Gone out to Australia, 1882 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 1522823
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Sandeman, H. G. H. (Harry G. Horsford), 1856-1919
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1882]
- 0.45 m. (1 oversized phase box + 1 folder)
- Summary:
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MS 3628a comprises the bound volume (145 p.) containing Harry G. Horsford Sandeman's autobiography in which are described his adventures and experiences during several years in the Australian colonies. The text does not include dates but appears to cover the 1870s, beginning with an account of Sandeman's voyage from England on board the "Somersetshire" in 1871. There follows a description of his journey to "Burenda", a station near Augathella in south-western Queensland. Sandeman describes the people, places, daily activities, work and social life on sheep and cattle stations he encountered in country areas of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. These places include Ipswich, Charleville, Roma, Augathella, Blackall, Carnarvon Ranges, Bourke, Deniliquin, Mudgee, Gulgong and the Blue Mountains. Sandeman also describes his activities and visits to the theatre, opera and dances in Sydney and Melbourne. The text is illustrated with over 550 fine ink drawings by the author (1 phase box).
- Biography/History:
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Henry Gordon Horsford (Harry) Sandeman was born in New South Wales in 1856, second eldest of the nine children of Alfred (1819-1883) and Amelia (ca. 1837-1898) (née Glassen or Glasson) Sandeman. Alfred and Amelia were married in New South Wales and the family travelled frequently between Australia and England. In 1871, Harry, his mother and eight siblings returned to Australia on board the "Somersetshire", arriving in Melbourne in June of that year. Harry, and presumably the rest of the family, travelled to Sydney by coastal steamer. Sometime later Harry and his relative Gordon Sandeman (ca. 1810-1897), pastoralist, magistrate and member of the Queensland parliament, set off by steamer to Brisbane and then to Ipswich. They continued by train to Dalby and then by horse to Gordon's station "Burenda", in south-western Queensland.
Harry's father Alfred also owned property in Queensland in addition to the family home in Sydney, called "Seven Oaks". Harry went on to travel and work in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. In 1894, he married Phoebe Hoy (b. 1864) in Sydney. They resided in Sydney where Harry died in 1919, while living at "Icasia", Old South Head Road, Waverley. The death certificate for H.G.H. Sandeman states that he was French correspondent for Harrison, Jones and Devlin, an Australian pastoral company specialising in wool broking (taken over in 1922 by Goldsborough Mort & Co.). Harry G. Horsford Sandeman was related to the British Sandeman family of wine merchants who were in business as wine and spirit merchants in George Street, Sydney in the 1880s.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 3628a.
- Transcription (47 p.) available for reference.
- Also available on microfilm at the National Library of Australia Main Reading Room - Newspapers and Family History at mfm G28179.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233131808
- Source of Acquisition:
- Sir John Ferguson Collection.
- Subject:
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- Sandeman, H. G. H. (Harry G. Horsford), 1856-1919 -- Archives
- Sandeman, H. G. H. (Harry G. Horsford), 1856-1919 -- Travel -- Australia
- Somersetshire (Ship)
- Travelers -- Australia -- Archives
- Livestock workers -- Australia -- Archives
- Voyages and travels
- Australia -- Description and travel
- Australia -- Pictorial works
- Time Coverage:
- 1871-1882
- Occupation:
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1989 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1919
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1882
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