Guide to the Collections of the Norfolk Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
M981, M2315 - M2317
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Norfolk Record Office
- Title
- Collections of the Norfolk Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1786 - 1985
- Collection Number
- M981, M2315 - M2317
- Extent
- 81 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Extracts from the Barton Collection, comprising a copy of the will of Rev. Robert Knopwood of Van Diemen's Land 1834, and notes on the Hoyle and Wall Families of Gloucestershire and New Zealand, written in 1965.
Rolfe Family papers. Letters 1877-88 of Charles W.N. Rolfe of Alpha Station, near Beaufort, Queensland, to his family in Norfolk.
Rolfe (Heacham) manuscripts. Three printed items about emigration to Australia, especially by females, 1834-35.
Petre Papers 1812-73 concerning land and dwellings at Swanton Abbott, Norfolk, formerly owned by Thomas Freeman. His granddaughter Eliza Graver (nee Eglington) was living in Adelaide in 1862. Papers include certificates of baptism and marriage at Reepham, Norfolk of Freeman's descendants, and letters and documents 1849-74 relating to money paid to Charles Edward Wodehouse of Rockhampton, Queensland.
Freeman correspondence. Letters 1875-1907 to William P.B. Freeman, Norwich artist and photographer, and his family from relatives in Victoria. Correspondents include Ellen Bryant of Castlemaine, Alfred Freeman of Carlton, David G. Freeman of South Yarra, and Ellen de Carle Freeman.
Yarmouth Borough records 1839-44. Death certificate of Priscilla Tubby of Hobart and papers relating to her estate.
Norwich, Town Clerk, Deeds 1900-01. Papers, including birth and marriage certificates, connected with sale of land in Norwich owned by Rose Allison of Brewarrina, New South Wales, Alice Crotch and John Rout, both of Norwich.
G. Colman Green's typescript account of a journey to Australia on the Afric December 1912-February 1913.
Document from the Cubitt Collection, being a petition dated October 1786 requesting that prisoners from the Great Yarmouth gaol be sent to Botany Bay. Personal details of eight prisoners are given.
Two letters 1873, one from Christchurch, concerning sale of property in New Zealand belonging to Mr Howes.
Printed pamphlet containing letters from emigrants in Canada and South Australia, collected in the Parish of Banham, Norfolk.
Papers 1833-37 of William Henry Bulwer relating to his appointment as Parliamentary Agent for Australian Colonies. Includes a petition by inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land against Lieut.-Governor G. Arthur and papers on jury system in Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales.
Papers 1872-77 of Press Family of Great Yarmouth, including logbooks, correspondence and other business papers relating to voyage of barque Frederica from Yarmouth to Melbourne.
Travel diaries 1898-1908 of Edward E. Field covering his travels to Australia and New Zealand on the Oruba, Wodonga, Talune, Waikaro, Hauroto, Moaua, Corinthe, Taiynan and China.
Papers 1914-18 of Sir Henry Rider Haggard referring to his visit to Australia and Empire Settlement Scheme.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Archival History
Material selectively filmed at Norfolk Record Office, Norwich, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1976, 1988 (AJCP Reels: M981, M2315-M2317). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
Norfolk Record Office. Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DQ, Norwich, Norfolk NR3 1EB, England. For further information see the Norfolk Record Office (https://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/).
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8053567] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding-aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Subjects
Adelaide, South Australia; Australia: immigration to; Victoria; New Zealand; Convicts; Tasmania; Melbourne, Victoria; Norwich, England; Emigration and immigration.
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 349, p.134.
Item Descriptions
Fonds BAR. Barton Collection, 1834 - 1965
2 itemsPapers of the Barton Family of Threxton, 1560-1965. Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M981
Subjects
Van Diemen's Land; Knopwood Family; Knopwood, Robert, Rev.; Tasmania; New Zealand; Hoyle Family; Wall Family.
Fonds GUN. Papers of the Rolfe Family of Heacham, 1877 - 1888
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival history
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M981
Subjects
Rockhampton, Queensland; Rolfe, Charles; Alpha, Queensland; Beaufort, Queensland.
Charles William Neville Rolfe: Letters from Australia, 30 April 1877 - 1 September 1888 (File GUN 78, 364X2)
Correspondents include: Eustace Rolfe, H.R. Mayne, E.H. MacRay, Mrs F. Appleton, W. Dennis and Neville Rolfe.
Subjects include: Price of livestock, export of frozen meat, salary, illness and death of Charles' brother Arthur Rolfe, emigration to Queensland.
Some of the letters are loose and some are in bound volumes.
Biographical / Historical
Charles William Neville Rolfe (1851-1932).
Fonds HEA. Deeds and papers relating to Heacham and Sedgeford and district and the Rolfe Family, 1834 - 1835
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M981
Subjects
Women; Women: emigration; Van Diemen's Land; Australia: immigration to; Empire Settlement Scheme; Hobart, Tasmania; Reepham, Norfolk, England.
Fonds PET. Papers of the Petre Family of Westwick, 1812 - 1874
9 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M981
Subjects
Swanton Abbott, England; Freeman, Alfred; Freeman, David G.; Freeman, Ellen de Carle; Freeman, Thomas (Norfolk); Freeman, William P.B.; Genealogy and genealogies; Graver, Eliza; Adelaide, South Australia; Wodehouse, Charles E.; Victoria.
Series. Petre estates in Norfolk: Swanton Abbott, 1812 - October 1874
9 items
Extract from Court Roll, 13 May 1862 (File PET 854/36, 262X5)
Admission of Thomas Eglington, Mary Anne Burton, Freeman Eglington, Eliza Graver and John Eglington, under the will of Thomas Freeman their grandfather on the death of Mary Eglington their mother.
Paper relating to certificates of the Eglington and Freeman families, 1812 - 1855 (File PET 854/37, 262X5)
Including baptisms of Anne Eglington, Thomas Eglington, Freeman Eglington and John Eglington (1812-1829), marriages of Joseph Burton and Mary Anne Eglington (1832), Robert Graver and Eliza Eglington (1838), burials of Mary Freeman (1849), Mary Eglington (1861) and John Eglington (1826), and death at Adelaide of Robert Graver (1855).
Power of attorney from Eliza Graver (Adelaide) to Leonard Hicks (London), 24 December 1862 (File PET 854/38, 262X5)
To receive her share of proceeds of the sale of messuage and land at Swanton Abbott and other money due under the wills of her grandfather Thomas Eglington and her mother Mary Eglington.
Indenture - Deed of covenant, 24 December 1862 (File PET 854/39, 262X5)
Deed of covenant between (1) Thomas Freeman Eglington (Irmingland), farmer, Joseph Watts Burton (Hackforth next Reepham), butcher and his wife Mary Anne Burton; nee Eglington, Freeman Eglington (Kerdiston), Eliza Graver (Adelaide), widow; nee Eglington and John Eglington (Fakenham), draper and (2) John Berney Petre of Westwick House to convey copyhold property in Swanton Abbott.
Surrenders from Thomas Eglington and others to John B. Petre of messuage and land in Swanton Abbott, 24 December 1862 - 21 March 1863 (File PET 854/40, 262X5)
Extract from Court Roll, Special Court for Manor of Swanton Abbott, 28 March 1863 (File PET 854/41, 262X5)
Admission of John B. Petre on the surrender of Thomas Eglington and his wife Sarah Ann Eglington, Joseph Burton and his wife Mary Anne Burton, Freeman Eglington, Eliza Graver, John Eglington and Mary Gladden Eglington, his wife, of messuage and land in Swanton Abbott.
Receipts for succession duty for property in Swanton Abbott, 1862 - 1863 (File PET 854/42, 262X5)
Receipts for succession duty for property in Swanton Abbott to Eliza Graver (Adelaide)[13 Mar 1862], Freeman Eglington (Kerdiston), John Eglington (Fakenham), Thomas Eglington (Irmingland) and Marianne Burton (Hackford next Reepham) [all 23 May 1863].
Bundle of correspondence and papers, of R.W. Parmeter, solicitor of Aylsham, 1849 - 1874 (File PET 1058/5, 266X6)
9 itemsConcerning the settlement of Rev. Alfred Wodehouse and his wife Emma Hamilla. Filmed selectively.
Charles Wodehouse (Rockhampton) to R.W. Parmeter, 22 July 1874 (Item 1)
Acknowledges £674.10.3; Rockhampton weather; death of his uncle; news from Hamilla; seeks information on insurance policy.
George Winters (Litcham) to R.W. Parmeter, 15 October 1874 (Item)
Sends certificate of baptism of Charles Wodehouse.
E.T. Wodehouse to R.W. Parmeter: Charles Wodehouse has received his money - his share of the unsettled property, 21 December 1867 (Item 10)
Fonds MC 17. Freeman Collection, 1875 - 1907
5 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M981.
Subjects
Castlemaine, Victoria; Melbourne, Victoria; Freeman, William P.B.; Freeman, David G.; Freeman, Ellen de Carle; Bryant, Ellen F.; Victoria.
Series. William Philip Barnes Freeman, 1875
2 itemsBiographical / Historical
William Barnes Freeman (1813-1897) was a well-known painter of Norfolk landscapes.
Ellen Bryant (Castlemaine, Victoria) to William and Polly: colonial life; mining works; thanks for photographs, n.d. (File MC 17/43, 405X7)
David Freeman (Melbourne) to his brother William Freeman, 1875 (File MC 17/44, 405X7)
14 June 1875: Has exchanged mining for the timber trade; Melbourne; suggests that William sell a painting in Melbourne Gallery; family matters.
Also included: Alfred Freeman to Mary Freeman Alfred Freeman (Melbourne) to his sister Mary, 6 Sept. 1875: family news.
Series. William Henry Freeman, 22 October 1905 - 24 November 1907
2 itemsBiographical / Historical
William Henry Freeman was the son of William Philip Barnes Freeman.
Fonds Y/D. Great Yarmouth Borough records, 1839 - 1844
3 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M981.
Subjects
Yarmouth, England; Hobart, Tasmania; Tubby, Priscilla; Yarmouth Gaol, England.
Series Y/D 51. Title deeds and other papers relating mainly to Great Yarmouth, September 1839 - October 1844
3 itemsFilmed selectively.
Certificate of death of Priscilla Tubby at Hobart, daughter of Priscilla Jay, with receipt for supplying certificate to the executors, 26 September 1839 - 14 October 1841 (File 1913)
Fonds N/TC. Records of Town Clerk's Department, Norwich, 1900 - 1901
3 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M981.
Subjects
Allison, Rose; Crotch, Alice; Rout, John; Wills; Brewarrina, New South Wales.
Series D1. Title deeds, July 1900 - January 1901
3 items31A, 35 and 37 West Pottergate and 1-11 Lawrence Street, Norwich. Filmed selectively.
Conveyance from Rose Allison to Alice Crotch and John Rout, 14 July 1900 (File D1/213/18, 326X10)
Conveyance upon trust for sale of certain freehold hereditaments. Rose Allison, wife of George Allison of Bootoma Station, Brewarrina, NSW, Sheep Farmer and Alice Crotch of Marlborough House, Ipswich Road, Norwich, Spinster, and John Rout of Norwich, Gentleman.
Fonds. Norwich Public Library Manuscript Collection, 1786 - 1913
5 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival history
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M981.
Subjects
Green, G. Colman; Afric (ship); Yarmouth, England; New Zealand; Botany Bay, New South Wales; Christchurch, New Zealand; Prisons: England; Convicts.
George Colman Green. The thirty-sixth voyage of the Afric (White Star liner) to Australia, 21 December 1912 - 9 February 1913 (File MS174)
Bound typescript volume with watercolours and added manuscript notes.
The typescript comprises the diary (53pp.) of his voyage on the Afric from Liverpool to Melbourne, 26 December 1912 - 9 February 1913, with some later manuscript annotations, and a few sketches and newspaper cuttings. The entries refer to the weather, the seas, sightings of other ships, fellow-passengers, sightings of whales and albatrosses, reading, concerts, theatrical productions, a lecture by one of the passengers, the journalist Henry Stead, visits to Cape Town and an ascent of Table Mountain, the formation of a labour exchange and information bureau on the ship, huge seas and a hurricane in the Indian Ocean, landings at Albany and Adelaide, and the arrival at Melbourne (2 February 1913), and Green's search for employment. There are sketches of the lighthouse at Breaksea Island, Albany, a black swan, Port Phillip Bay and the centre of Melbourne.
Biographical / Historical
George Colman Green (1877-1970) was a poet and artist who spent some time in Australia before World War I.
Petition from mayor and Justices of the Peace for the Borough of Great Yarnmouth to Lord Sydney requesting that a number of prisoners in the overcrowded gaol be sent to Botany Bay, October 1786 (File MS 2292, 2E2)
The names, ages and occupations of eight prisoners are given.
Fonds COL. Colman Collection, [c.1852]
1 itememmigration and immigration; South Australia; South Australia: immigration to; Convicts; Canada.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M981.
Biographical / Historical
The Colman Library in Norwich was assembled by Jeremiah James Colman (1830-1898), the 'Norwich Mustard King' and his son Russell Colman (1861-1946) from 1878 onwards.
Series 7B. Pamphlets, [c.1852]
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Rev. Scott F. Surtees, ed. Emigrant letters from settlers in Canada and South America, collected in the parish of Banham, Norfolk, London, Jarrold and Sons, (16pp.), [c.1852] (File)
The publication reproduces letters, or extracts from letters, written in 1849-1851 from six emigrants in South Australia.
Fonds BL. Papers of Harry Bradfer-Lawrence, 1925
1 itemArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2315.
Biographical / Historical
Harry Bradfer-Lawrence (1877-1965) was a land agent who wrote extensively on the history and archaeology of Norfolk.
Fonds BUL. Papers of Bulwer Family of Heydon, 1833 - 1837
3 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2315.
Subjects
Bulwer, William H.; Tasmania: politics and government; Arthur, Sir George.
Series BUL 1. Diplomatic papers of Sir Henry Bulwer, 1833 - 1837
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Biographical / Historical
Sir (William) Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer (1801-1872), 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer (created 1871), joined the Diplomatic Service in 1827 and in the following years served in Berlin, Vienna and The Hague. He was also a member of the House of Commons from 1830 to 1837. He was the British Ambassador in Spain (1843-1848), the United States (1849-1852) and Turkey (1858-1865).
Subseries BUL 1/8, 561X6. Correspondence and papers relating to Australia, 1833 - 1837
2 items
Letters, 1833 - 1837 (File 1-47)
The correspondence relates to Bulwer's appointment as parliamentary agent of the Australian colonies, his relation with the Australian Patriotic Association, a petition by the inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land against George Arthur, the lieutenant-governor, educational establishments in New South Wales (1837), trial by civil jury in New South Wales, an examintaion of Sir John Jamison before the Police Committee on the administration of justice in the colony, and the use of convict labour.
The correspondents include Sir George Grey (Colonial Office), Alexander McLeay (Sydney), Potter Macqueen (Sydney), H. Carmichael (Sydney), Gilbert Robertson (Hobart), S. Donaldson (London), Charles Buller (Bodmin) and William Bryan (London).
Papers, 1834 - 1836 (File 48-60)
The papers comprise a list of men in Van Diemen's Land qualified to serve as jurors (1835), two issues of the True Colonist, a petition from inhabitants of New South Wales to the House of Commons on trial by jury (1834), a list of British parliamentarians favourable to trial of jury in New South Wales, three printed letters on the nomination of Bulwer as agent, and copies of parliamentary bills.
Fonds UPC. Papers of Upcher Family of Sheringham, 1936 - 1938
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2315.
Series UPC 264 643X6. Letters of Geoffrey Palmer in Auckland, July 1936 - September 1938
4 itemsFonds BR 66. Papers of the Press Family of Great Yarmouth, 1871 - 1877
8 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2315-M2316.
Subjects
Frederica (ship); Press Family.
Biographical / Historical
The Press Family were merchant mariners. Joseph Crisp Press (1820-1896) was a captain of merchant vessels and later a ship owner. His son Joseph Buckingham Press (1848-1927) sailed on several of his father's voyages and was later captain of the Frederica.
Log book of the Frederica, commanded by James Pepperill, 4 December 1872 - 18 February 1873 (File BR 66/17)
Select pages describing voyage from Mauritius to Melbourne and Fremantle (30p). Details of weather, sailing conditions, misdemeanours by seamen.
Log book of the Frederica, commanded by Joseph B. Press, 18 February 1873 - 2 July 1874 (File BR 66/18)
Voyage from Melbourne to Fremantle, China, Manila, Sydney and Colombo (70p).
Log book of the Frederica, commanded by J.B. Press, 23 December 1875 - 18 April 1876 (File BR 66/20)
On a voyage from London to Mossel Bay, South Africa, and Java. Includes voyage; Cheribon/Melbourne/Newcastle NSW/Java/Melbourne (178p).
Abstract of log of Frederica, commanded by J.B. Press, 16 January 1875 - 9 April 1876 (File BR 66/21)
On a voyage from London to the Falkland Islands. Last page lists other ships spoken with.
Letters and Papers, February 1872 - March 1874 (File BR 66/28)
Includes:Wage accounts for Joseph Thompson and William Geary, made out at Sydney, 1874.
19 discharge wage sheets of seamen, including Fremantle and Sydney, Melbourne.
Correspondence of Joseph B. Cross, November 1872-March 1874, relating to the voyage of the Frederica, payments to crew, cargoes and arrival at Melbourne. (8 letters)
Invoice from Chart and Nautical Book Depot (Sydney) for sale of charts of Pacific (9 March 1874).
Bundle of letters and financial papers, Sydney, February 1874.
Bundle of financial and legal papers, Melbourne, February 1874.
Specification of 6880 bags of sugar shipped by Ireland, Fraser & Co. per Frederica for Melbourne, 28 November 1872.
Manifest for Frederica from Melbourne to Fremantle, 5 February 1872.
Letters and papers, 1875 - 1877 (File BR 66/29)
The papers include testimonials on behalf of Capt. J.B. Press giving details of Australian voyages (1877), a report by the Merchant Shipping Underwriters Association Ltd., Lloyds' Agency for Melbourne (21 Apr 1877) on damage sustained by the Frederica on account of grounding, receipts and correspondence about possible repairs in Melbourne, statements by the crew on the grounding (26 Apr 1877), details of the public sale of the Frederica at Lloyds Rooms, Melbourne (25 May 1877), disbursements of Frederica at Cheribon, Java (Jan-Feb 1877); receipts from Melbourne, Sandridge (Sep 1876), Newcastle (Oct 1876) and Batavia (Dec 1876).
The file also includes miscellaneous papers re. the sale of Frederica (May 1877); extract from log (5-12 Nov 1876) and correspondence with J.C. Press, A.D. Stone and Frederick Wood on charters, cargoes and attempted repairs (c.251p).
Death of James Henry Prowse, February 1873 - June 1876 (File BR 66/114)
Correspondence, invoices and accounts concerning the death of a seaman, James Henry Prowse, who was drowned at Sandridge, Victoria, on 2 February 1873 and was buried in Melbourne with Roman Catholic rites. The papers include correspondence with Catherine Collins and John Foley in Ireland (26 July; 11 Oct 1873); invoices and wages due to Prowse; invoice for funeral John Dally, undertaker, Melbourne (Feb 1873).
The file also includes letters from J.B. Press to his parents 28 Feb 1873, Fremantle; 14 Jun 1876 Batavia re. voyage; 17 Jun 1873, S. de Beer Melbourne to J. C. Press, Yarmouth, re. accounts (20p).
Fonds BR 124. Papers of Scott, Pillow and Barwell families of Norwich, 1914 - 1919
2 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2316.
Subjects
Australia: immigration to; Potts, Annie; Potts, Lettie; Pillow, Margaret.
Biographical / Historical
The Pillow Family managed the Princess Restaurant in Castle Street, Norwich. Margaret Scott (d. 1929), who married Edward Pillow in 1891, awas the chair of the Association of Teachers of Domestic Science and an examiner in cookery and domestic science. She had two sons - Edward, and Henry who died on active service 8 Aug 1917. On the death of her husband in 1910, she took over the running of the Princess Restaurant, and upon her death in 1929, her son Edward took over the Restaurant.
Miscellaneous correspondence, August 1918 - March 1919 (File BR 124/68)
3 itemsFilmed selectively.
Annie Potts (Yeulba, Qld.) to Margaret Pillow, 29 March 1919 (Item)
Her emigration to Australia as a baby; effect of the War on her life; enlistment of Edward Pillow; her son served in Egypt and Gallipoli and was wounded in France.
Fonds Y/D50. Records of Grout and Company of Norwich, 1889 - 1903
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2316.
Related Materials
For a history of the firm, see F. Warner Silk Industry of the UK 1921 pp285-290.
Biographical / Historical
Grout and Company were a silk manufacturing company founded in Norwich by George and Joseph Grout in 1814.
Fonds MC 3. Papers of Lothian Family of Blickling, 1881 - 1891
2 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2316.
Subjects
New Zealand; emmigration and immigration.
Biographical / Historical
Blickling Hall, build in the early 17th century, was acquired by William Kerr, 8th Marquis of Lothian, in 1850. The ownership was transferred to the National Trust in 1940, following the death of Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian.
Series. Family papers, 1881
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Dugard Buckler (Emigrant and Colonists' Aid Corporation, London) to Walter Butler, 26 July 1881 (File MC 3/309 (a), 468X5)
Refers to letter from Lady Lothian (not included); emigration of a master mason; suggests Sydney or Brisbane rather than New Zealand as New Zealand buildings are mostly timber; methods of obtaining a passage.
Series MC 3/586, 516X9. Family and personal papers, 1891
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Woods Australian Diary, 1891 (File)
Entries for May-July 1891 only, referring to opening of Parliament, dinner parties, Sydney Rowing Club regatta, Queen's Birthday review, polo club meetings and horse races at Randwick. There are numerous references to 'Winslow', the home of Sir Joseph Long Innes at Darling Point, Sydney. The writer of the diary is not identified (46p).
Fonds MC 32. Papers of Sir Henry Rider Haggard, 1913 - 1921
7 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2316.
Related Materials
The records of this mission, held by the Royal Commonwealth Society, were filmed on M1702 Rider Haggard Mission [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1127145072/findingaid#nla-obj-1409653573].
See also MS4694 Additional Papers of Rider Haggard and MS20463 Letters from Sir Rider Haggard to Andrew Corbett.
Subjects
Haggard, Sir H. Rider; New Zealand.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was the author of King Solomon's Mines (1885), She (1886) and many other novels and non-fictional books. He visited Australia and New Zealand in 1913 and later in 1916 on behalf of the Royal Colonial Institute to investigate the possibilities of post war settlement of ex-servicemen.
Letters from Rider Haggard to his wife, March 1916 (File MC 32/39, 478X7)
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Letters from Rider Haggard to his daughter Lilias, May 1916 - June 1916 (File MC 32/40, 478X7)
2 items
Rider Haggard (SS Karligar) to Lilias, 5 May 1916 (Item 2)
Voyage to Fremantle; his work is going well, meeting with members of the Government in Adelaide; due to meet State premiers; horror at thought of teetotalness imposed on guests by Sir Harry Barron, Governor of Western Australia, and that he is going to smuggle in some brandy (2p).
Page from an incomplete undated letter from Rider Haggard (File MC 32/47, 478X7)
Letter in Rider Haggard's hand headed Northern Club, Auckland. Refers to the conclusion of his work in Australia and New Zealand and the benefits of migration.
Rough diary and notebook, 1914 - 1921 (File MC 32/52, 478X7)
With notes on Rider Haggard's tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1916, names and addresses, and appointments. Plot of When the World Shook on board Niagara(146p).
Fonds MC 45. Records collected by Rev. W.B.H. Chandler
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2316.
Fonds MC 57. Travel diaries of Edward A. Field, 1898 - 1908
5 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M2316-M2317.
Subjects
Oruba (ship); Talune (ship); Waikaro (ship); Moaua (ship); Victoria: visits to; China (ship); Taiynan (ship); Corinthe (ship); Field, Edward E.; Hauroto (ship); Hobart, Tasmania; Wodonga (ship).
Biographical / Historical
Edward A. Field (1845-1924) of 7 Queen Street, Norwich was a solicitor who retired early and devoted himself to his passion for travelling.
Diary of a journey to Australia, 2 September 1898 - 23 December 1898 (File MC 57/15, 507X2 ff. 1-51)
ff.1-12 Tilbury to Melbourne. Leaves Tilbury on the Oruba, shipboard life, games and entertainment, excursions in Italy, the journey through Suez Canal, his impressions of Albany (6 Oct) and Adelaide, a rail journey to Mount Gambier, bird life, rail journey to Ballarat and Melbourne.
ff.13-32 Melbourne to Hobart. Excursions by horse and boat in vicinity of Melbourne, the Melbourne Cup, voyage to Hobart from Melbourne. descriptions of Launceston and Hobart, visit to Hobart Museum.
ff.33-51 Hobart to Sydney. Rough voyage to Melbourne, voyage to Sydney on the Wodonga, excursions from Sydney up the Parramatta River and to the Blue Mountains.
Diary of a journey to New Zealand and the Pacific, 24 December 1898 - 3 June 1899 (File MC 57/15, 507X2 ff.52-69)
Voyage from Sydney to Wellington on the Talune, variations in the scenery and flora of New Zealand compared to Australia, and visits to Hokitika, Christchurch and Port Lyttelton.
Diary of a journey to Australia and New Zealand, 13 January 1899 - 3 June 1899 (File MC 57/15, 507X2 ff.70-158)
ff.70-83 Voyage on Waikaro from Port Lyttelton via Dunedin, Preservation Inlet, Milford Sound back to Port Lyttelton.
ff.84-100 Port Lyttelton to Wellington. Visit to meat freezing factory at Belfast, trip to Mount Cook, by horse to Lake Wanaka and by steamer to Lake Te Anau, Wellington.
ff.101-124 North Island. Stay at Wellington and trips to Rotorua, hot springs at Whakarewarewa and the Wanganui River.
ff.125-158 Description of Auckland, trip to the South Sea Islands, the voyage on the Hauroto to Tonga and Samoa, and the voyage on the Moaua to Honolulu and San Francisco, and a rail journey across America.
Diary of a journey to South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, December 1903 - 21 March 1904 (File MC 57/23, 507X3 ff. 61-118)
ff. 61-118 Cape Town to New Zealand on the Corinthe, Christmas celebrations on board, arrivals in Hobart (1 Jan 1904) and Wellington (6 Jan), a voyage around the coast on the Waikare, games and competitions on board.
ff.88-100 St Georges Sound to Sydney. Visit to Dunedin, small pox in Christchurch, the voyage to Sydney, quarantine imposed, visit to cricket match between England and New South Wales England (Captain Pelham Walker) v NSW.
ff.101-118 Sydney to Hong Kong. A trip to the Blue Mountains, watched 4th Test Match, and the voyage to Hong Kong on the Taiynan via Brisbane and Thursday Island.
Diary of a journey to Japan and Australia, 20 November 1907 - 24 April 1908 (File MC 57/27, 507X3 ff. 24-60)
ff.24-36. Japan to Sydney. Voyage to Sydney, visit to Macau and inspection of opium factories, voyage to Timor (7 Dec) and visit to Cairns (15 Dec), train journey from Sydney to Melbourne.
ff.37-60 Melbourne to Norwich. Problems of different rail track gauges, visit to Test Match, train journey to Adelaide and back, visit to a cricket match against a touring Fijian team, the return train journey to Sydney (13 Feb), watched more cricket, discussions on the merits of Australian and English cricketers, a stay at the Hydro-Majestic Hotel at Medlow Bath in the Blue Mountains, and the voyage to England on the China via Hobart, Melbourne and Fremantle.
Fonds MC 81. Papers of Copeman Family of Norwich, 1853 - 1901
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Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2317.
Fonds MC 109. Papers of Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, 28 Jan.
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2317.
Biographical / Historical
Prince Frederick Duleep Singh (1868-1926) was the son of the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire. He lived for twenty years at Blo Norton Hall near Thetford. He served in the Norfolk Yeomanry and had a strong interest in archaeology and antiquities of Norfolk. He wrote the book Portraits in Norfolk Houses (1928), edited by Edmund Farrer.
Fonds MC 114. Records of T.E. Rudling and Company, solicitors of Thetford, 1900 - 1901
1 itemArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2317.
Series MC 114/4. Miscellaneous deeds and papers, 1900 - 1901
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Correspondence of Houcher and Houcher, solicitors (Thetford) relating to the executorship of Maria Kernshaw (d. 26 Jun 1899) of Willaston, South Australia, 1900 - 1901 (File MC 114/4/51, 584X3)
The papers include letters and financial documents from the English, Scottish and Australian Bank (London), Stock and Scott, solicitors (Adelaide), Sarah Rice (Attleborough) and Frederick Wood, solicitor (Brandon) (33p).
Fonds MC 124. Papers of the Petre Family of Westwick, 8 April 1888 - 7 July 1888
2 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2317.
Subjects
New Zeland: visits to.
Fonds MC 131. Papers concerning Ellen Caudwell, 1852 - 1985
5 itemsArchival history
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2317.
Subjects
Marriage certificates; Melbourne, Victoria.
Ellen Caudwell (Melbourne) to her family, 19 September 1852 (File MC 131/1)
Death of her baby girl on voyage to Australia; conditions and prices of commodities in Melbourne; plans to go to Bendigo.
Susan Edwards (Tottenham, London) to her granddaughter Maude: news of Ellen Thompson (previously Caudwell) in Melbourne, 4 May 1878 (File MC 131/2)
Fonds MS 4694. Additional papers of Rider Haggard, 1914 - 1916
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Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2317.
Related Materials
The records of this mission, held by the Royal Commonwealth Society, were filmed on M1702 Rider Haggard Mission [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1127145072/findingaid#nla-obj-1409653573].
See also MC32 Papers of Sir Rider Haggard and MS20463 Letters from Sir Rider Haggard to Andrew Corbett.
Subjects
Haggard, Sir H. Rider; Canada.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was the author of King Solomon's Mines (1885), She (1886) and many other novels and non-fictional books. He visited Australia and New Zealand in 1913 and later in 1916 on behalf of the Royal Colonial Institute to investigate the possibilities of post war settlement of ex-servicemen.
Diary, 29 January 1916 - 23 November 1916 (File 1/6)
The diary, which contains occasional newspaper cuttings, provides a detailed record of Haggard's mission to South Africa, Australia and New Zealand in February - June 1916, including his visits to Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Wellington, Auckland and Suva (300pp).
Fonds MS 11602. Dr. Casey Wood, November 1923
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Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2317.
Circular letter written by Casey Wood (Suva, Fifi), 12 November 1923 (File)
Voyage in South Seas including visits to New Zealand, Australia, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Hawaii; voyages of Capt. James Cook and Capt. William Bligh; birds of the South Pacific; fish; animals. (35pp, typescript).
Biographical / Historical
Casey Wood (1856-1942) was an American ophthalmologist and zoologist.
Fonds MS 20463. Letters from Sir Rider Haggard to Andrew Corbett, 1916 - 1917
1 itemRelated Materials
The records of this mission, held by the Royal Commonwealth Society, were filmed on M1702 Rider Haggard Mission [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1127145072/findingaid#nla-obj-1409653573].
See also MC32 Papers of Sir Henry Rider Haggard and MS4694 Additional Papers of Rider Haggard.
Archival history
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2317.
Subjects
Haggard, Sir H. Rider.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was the author of King Solomon's Mines (1885), She (1886) and many other novels and non-fictional books. He visited Australia and New Zealand in 1913 and later in 1916 on behalf of the Royal Colonial Institute to investigate the possibilities of post war settlement of ex-servicemen.