Memoirs, [18--] [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 242811
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Vidal, F. Furse
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [18--]
- 4 cm. (217 p.)
- Summary:
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Memoirs entitled "Odds and ends of recollections of my life jotted down for the information of my children as they have recurred to me". Book 1 covers: Vidal's childhood in Devonshire in the late 1830s, including mentions of various family members; life in New South Wales (1840-45) at Minchinbury, Balmain, Carawarago (a cattle station in the Sutton Forest district) and Campbelltown, with descriptions of his family's experiences with bushrangers (including Jacky Jacky), Aborigines and convict servants; the family's return to England; schooling at Eton; and time spent in Paris. Book 2 deals with Vidal's time in the United States; his return to England and time at Cambridge University; and his marriage and life at Eton.
- Biography/History:
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Francis Furse Vidal, eldest son of writer Mary Therese Vidal (Mrs Francis Vidal). Vidal spent five years of his childhood in Australia (1840-1845), upon return to England he went to school at Eton. He worked in a bank for a short time, then spent some time in Paris singing, before being appointed assistant to the general manager of a company in California which supplied water to gold mines. Vidal later returned to England where he studied at Cambridge University and then Cuddeston Theological College.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: NLA MS 9194.
- Photocopies of transcripts.
- Related Material:
- Associated materials: Correspondence of Mrs Francis Vidal & portraits of Mrs Francis Vidal & Reverend Francis Vidal are held in National Library of Australia.
- Source of Acquisition:
- The original memoirs were transcribed by the donor, who is a great great grandson of Mary Vidal (Mrs Francis Vidal).
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Unpublished
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