Guide to the Papers relating to William Lane and the New Australia Colony
MS 3205
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Collection Summary
- Title
- Papers relating to William Lane and the New Australia Colony
- Date Range
- 1890 - 1930
- Collection Number
- MS 3205
- Extent
- 0.06 metres (1 folder + 1 volume)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
- Sponsor
- The digitisation of the Library's Currency Collection was made possible by the generous financial support of donors to the Banknotes and Currency Preservation Appeal (2015). The Library gratefully acknowledges this support.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Letters, documents, currency and newspaper clippings relating to William Lane and the New Australia Colony.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/345282).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired as part of the collection of Sir John Ferguson, bibliographer and judge.
Historical Note
The utopian communal settlement of New Australia was founded by journalist and trade unionist William Lane in 1893 near Asuncion, Paraguay. After a schism in the original colony, Lane set up a new colony, Cosme, 72 kilometres south of New Australia.
Item Descriptions
Volume containing papers and cuttings (File 1) - Folio-Box SHARED
Includes a 'Plan for village organisation, unanimously adopted as the Constitution of Cosme on Tuesday Sept 1, 1890', signed by William Lane; cuttings from various newspapers and journals relating to the colony; four personal letters from Henry Connelly at 'Colonia Nueva Australia' to Geo. Reeve in Sydney, which include news of the colony (1923-1928); two letters from Mary Gilmore, Sydney, to Geo. Reeve (1927) regarding printed materials relating to Cosme; letters from Geo. Reeve to Ferguson regarding material relating to the colony; a booklet of biographical articles on William Lane, published following his death in 1917; several letters relating to Ferguson's search for papers relating to the colony and miscellaneous notes made by him about the collection.
Currency from the New Australia Colony (File 2)
Letter to John Ferguson from [illegible] enclosing specimens of New Australia colony money, 30 May 1930 (Item 1) - Security-Binder (Shared), Folder 2
Five centavo note from Colonia Nueva Australia (New Australia Colony), Paraguay, [?] May 1895 (Item 2) - Security-Binder (Shared), Folder 2
Issue details
Category: money value coupon
Type: Type Three
Denomination: 5 centavos
Issuer: New Australia Co-operative Settlement Association
issue date: May 1895
Signature/s: F Kidd, Presidente
Overprinting: circular date stamp 'Nueva Australia, Paraguay [?] May 1895'
Circulation status: circulated
Illustrative content: central vignette of lion and Phrygian cap
Physical description: dimensions - 109x69 mm; black print on white paper
Ten centavo note from Colonia Nueva Australia (New Australia Colony), Paraguay, 17 May 1895 (Item 3) - Security-Binder (Shared), Folder 2
Issue details
Category: money value coupon
Type: Type One
Denomination: 10 centavos
Issuer: New Australia Co-operative Settlement Association
Issue date: May 1895Signature/s: F Kidd, Presidente
Overprinting: circular date stamp 'Nueva Australia, Paraguay 17 May 1895'
Circulation status: circulated
Illustrative content: central vignette of clasped hands with bare arms
Physical description: dimensions - 123x69 mm; blue print on white paper
Ten centavo note from Colonia Nueva Australia (New Australia Colony), Paraguay, 8 May 1895 (Item 4) - Security-Binder (Shared), Folder 2
Issue details
Category: money value coupon
Type: Type One
Denomination: 10 centavos
Issuer: New Australia Co-operative Settlement Association
Issue date: May 1895
Signature/s: F Kidd, Presidente
Overprinting: circular date stamp 'Nueva Australia, Paraguay 8 May 1895'
Circulation status: circulated
Illustrative content: central vignette of clasped hands with bare arms
Physical description: dimensions - 123x69 mm; blue print on white paper
One peso note from Colonia Nueva Australia (New Australia Colony), Paraguay, 14 October 1895 (Item 5) - Security-Binder (Shared), Folder 2
Issue details
Category: money value coupon
Type: Type Two
Denomination: 1 peso
Issuer: New Australia Co-operative Settlement Association
Issue date: October 1895
Signature/s: F Kidd, Presidente
Overprinting: circular date stamp 'Nueva Australia, Paraguay 14 October 1895'
Circulation status: circulated
Illustrative content: central vignette of clasped hands with cuffed arms
Physical description: dimensions - 110x68 mm; red print on white paper