              

Journal of Governor Macquarie's visit to Hobart and Van Diemen's Land, 1811-1812

6       Typed transcript made from the original held in the Mitchell       
        Library, copied 1921                                               
Journal of a voyage and tour of inspection by Governor Macquarie to Hobart and Van Diemen's Land, 1821

7       Typed transcript made from the original held in the Mitchell       
        Library, copied 1921                                               

Box List

     Box       Series        Folders       
      1        1             1-9           
      2        1             10-17         
      3        1             18-26         
      4        1             27-35         
      5        1             36-43         
      6        1             44-50         
      7        1             51-53         
      7        2             1-7           
      8        2             8-16          
      9        2             17-25         
     10        3             1-7