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Series. Minutes of London General Meeting, 26 May 1834 - 1916

Minutes: Volume 24, 26 May 1834 (File Volume 24)

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Report from J. Backhouse and G.W. Walker in Van Diemen's Land, 26 May 1864 (Item f.446)
Account of Daniel Wheeler, 26 May 1835 (Item f.522)

Minutes: Volume 25, 6 May 1837 - 27 May 1841 (File Volume 25)

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Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 6 May 1837 (Item f.108)
Return of Daniel Wheeler, 29 May 1838 (Item ff.150-151)
Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 30 May 1838 (Item f.156)
Address to friends in Van Diemen's Land and South Australia, 25 May 1839 (Item ff.216-217)
Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 29 May 1839 (Item f.230)
Members considering emigration to Australia, 31 May 1839 (Item ff.236-237)
Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 26 May 1840 (Item f.276)
Members considering emigration to Australia, 29 May 1840 (Item f.292)
Account by James Backhouse of his engagements in Australia, 25 May 1841 (Item ff.334-335)
Friends who have emigrated, 27 May 1841 (Item f.342)

Minutes: Volume 26, 1 June 1855 (File Volume 26)

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Friends in South Hemisphere, 1 June 1855 (Item ff.563-564)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1857 (File)

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Friends in Hobart, [c.1857] (Item ff.38-39)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1858 (File)

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Meetings in Southern Hemisphere, [c.1858] (Item ff.15-16)
Report of Committee appointed to correspond with Friends abroad, [c.1858] (Item ff.46-47)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1859 (File)

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Pecuniary relief to Friends emigrating to Australia, [c.1859] (Item f.20)
Report from sufferings on Australia and New Zealand, [c.1859] (Item ff.33-38)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1860 (File)

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Relief to emigrants to Australia, [c.1860] (Item f.15)
Testimony to George W. Walker, [c.1860] (Item f.44)
Correspondence with Hobart, [c.1860] (Item ff.58-62)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1861 (File)

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Arrangements for an Australian Meeting of Discipline, [c.1861] (Item ff.17-21)
Report of Robert and Sarah Lindsey in Hawaii and Australia, [c.1861] (Item ff.64-81)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1862 (File)

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Relationship of yearly meetings in Australia, [c.1862] (Item f.32)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1863 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1863 (Item ff.6-7)
Letter from Hobart and Thomas Mason in landownership quarrel with Maoris, [c.1863] (Item ff.28-31)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1864 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1864 (Item ff.6-8)
Friends resident in Southern Hemisphere, 1864 (Item f.22)
Testimony of Hardshaw East concerning Robert Lindsey, 1864 (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1865 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1865 (Item ff.6-7)
Meetings for Discipline in Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart, [c.1865] (Item ff.36-37)
Letter to Sufferings from Sydney, [c.1865] (Item ff.46-49)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1866 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1866 (Item ff.7-8)
Friends in Southern Hemisphere, [c.1866] (Item f.17)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1867 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1867 (Item ff.12-14)
Service of Joseph Neave in Australia and New Zealand, [c.1867] (Item f.19)
Letters from Sydney and Hobart, [c.1867] (Item ff.32-36)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1868 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1868 (Item ff.7-8)
Letters from Tasmania and Victoria, [c.1868] (Item ff.33-34)
Australia: summaries of answers and letters from Tasmania and Victoria, [c.1868] (Item ff.44-49)
Visit of J.J. Neave and W. Robson to Australia, [c.1868] (Item ff.50-54)
Testimony of Margaret Yeardley, [c.1868] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1869 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1869 (Item ff.9-11)
Letters from Australia, [c.1869] (Item ff.34-41)
Testimony of James Backhouse, [c.1869] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1870 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1870 (Item ff.8-9)
Letters from Hobart and Melbourne, [c.1870] (Item f.19)
Letters from Australia and Melbourne school, [c.1870] (Item ff.35-40)
Report of J.J. Neave and W. Robson in Society Islands, [c.1870] (Item ff.76-81)
Epistle to Friends in Southern Hemisphere, [c.1870] (Item ff.81-82)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1871 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1871 (Item ff.10-11)
Letters from Hobart and Melbourne, [c.1871] (Item f.20)
Letters from Australia, [c. 1871] (Item ff.63-69)
Epistle to Friends in Southern Hemisphere, [c. 1871] (Item ff.69-70)
Report of J.J. Neave of visit to New Zealand, [c. 1871] (Item ff.70-73)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1872 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1872 (Item f.11)
Answers to queries from Australia, [c.1872] (Item f.37)
Report of progress of J.J. Neave, [c.1872] (Item ff.39-41)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1873 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1873 (Item ff.12-13)
Letters from Tasmania and Victoria, [c.1873] (Item ff.40-42)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1874 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1874 (Item ff.8-9)
Friends in Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1874] (Item ff.20-21)
Friends in Southern Hemisphere, [c. 1874] (Item f.41)
Letter from Tasmania, [c. 1874] (Item f.42)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1875 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1875 (Item ff.9-10)
Epistle to Friends in Australia, [c. 1875] (Item f.30)
Deputation to Australia, [c. 1875] (Item ff.48-49)
Testimony of Charles Sturt., [c.1875] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1876 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1876 (Item ff.7-8)
Report of deputation to Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1876] (Item ff.11-13)
Letters from Australia, [c. 1876] (Item ff.45-48)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1877 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1877 (Item ff.7-9)
Letters from Australia, [c. 1877] (Item ff.11-12)
Friends in Australia, [c. 1877] (Item ff.28-29)
Epistle to Friends in Australia, [c. 1877] (Item f.32)
Report on letters from Australia, [c. 1877] (Item ff.42-44)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1878 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1878 (Item ff.7-9)
Meeting on Ministry and Oversight, [c. 1878] (Item ff.19-20)
Report on letters from Australia, [c. 1878] (Item ff.50-51)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1879 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1879 (Item ff.6-9)
Letter from Australia, [c. 1879] (Item f.21)
Report on letters from Australia, [c. 1879] (Item ff.48-51)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1880 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1880 (Item ff.7-10)
Marriage regulations in Australia, [c. 1880] (Item f.31)
Report on Australasia, [c. 1880] (Item ff.47-50)
Marriage regulations in Australia, [c. 1880] (Item ff.55-56)
Mennonite fund, [c. 1880] (Item f.63)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1881 (File)

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Visit of Frederick Mackie of Adelaide, [c. 1881] (Item f.2)
Tabular statement for 1881 (Item ff.6-7)
Friends in Australian colonies, [c. 1881] (Item ff.11-12)
Journey of Isaac Sharp and Joseph Neve, [c. 1881] (Item ff.24-25)
Report on Isaac Sharp's journey to Australia, [c. 1881] (Item ff.46-48)
Report on Australasia, [c. 1881] (Item ff.49-51)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1882 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1882 (Item ff.6-8)
Journey of Isaac Sharp and Joseph Neve, [c. 1882] (Item f.13)
Report of Isaac Sharp's journey to Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1882] (Item ff.51-52)
Admittance to membership of Melbourne Monthly Meeting, [c. 1882] (Item f.55)
Reports on Australia, [c. 1882] (Item f.61)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1883 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1883 (Item ff.6-8)
Journeys of Isaac Sharp, [c. 1883] (Item f.13)
Journeys of Isaac Sharp, [c. 1883] (Item f.18)
Report of journey of Isaac Sharp to New Zealand and United States, [c. 1883] (Item ff.54-57)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1883] (Item ff.60-61)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1884 (File)

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Frederick Mackie, [c. 1884] (Item ff.1-2)
Tabular statement for 1884 (Item ff.7-9)
Return of Isaac Sharp, [c. 1884] (Item ff.31-33)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1884] (Item ff.62-64)
Testimony of Francis Cotton of Tasmania, [c. 1884] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1885 (File)

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Visit of Edward Sayce of Melbourne, [c. 1885] (Item ff.1-2)
Tabular statements for 1885 (Item ff.7-9)
Education of Friends' children in Australasia, [c. 1885] (Item ff.24-25)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1885] (Item ff.61-64)
Epistle to Friends in Australasia, [c. 1885] (Item ff.75-76)
Testimony to Robert Mather of Hobart, [c. 1885] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1886 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1886 (Item ff.8-10)
Hobart School, [c. 1886] (Item f.18)
Ann Jackson in New Zealand, [c. 1886] (Item f.20)
Hobart School, [c. 1886] (Item f.26)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1886] (Item ff.53-56)
Hobart School, [c. 1886] (Item ff.62-64)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1887 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1887 (Item ff.10-12)
Hobart School, [c. 1887] (Item f.21)
Sydney Meeting, [c. 1887] (Item ff.23-24)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1887] (Item ff.56-65)
Number of Friends in each country and colony, [c. 1887] (Item f.76)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1888 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1888 (Item ff.8-10)
Meeting house in Auckland, [c. 1888] (Item ff.24-25)
Emigration of Friends to the colonies, [c. 1888] (Item ff.25-26)
Sydney Monthly Meeting, [c. 1888] (Item f.53)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1888] (Item ff.56-65)
Testimony of Charles Fryer of Melbourne, [c. 1888] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1889 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1889 (Item ff.6-8)
Visits of Ann Jackson and William and Catherine Jones to Australia, [c. 1889] (Item f.24)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1889] (Item ff.60-64)
Interim report of visit of William and Katharine Jones to Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1889] (Item ff.68-71)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1890 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1890 (Item ff.7-9)
Hobart School, [c. 1890] (Item f.26)
Visit of William Jones to Australasia, [c. 1890] (Item f.36)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1890] (Item ff.62-66)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1891 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1891 (Item ff.5-8)
Friends School in Hobart, [c. 1891] (Item f.29)
Reports of Alfred Wright and W.J. Sayce in Australia, [c. 1891] (Item f.32)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1891] (Item ff.59-65)
Interim report of visit of Alfred Wright to Australia, [c. 1891] (Item f.89)
Report of visit of William Sayce to Australia, [c. 1891] (Item f.90)
Hobart School, [c. 1891] (Item f.106)
Testimony of Joseph Mather of Hobart, [c. 1891] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1892 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1892 (Item ff.7-9)
Visit of Joseph Neave from Australia, [c. 1892] (Item f.15)
Service of Samuel Morris and Jonathan Rhoads in Australia, [c. 1892] (Item f.16)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1892] (Item ff.86-91)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1893 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1893 (Item ff.11-14)
Loan to Hobart School, [c. 1893] (Item ff.92-93)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1893] (Item ff.96-102)
Testimony of Edward Sayce of Melbourne, [c. 1893] (Item ff.136-138)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1894 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1894 (Item ff.9-12)
Reports from Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1894] (Item ff.90-95)
Testimony of Frederick Mackie of Adelaide, [c. 1894] (Item f.152)
Testimony of Samuel Levitt of Melbourne, [c. 1894] (Item ff.161-162)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1895 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1895 (Item ff.12-14)
Epistle from Friends at Colyton, New Zealand, [c. 1895] (Item f.25)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1895] (Item ff.98-102)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1896 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1896 (Item ff.10-13)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1896] (Item ff.81-83)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1897 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1897 (Item ff.12-14)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1897] (Item ff.101-104)
Testimony of Isaac Sharp, [c. 1897] (Item ff.163-173)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1898 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1898 (Item ff.12-13)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1898] (Item ff.101-104)
Testimony of Hannah Fowler of Sydney, [c. 1898] (Item ff.146-148)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1899 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1899 (Item ff.11-14)
Burial ground at Nelson, New Zealand, [c. 1899] (Item f.23)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1899] (Item ff.119-121)
Testimony of Edward Dickenson of Melbourne, [c. 1899] (Item ff.183-184)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1900 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1900 (Item ff.12-15)
Auckland Monthly Meeting and preparative meeting at Rockhampton, [c. 1900] (Item ff.52-55)
Liberating minute to Henrietta Brown in Australasia, [c. 1900] (Item f.60)
Financial assistance to Friends in Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1900] (Item f.77)
Meetings in Auckland and Rockhampton, [c. 1900] (Item f.91)
Minute on Henrietta Brown, [c. 1900] (Item f.100)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1900] (Item ff.129-130)
Australasian Trust, [c. 1900] (Item ff.158-159)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1901 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1901 (Item ff.11-15)
Visit to Friends in New Zealand, [c. 1901] (Item f.83)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1901] (Item ff.118-119)
Australasia Friends' Fund, [c. 1901] (Item ff.171-172)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1902 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1902 (Item ff.10-14)
Establishment of General Meeting of Society of Friends for Australia, [c. 1902] (Item f.41)
Future government of Hobart School and appointment of Charles Holdsworth as correspondent for Australasia, [c. 1902] (Item ff.52-53)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1902] (Item ff.141-145)
Australasia Friends' Fund, [c. 1902] (Item ff.170-171)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1903 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1903 (Item ff.12-16)
Report of John Morland and Joshua and Isabel Rowntree of first General Meeting for Australia, [c. 1903] (Item ff.57-71)
Australia and New Zealand report, [c. 1903] (Item ff.159-160)
Deputation to Australia, [c. 1903] (Item ff.171-172)
Friends' High School, Hobart, [c. 1903] (Item ff.172-177)
Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1903] (Item ff.185-186)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1904 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1904 (Item ff.10-13)
Standing committee to deal with needs of Friends in Australia, [c. 1904] (Item ff.40-41)
Hobart School, [c. 1904] (Item f.81)
Death of Ann Fletcher in New Zealand and minute from General Meeting for Australia on Education Act, [c. 1904] (Item ff.87-88)
Death of Ann Fletcher in New Zealand, [c. 1904] (Item f.108)
Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1904] (Item ff.208-211)
Hobart School, [c. 1904] (Item ff.215-217)
Testimony of Ann Fletcher of Auckland, [c. 1904] (Item ff.239-246)
Testimony of William May of Hobart, [c. 1904] (Item ff.254-255)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1905 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1905 (Item ff.14-18)
Memberships transferred to Australian Meeting, [c. 1905] (Item ff.29-30)
Position of Friends in New Zealand, [c. 1905] (Item f.62)
Friends' High School, Hobart, [c. 1905] (Item f.70)
Report on New Zealand, [c. 1905] (Item ff.184-185)
Report on Australia; Report of Friends' High School, Hobart; Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1905] (Item ff.189-194)
Report on New Zealand, [c. 1905] (Item ff.205-207)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1906 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1906 (Item ff.19-23)
Removals to Australia, [c. 1906] (Item ff.47-48)
Reports of Australian committees, [c. 1906] (Item ff.87-88)
Visit of Edward and Edith Annett to New Zealand, [c. 1906] (Item f.103)
Report on New Zealand, [c. 1906] (Item ff.177-178)
Report on Australia, [c. 1906] (Item ff.182-184)
Hobart School, [c. 1906] (Item ff.202-203)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1907 (File)

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Position of Friends in New Zealand, [c. 1907] (Item ff.17-18)
Tabular statements for 1907 (Item ff.24-27)
Colonial correspondence, [c. 1907] (Item ff.89-90)
Report of Australasian Committee, [c. 1907] (Item ff.103-106)
Reports of Australian Committee and Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1907] (Item ff.164-165)
Testimony of Rachel Mackie of Hobart, [c. 1907] (Item ff.195-197)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1908 (File)

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Visit of Edward and Edith Annett to New Zealand, [c. 1908] (Item f.13)
Tabular returns for 1908 (Item ff.29-33)
Reports of Australian Committee and Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1908] (Item ff.50-51)
Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1908] (Item f.69)
Reports of Australasian Committee and Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1908] (Item ff.142-143)
Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1908] (Item ff.218-220)
Testimony of William Beck, [c. 1908] (Item f.221)
Testimony of Henrietta Brown, [c. 1908] (Item ff.226-229)
Testimony of Joseph Dymond, [c. 1908] (Item ff.240-243)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1909 (File)

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New Zealand Conference of Friends, [c. 1909] (Item f.7)
Report of Australasian Committee, [c. 1909] (Item ff.32-35)
Tabular returns for 1909 (Item ff.44-49)
Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1909] (Item ff.140-142)
Australasian Committee, [c. 1909] (Item ff.150-151)
Receipt of reports, [c. 1909] (Item f.161)
Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1909] (Item f.215)
Hobart deputation, [c. 1909] (Item ff.220-222)
Testimony of Walter Morice, [c. 1909] (Item ff.260-263)
Testimony of Geoffrey Williams of Hobart, [c. 1909] (Item ff.281-284)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1910 (File)

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Thomas Hodgkin in Australia, [c. 1910] (Item f.11)
Establishment of Friends' Hostel at Wellington, [c. 1910] (Item ff.17-18)
Tabular returns for 1910 (Item ff.20-26)
Report of Colonial Committee, [c. 1910] (Item f.64)
Report on Australasia, [c. 1910] (Item ff.121-127)
Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1910] (Item ff.187-190)
Letters to Friends in Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1910] (Item ff.200-201)
Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1910] (Item f.245)
Australian journeys (includes maps), [c. 1910] (Item f.260)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1911 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1911 (Item ff.44-49)
Visit of Sarah Lury and Elizabeth Rutter to New Zealand, [c. 1911] (Item ff.89-90)
Reports of Australasian Committee and Australasian Finance Committees, [c. 1911] (Item ff.91-95)
Report of Colonial Committee, [c. 1911] (Item ff.59-60)
Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1911] (Item f.154)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1912 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1912 (Item ff.29-33)
Australasian Defence Acts, [c. 1912] (Item ff.102-109)
Australasian Committee and Finance Committee reports, [c. 1912] (Item ff.120-124)
Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1912] (Item ff.148-152)
Minutes received, [c. 1912] (Item f.160)
New Zealand Defence Act, [c. 1912] (Item ff.162-163)
Auckland Meeting House, [c. 1912] (Item ff.218-219)
Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1912] (Item ff.225-231)
Peace work in New Zealand, [c. 1912] (Item f.235)
Wellington Meeting, [c. 1912] (Item ff.243-244)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1913 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1913 (Item ff.36-39)
New Zealand Meetings, [c. 1913] (Item f.66)
Colonial Committee report, [c. 1913] (Item ff.75-76)
Australasian Defence Acts Committee, [c. 1913] (Item ff.106-114)
Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1913] (Item ff.149-152)
Minutes received, [c. 1913] (Item f.162)
Australasian finance and Australasian Defence Acts, [c. 1913] (Item ff.214-215)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1914 (File)

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Report of J.H. Thorp in Australia, [c. 1914] (Item f.16)
Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1914] (Item ff.39-42)
Tabular statements for 1914 (Item ff.67-70)
New Zealand General Meeting, [c. 1914] (Item f.108)
Australasian report, [c. 1914] (Item ff.117-119)
Australasian Defence Acts, [c. 1914] (Item ff.120-124)
Alfred Brown on Australian Aboriginals, [c. 1914] (Item f.191)
Colonial Committee report, [c. 1914] (Item ff.211-212)
Minutes received, [c. 1914] (Item f.228)
Australasian Friends' Fund and Defence Acts, [c. 1914] (Item ff.279-282)
New Zealand Meeting, [c. 1914] (Item f.287)
Australian Aboriginals, [c. 1914] (Item f.300)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1915 (File)

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Friends liberated for service abroad, [c. 1915] (Item ff.129-131)
Report of Australasian Committee, [c. 1915] (Item ff.201-206)
Friends' High School, Hobart, [c. 1915] (Item ff.206-214)
Tabular statements for 1915 (Item f.221)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1916 (File)

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New Zealand school, [c. 1916] (Item ff.49-51)
Tabular statements for 1916 (Item ff.86-89)
Friends liberated for overseas service, [c. 1916] (Item ff.163-164)
Report of Australasian Committee, [c. 1916] (Item ff.165-168)
Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1916] (Item ff.168-169)
Hobart School Endowment Fund, [c. 1916] (Item ff.169-172)

Series. Minutes of the London Meeting for Sufferings, 1823 - 1916

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 43, 1823 - 1831 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 44, 1831 - 1839 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 45, 1840 - 1848 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 46, 1849 - 1857 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 47, 1857 - 1865 (File Volume 47)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 48, 1865 - 1875 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 49, 1875 - 1885 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 50, 1885 - 1892 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 51, 1892 - 1896 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 52, 1896 - 1900 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 53, 1900 - 1905 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 54, 1905 - 1907 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 55, 1908 - 1912 (File)

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Minutes (select) - Vol. 56, 1912 - 1916 (File)

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Series. Testimonies concerning ministers deceased, 1831 - 1872

Testimonies, 1831 - 1850 (File Volume 6)

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Daniel Wheeler, [c. 1831-1850] (Item ff.224-231)
Daniel Wheeler, [c. 1831-1850] (Item ff.244-246)
John Bell, [c. 1831-1850] (Item ff.398-400)

Testimonies, 1851 - 1872 (File Volume 7)

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Robert Lindsey, [c. 1851-1872] (Item ff.251-255)
James Backhouse, [c. 1851-1872] (Item ff.351-352)
Thomas Pierce, [c. 1851-1872] (Item ff.366-369)

Series. Epistles: casual correspondence, 1785 - 1881

Correspondence between the London Yearly Meeting and other yearly meetings were entered in manuscript volumes known as 'Epistles sent' and 'Epistles received'. Correspondence from overseas Quaker groups, which were not formally recognised as yearly meetings, was entered in a separate volume entitled 'Casual correspondence'...

Case 33, 1785 - 1881 (File)

Select pages: 230, 237-242, 246, 253-254, 267-269, 278-283, 302-306, 311-313, 315-316, 323-325, 335-341, 351-355, 359-360, 373-374, 377-382, 386-388, 393-395, 400-405, 408-409 and index...

Series. Minutes of the Continental Committee, June 1817 - October 1905

The volumes of minutes, which contain indexes, were filmed in their entirety. The 1830-1842 minutes are missing.

Minutes of the Continental Committee, July 1817 - November 1830 (File Volume 65)

Minutes of the Continental Committee, May 1842 - August 1868 (File Volume 66)

Minutes of the Continental Committee, September 1868 - April 1884 (File Volume 67)

Minutes of the Continental Committee, June 1884 - April 1891 (File Volume 68)

Minutes of the Continental Committee, July 1891 - March 1898 (File Volume 69)

Minutes of the Continental Committee, June 1898 - October 1905 (File Volume 70)

Series. Minutes of the Australasian Committee, November 1903 - May 1919

Minutes of the Australasian Committee, November 1903 - July 1906 (File Volume 1)

Minutes of the Australasian Committee, September 1906 - April 1909 (File Volume 2)

Minutes of the Australasian Committee, May 1909 - February 1914 (File Volume 3)

Minutes of the Australasian Committee, March 1914 - May 1919 (File Volume 4)

Series. Portfolio Series, 13 November 1832 - 24 December 1923

Portfolio: Volume 6, 1 June 1867 (File Volume 6)

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Joseph Thorp to Friends in Australia, New Zealand and South Seas, 1 June 1867 (Item ff. 59)

Visit of Joseph Neave.

Portfolio: Volume 8, November 1841 - 14 November 1911 (File Volume 8)

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List of members of the Society of Friends in Australia in 1853-1854 and letters from Friends in Australia, 1854-1869 (Item ff.1-48)

Including Joseph Mather (Hobart, Melbourne), Frederick Mackie (Adelaide, Calcutta), William May (Mt Barker, SA), William Robinson (Melbourne), Edward May (Adelaide), Samuel Levitt (Melbourne), Elinor Clifton (Australind, WA), Edward Sayce (Melbourne) letter from James Backhouse (York), 1843 addresses from the Society in London to Friends in Australia.

Promissory note signed by J.B. Hack (Adelaide), 4 January 1842 (Item f.63)
J.T. to [unknown]: land transaction, November 1841 (Item f.88)
J. Fletcher Jackson (Te Papapa) to Isaac Sharp, 14 November 1911 (Item f.125)

Early history of Friends in New Zealand.

Portfolio: Volume 17, 16 August 1834 - 2 January 1841 (File Volume 17)

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George Walker (Hobart) to Peter Bedford, 16 August 1834 (Item f.103)

Bill of £100 in favour of William Wilson.

John Tawell (London) to Meeting for Suffering, 4 December 1839 (Item f.115)

Growing number of Friends in Sydney, erection of meeting house, James Backhouse.

John Tawell (London) to Meeting for Suffering, 2 January 1841 (Item f.116)

Meeting house at Sydney.

Portfolio: Volume 18, 13 November 1832 (File Volume 18)

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James Backhouse and George Walker to Col. George Arthur, 13 November 1832 (Item ff.14)

Report of visit to penal settlement at Port Arthur. (6pp)

Portfolio: Volume 19, 10 June 1847 (File Volume 19)

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T.M. (Hobart) to Edward Scott, 10 June 1847 (Item f.64)

Meetings of Friends in Van Diemen's Land.

Portfolio: Volume 25, 15 April 1907 (File Volume 25)

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Joseph and Mary Everett (Melbourne) to Isaac Sharp, 15 April 1907 (Item f.67)

Despatch of documents written by Margaret Fox in 1798-1800.

Portfolio: Volume 28, 22 April 1907 (File Volume 28)

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William Benson (Sydney) to Isaac Sharp, 22 April 1907 (Item f.93)

Encloses letters of Margaret Fox.

Portfolio: Volume 30, 1 October 1833 (File Volume 30)

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James Backhouse (Hobart) to John Cadbury, 1 October 1833 (Item f.72)

Account of activities in Van Diemen's Land, Colonel. George Arthur, improvement in prison discipline, Friends in Hobart. (typed copy)

Portfolio: Volume 40, 22 November 1908 - 24 December 1923 (File Volume 40)

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Charles Robey (Hobart) to C.J. Holdsworth, 22 November 1908 (Item f.70)

Sends list of Australian Friends.

Mary Pumphrey (New Zealand) to A. Brayshaw, 24 December 1923 (Item f.96)

Recollections of Josiah Forster.

Series. Papers of Daniel Wheeler, 1771 - 1846

Correspondence and papers of Daniel and Charles Wheeler, 26 June 1832 - 1846 (File Volume 2)

Correspondence written to Daniel Wheeler's children, the letters discuss his proposed journey to the South Seas, fitting out of the Henry Freeling, the departure from England (November 1833), the retirement of Cuthbert Wigham from the expedition, and the numerous delays. Other correspondents include William Ellis, Catherine Gurney and R.W. Hay (Colonial Office)...

Wheeler's certificate case, [c. 1771-1832] (File 2)

The contents of Daniel Wheeler's certificate case consist of the will of Robert Saunderson (1771), the birth certificates of several of Wheeler's children (1801-1816), an address in Tahitian signed by Josiah Forster, a copy of a letter of introduction to the inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales and the Pacific Islands, signed by Forster (1832) and the marriage certificate of Daniel Wheeler and Jane Brady.

Daybook, 1833 - 1838 (File 3)

The daybook records expenses incurred by Wheeler on the voyage of the Henry Freeling, including his stays at Hobart, Sydney, Tahiti, Eimeo. Huahine, Raiatea, Borabora, Kalakekua, Lahaina, Honolulu, Tanai ????, Rarotonga, Vavau, Lifuka and Bay of Islands, November 1833 – April 1838.

Series. Papers of James Backhouse, August 1831 - January 1868

Letterbook no. 1, December 1831 - January 1835 (File MS Vol. S48)

Most of the letters comprise copies of letters written by Backhouse and Walker, but there are also a few copies of letters that they had received. The recipients include Colonel George Arthur, Sir Richard Bourke, Reverend William G. Broughton, William Butters, Thomas F. Buxton, Elizabeth Fry, Lord Goderich, David Lord, J. Allan Manton and William Schofield...

Letterbook no. 2, July 1835 - October 1867 (File MS Vol. S57)

Most of the letters were written by Backhouse. The recipients include Sir Richard Bourke, Thomas F. Buxton, Sir George Grey, Captain Alexander Maconochie, Sir George Napier, Thomas Pierce and E. Deas Thomson...

Letterbook no. 4, October 1837 - May 1841 (File MS Vol. S69)

The letters were written by Backhouse, mostly while he was living in South Africa in 1838-1841. The recipients include George Bell (Sydney), Abraham Davy (Sydney), A.C. Flower (Hobart), Ronald Gunn (Launceston), A.C. Innes (Port Macquarie), Major Irwin (Perth), George Langhorne (Port Phillip), Robert A. Mather (Sydney), George Moore (Perth) and Anna Maria Whitfield (Perth). There is also a letter to missionaries proceeding to the South Pacific on the Camden. (358pp)

Letterbook no. 5, June 1841 - January 1868 (File MS Vol. S58)

The letters were written by Backhouse after he returned to England in 1841. There are a few Australian recipients, such as Abraham Davy, John Tawell and Arthur Wood. (268pp)

Transcript of journal, Volume 1, August 1831 - April 1832 (File MS Box 61/1)

The journal covers Backhouse's voyage from England and his early days in Van Diemen's Land. (336pp)

Transcript of journal, Volume 2, May 1832 - July 1833 (File MS Box 61/1)

The journal describes the travels of Backhouse and Walker in Van Diemen's Land. (390pp)

Account book (445pp), August 1831 - May 1841 (File MS Vol. S355)

Series. Papers of Robert and Sarah Lindsey, October 1851 - July 1861

Australasian itinerary, November 1852 - November 1855 (File MS Vol. S228)

The notebook records Lindsey's location on each day from the time he arrived in Australia until he left South Africa, together with the distance he had travelled by sea and land. It also contains a list of persons connected with the Society of Friends in Van Diemen's Land, New Zealand, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia and a list of letters he had written.

Memorandum journal, October 1851 - May 1856 (File MS Vol. S240)

The first part of the journal records Lindsey's daily activities in England before his departure from Gravesend in July 1852 (p.92). It then describes his tour of the Australian colonies, New Zealand and South Africa and his return to England in January 1856. (268p)

Memorandum of a religious visit to Australasia No.1, July 1852 - August 1853 (File MS Vol. S241)

The journal records in much greater detail the voyage of Lindsey and McKie to Australia and their travels in Van Diemen's Land, New Zealand and New South Wales. (ff.1-393)

Memorandum of a religious visit to Australasia No. 2, August 1853 - January 1855 (File MS Vol. S242)

The journal records the travels of Lindsey and McKie in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. (ff.394-951).

Memorandum of a religious visit to Australasia No.3, January 1855 - January 1856 (File MS Vol. S243)

The journal records the departure of Lindsey and McKie from Melbourne, their travels in Western Australia and South Africa and their return to England. (ff.952-1386)

Lindsey's American journal, No. 3, March 1860 - September 1860 (File MS Vol. S233)

The journal kept by Sarah Lindsey describes the voyage of Robert and Sarah Lindsey from San Francisco to Honolulu, their travels in the Hawaiian Islands (April-June 1860), their return to San Francisco and departure on the voyage to Australia. (ff.182-276)

Lindsey's American journal, No. 4, September 1860 - July 1861 (File MS Vol. 234)

The journal kept by Sarah Lindsey describes the voyage of Robert and Sarah Lindsey across the Pacific on the Lizzie Spalding, their arrival in Melbourne, travels in Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales, meetings with Quakers, the departure from Melbourne on the Agincourt, and the voyage to England. (167p)

Memorandum journal, No. 15, May 1859 - January 1861 (File MS Vol. S244)

The journal kept by Robert Lindsey describes travels in the United States, the visit to Hawaii, the voyage across the Pacific on the Lizzie Spalding, travels in Victoria and Tasmania, and meetings with Quakers in the two colonies. (ff.69-209)

Memorandum journal, No. 16, January 1861 - July 1861 (File MS Vol. S245)

The last journal kept by Robert Lindsey describes the travels of Robert and Sarah Lindsey in Tasmania and New South Wales and the voyage home to England on the Agincourt. The remainder of the journal, which was not filmed, covers the period up to Lindsey's death in 1863. (ff.1-91)

Series. Manuscripts Boxes, 1833 - 1936

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'The days of our fathers: John Barton Hack' (File MS Box 1/9)

An account of the Quaker John B. Hack of South Australia, written by 'an old-timer'. (Typescript, 7p).

Elizabeth B. Rutter. Account of the founding of the Friends' Hostel, Wellington. (Typescript, 15p), November 1922 (File MS Box 2/4)

Letters of Joseph Neave, mostly written from Sydney, to Friends at Rockhampton (9 letters), 1888 - 1912 (File MS Box 5/13)

Circular letters by Joseph Taylor written during a visit to Australia and New Zealand (Typescript, 10 letters), March 1911 - December 1911 (File MS Box 5/23)

Minutes of Committee of Meeting for Sufferings, February 1835 - September 1836 (File MS Box 13/1)

The minutes refer to Daniel Wheeler, James Backhouse, George Washington Walker and John and Martha Yeardley. (14p)

Epistles to and from Australia and New Zealand, 1867 - 1909 (File MS Box 14)

The correspondents include William Rokes (Sydney), Arthur Wood (Sydney), Joseph Neave (Sydney), Edward Sayce (Melbourne), J.A. Horsfall (Melbourne), William Cooper (Melbourne), Samuel Levitt (Melbourne), William Benson (Melbourne), A.A. Sayce (Melbourne), James Cotton (Hobart), William May (Hobart), J. Francis Mather (Hobart), Thomas Mather (Hobart), Joseph Mather (Hobart), Francis Hopkins (Rockhampton), Thomas Robson (Adelaide), Herbert Bond (Brisbane), Lewis Smith (Brisbane), Robert West (Auckland) and J. Fletcher Jackson (Auckland)...

Letters of Henrietta Brown (Rockhampton, Adelaide), E. Maria Bishop (Perth) and Sarah Lury (New Zealand), mostly to Edward Ransome, 1900 - 1903 (File MS Box 15/1)

Letters of E. Maria Bishop (Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane, Launceston, Rockhampton, Sydney, Perth), 1900 - 1903 (File MS Box 15)

Journal of E. Maria Bishop while travelling in Australia (ff.18-116), October 1900 - December 1902 (File MS Box 15)

Letters of Henrietta Brown (Luton) mostly to Charles Holdsworth, 1904 - 1906 (File MS Box 15)

Includes letters to Brown from J. Francis Mather (Hobart).

Letters of Henrietta Brown (Luton) to Charles Holdsworth, 1906 - 1907 (File MS Box 15)

Also a copy of a letter from Judiana Pierson (Melbourne) to Brown.

Tasmanian letters and answers to queries, 1869 - 1900 (File MS Box 15)

Including letters of James Cotton, Joseph Mather, Francis Cotton, J.B. Hodgkin, William Beck and J. Francis Mather. They were mostly addressed to Edwin Ransome in London and there are also copies of some of his letters.

Correspondence between Edwin Ransome (London) and William and Katherine Jones, 1888 - 1890 (Item MS Box 16)

The letters from William and Katherine Jones were sent from London, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Brisbane, Townsville, Shanghai, Kyoto, Tokyo and Philadelphia.

Letters to Charles Holdsworth, 1902 (Item MS Box 16)

Concerning the interest and application of Annie Milne in a position on the staff of the Friends School, Hobart.

Papers of Edwin Ransome relating to Australia and New Zealand, 1900 - 1906 (Item MS Box 16)

They include notes by Ransome concerning Australia, letters about the Australasian Friends Trust and the Friends School, Hobart and notes about the burial ground at Nelson.

Cuttings from Australian newspapers and The Friend (London) and The British Friend (Glasgow), 1874 - 1878 (Item MS Box 16)

Concerning the 1875 deputation to Australia.The members of the deputation were William Beck, Alfred Wright and J.J. Dymond. There are also notes on Australia published by Beck in the Quarterly Examiner, the report of the deputation to the Continental Committee, extracts from the journal of J.J. Dymond, letters written by members of the deputation to Edwin Ransome, and notes about Quakers in each of the Australian colonies and New Zealand.

Australian Friends, 1875 (Item MS Box 16/5)

Correspondence of Edwin Ransome and William Benson (Melbourne), 1901 - 1902 (Item MS Box 16)

Concerning Australian General Meeting. Together with printed proceedings and minutes.

Papers concerning the deputation of John Morland and Joshua Rowntree to the Australian General Meeting, 1902 (Item MS Box 16)

Including letters written during their visits to Melbourne, Rockhampton, Brisbane, Hobart and Napier.

Epistles to the London Yearly Meeting, correspondence, letters of Edwin Ransome and other papers relating to the Melbourne General Meeting, 1868 - 1902 (Item MS Box 16)

The correspondents include Edwin Ransome (London), William Beck (London), Edward Sayce (Melbourne), Sarah Creeth (Melbourne), John Horsfall (Melbourne) and William Benson (Melbourne).

Papers of Alfred H. Brown, 1912 - 1918 (Item MS Box 17)

Including reports of his travels in Australia and New Zealand, his reports on the Friends' School in Hobart and Friends' schools in America (1916), letters from Brown to Charles Holdsworth and others, and miscellaneous papers relating to the Friends' School in Hobart. The correspondents include J. Francis Mather (Hobart), E.I. Gower (Hobart) and William Cooper (Sydney).

Letters of Edward A. Annett to Albert Crosfield, 1905 - 1907 (Item MS Box 17)

Written in Auckland, Russell, Hamilton, Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, New Plymouth and Napier.

Circular letters of Herbert and Mary Grace Corder to Barrow Cadbury (Bournville) and others, February 1911 - October 1911 (Item MS Box 17)

Written in Wellington, Havelock North, Dunedin, Christchurch, Sydney.

Two copies of the minutes of the Hobart Monthly Meeting, September 1833 - October 1834 (Item MS Box 18)

With a list of members of the Hobart Monthly Meeting. (120p)

Answers to queries and letters from Friends in South Australia to William Beck, Edwin Ransome and others, 1868 - 1903 (Item MS Box 18)

The correspondents include William May, Joseph Phillips (Adelaide), Frederick Mackie (Mount Barker), Thomas Robson (Hectorville), Joseph Coleman (Saddleworth) and Emily Phillips (Adelaide).

Minutes of meetings and correspondence between Friends in Sydney and Joseph Crosfield, Edwin Ransome and others, 1888 - 1902 (Item MS Box 18)

The correspondents include Joseph Neave, J.B. Braithwaite, William Rokes, Henry Newman, William Cooper and John Baker.

Correspondence of William Cooper and William Benson (Sydney) with Edwin Ransome, 1902 - 1904 (Item MS Box 18)

Minutes of meetings and correspondence between Friends in Brisbane and Edwin Ransome and others, 1885 - 1902 (Item MS Box 18)

Lewis Smith was the principal Brisbane correspondent and others included Uriah Ferguson, Walter Barton, G.D. Buchanan, Lucy Walker and Francis Hopkins (Rockhampton).

Minutes and correspondence concerning the use of the Friends' Meeting House in Melbourne, 1901 (Item MS Box 18)

Letters relating to the Friends' School, Hobart, 1870-1907; 1933-1934 (File Box 22)

The correspondents include Edwin Ransome (London), William Beck (London), Isaac Sharp (Darlington), Charles Holdsworth (Kendal), Joseph B. Mather (Hobart), Samuel Clemes (Wigton, Hobart), William Wells (Hobart), J. Francis Mather (Hobart), William Benson (Melbourne, Hobart) and George Clark (Hobart). There are also legal documents, minutes, financial papers and architectural and building plans and drawings.

Drafts of trust deeds relating to Friends' High School, Hobart (1901) (Item MS Box 23)

Also includes photographs of Friends' High School (1903), specifications for additions to the School (n.d.) and specifications for the erection of a laboratory. (n.d.)

Pamphlets, leaflets and newspaper cuttings concerning military conscription in Australia and New Zealand, 1903 - 1912 (Item MS Box 23)

They include W. Cooper, The Defence Act (Australia) as affecting Friends in the Commonwealth (Sydney, 1910), C. Reginald Ford. The Defence Act: a criticism (Christchurch, 1911), Leyton Richards. Compulsory military training and the duty of the Church (n.d.) and Conscription in Australia and New Zealand (Manchester, 1912).

Pamphlets, leaflets and newspaper cuttings concerning military conscription in Australia and New Zealand, 1912 - 1915 (Item MS Box 23)

They include Religious Society of Friends, Information for intending migrants (London, 1912), The Liberator, vol. 1, no. 1 (Christchurch, March 1912), The School Journal, vol. 6 no. 5 (Wellington, June 1912), C. Reginald Ford. The cost of war and militarism (Christchurch, 1912), Australian Freedom League. Progress of the movement (Adelaide, 1912), National Peace Council of New Zealand. To the workers of New Zealand (Christchurch, 1912), Thomas Hodgkin. Conscription in Australia (n.d.), William Cooper. Our testimony against war (Melbourne, 1913). There are also extracts from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates (June 1914).

New Zealand papers, 1870 - 1913 (Item MS Box 24)

Including minutes of meetings, lists of Friends living in New Zealand, epistles, circulars and leaflets.

Rockhampton letters and reports, mostly sent to Edwin Ransome, 1875 - 1902 (Item MS Box 24)

Apart from English correspondents such as William Beck and Isaac Sharp, almost all the letters were written by Francis Hopkins (Rockhampton) and Lewis Smith (Brisbane).

Newspaper cuttings, 1886 - 1911 (Item MS Box 26)

From newspapers in Sydney, Tasmania, Rockhampton, Brisbane, Melbourne and New Zealand.

Papers concerning the Friends' Hostel in Wellington, 1907 - 1936 (Item MS Box 26)

Including subscriptions, legal documents, accounts, balance sheets and correspondence. The correspondents include Richard Smith (London), Charles Holdsworth (London) and Elizabeth Rutter (Wellington).

A list of Friends in Sydney and letters from Australia, 1835 - 1868 (Item MS Box 27)

Mostly written to Francis Cotton and George Story in Van Diemen's Land. The correspondents include Thomas Stevens (Deloraine, VDL), William May (Mount Barker, SA) and Thomas Young (Sydney).

Lists of Friends in Australia, minutes of meetings, answers to queries, circulars, letters and printed items, 1874 - 1935 (Item MS Box 27)

Pamphlets concerning the Auckland Meeting House and a poem on the occasion of its opening, 1913 (Item MS Box 27)

Pamphlets, [c. 1864-1914] (Item MS Box 27)

Including the annual report of the Elizabeth Fry Retreat, Melbourne (1909), A letter from the Friends in Sydney to the dear Friends in Melbourne (Gloucester, 1868), Alfred Brown, Report of the Aboriginals of Northern Australia (n.d.), Alfred Brown. Some problems of northern Australia (1914), and Queensland Marriage Acts (1864, 1870).

Papers of Charles Holdsworth (1848-1934), 1871 - 1933 (File MS Box 29)

Including minutes, lists of Friends, plans of meeting houses, financial papers, newspaper cuttings and letters, including many from New Zealand...

Series. Journals of William Benson, November 1866 - September 1868

The first two volumes of the journal describe the voyage from Plymouth to Sydney on the Sobraon. Later volumes record Benson's travels in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.

Journal (117p.), November 1866 - January 1867 (File MS Vol. S286)

Journal (113p.), January 1867 - February 1867 (File MS Vol. S287)

Journal (c.126p.), February 1867 - April 1867 (File MS Vol. S288)

Journal (c.124p.), April 1867 - June 1867 (File MS Vol. S289)

Journal (c.170p.), June 1867 - August 1867 (File MS Vol. S290)

Journal (c.180p.), December 1867 - March 1868 (File MS Vol. S291)

Journal (c.180p.), April 1868 - September 1868 (File MS Vol. S292)

Series. Autobiography of Alfred Wright Stones of Memorial

History of the deputation to Australasia in 1874-1875 (ff.1-53) (File MS Vol. S347)

Stones of Memorial, Vol. 1: history of the deputation to Australasia in 1874-1875 (ff.54-130) (File MS Vol. S347)

Stones of Memorial, Vol. 3: visits to Australasia, Syria, Norway, 1890 - 1893 (File MS Vol. S349)

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Second visit to Australasia in 1890-1892 (Item ff.1-113)

Series. Journals of Isaac Sharp, July 1878 - November 1883

There are two series of journals covering Sharp's travels in Australia and New Zealand in 1880-1882. The second series (vols. 53-61) appears to be partly a memorandum book, in which Sharp made notes about people whom he met, letters he received, and information taken from books and newspapers. These volumes contain occasional cuttings from newspapers, some on general subjects and others announcing public meetings to be held by Sharp and Joseph Neave. The legibility of the journals is poor and, in particular, some pages in volumes 33-40 are illegible.

Journal: New South Wales, Victoria, July 1880 - January 1881 (File Volume 33)

Journal:Victoria, Tasmania, January 1881 - May 1881 (File Volume 34)

Journal: South Australia, Queensland, May 1881 - November 1881 (File Volume 35)

Journal: New South Wales, Tasmania., November 1881 - February 1882 (File Volume 36)

Journal: Tasmania, New Zealand, February 1882 - April 1882 (File Volume 37)

Journal: New Zealand, April 1882 - July 1882 (File Volume 38)

Journal: New Zealand, July 1882 - August 1882 (File Volume 39)

Journal, September 1882 - November 1882 (File Volume 40)

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New Zealand, [c.1882-09 - 1882-11] (Item ff.1-27)

Journal, July 1878 - November 1883 (File Volume 43)

Journal, April 1880 - November 1880 (File Volume 53)

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New South Wales, [c. 1880-04 - 1880-11] (Item ff.98-end)

Journal: New South Wales, Victoria, November 1880 - February 1881 (File Volume 54)

Journal: Victoria, Tasmania, February 1881 - April 1881 (File Volume 55)

Journal: Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, April 1881 - July 1881 (File Volume 56)

Journal: Queensland, July 1881 - October 1881 (File Volume 57)

Journal: Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, October 1881 - December 1881 (File Volume 58)

Journal: New South Wales, Tasmania, New Zealand, January 1882 - March 1882 (File Volume 59)

Journal: New Zealand, March 1882 - June 1882 (File Volume 60)

Journal: New Zealand, June 1882 - August 1882 (File Volume 61)

Journal: New Zealand, United States, August 1882 - October 1882 (File Volume 62)

Journal: United States, October 1882 - November 1882 (File Volume 62)

Series. Manuscript Boxes (Lettered), 1831-05 - c. 1921

Ministerial certificates, May 1831 (File Box L2)

Filmed selectively.

Certificate of liberation issued by London Yearly Meeting to James Backhouse, May 1831 (Item)

Liberating him to visit the inhabitants of the British colonies in Australia and South Africa.

Wellington Conference, May 1909 (File Box Q)

Autograph album signed by Friends attending the first New Zealand Conference of the Society of Friends at Wellington, May 1909 (Item)

Together with circulars relating to the Conference.

List of Friends, 1854 (File Box R)

A list of Friends and those connected with them in the Australian colonies, New Zealand and South Africa, [c. 1854] (Item)

Compiled by Robert Lindsey and Frederick Mackie.

Richardson Manuscripts, 1834 - 1840 (File Box R)

Filmed selectively.

Miscellaneous letters, 1834 - 1840 (Item Volume 16)

George Washington Walker (Hobart, Sydney, Cape Town) to George Richardson (Newcastle-upon-Tyne). Re mission of James Backhouse and Walker to the Australian colonies and South Africa. (6 letters)

Lucy Fryer Morland letters, [c. 1920-03 - 1921-01] (File Box T)

Her long letters were written from Canada, Auckland (March 1920), Taumarunui, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown, Sydney (July 1920), Rockhampton, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne and South Africa (January 1921).

Edwin Ransome, 1910 (File Box W)

Notes by Edwin Ransome (1823-1910) on the history of Friends in Australia, 1910 (10p), together with two letters from Ransome to H. Sefton Jones.

Series. Manuscripts of Cedric Gibson, 25 March 1845

Cedric Stacey Gibson (1818-1883) of Saffron Walden purchased a collection of autographs of members of the Society of Friends from Silvanus Thompson. The collection was made chiefly by Thomas Thompson (1775-1861) of Liverpool...

List of plants named after Friends. (3p.) (Item 4/56)

John Tawell (Aylesbury) to Hannah Backhouse, 25 March 1845 (Item 4/135)

His hopes of God's mercy as he faces death.

Series. Daniel Wheeler Additional Letters, 27 June 1835 - 10 November 1837

Filmed selectively.

Daniel Wheeler (Hobart) to William Manley (photostat box), 16 September 1837 (File)

Daniel Wheeler (Hobart) to William Manley, (photostat box), 10 November 1837 (File)

Daniel Wheeler (Henry Freeling) to William Manley, 27 June 1835 (File Port. 42/80)

Daniel Wheeler (Sydney) to John Kitching, 3 March 1837 (File Port. 42/81)

Daniel Wheeler (Sydney) to John Kitching, 6 May 1837 (File Port. 42/82)

Daniel Wheeler (Bay of Islands) to John Kitching, 23 December 1836 (File Port. 42/83)

Daniel Wheeler (Sydney) to William Manley, 18 March 1836 (File MS Vol. 101/66)

Series. Papers of Howard Hodgkin, 1880 - 1891

Correspondence of Howard Hodgkin (Reigate) relating to distress in Ireland and emigration to Australia, 1880-1891. (43 letters)...

Series. Isaac Sharp additional manuscripts, February 1880 - 1882

Lists of Sharp's diaries and the places visited (12p.) (File)

Expenditure incurred by Sharp on his visit to Madagascar, Mauritius and Australia (6p.), February 1880 - February 1881 (File)

Expenditure incurred by Sharp and Joseph Neave on their travels in Australasia (5p.), March 1881 - February 1882 (File)

Letters to the Committee of the Meeting for Sufferings, invoices, accounts, vouchers and other financial papers of Sharp and Joseph Neave, 1881 - 1882 (File)


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