Guide to the Papers of the Murray Family

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MS 565

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Collection Summary

Creator
Murray Family
Title
Papers of the Murray Family
Date Range
1824-1957
Collection Number
MS 565
Extent
2.75 metres (25 boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 map folio)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The Murray Family papers contain correspondence relating to different periods of family history including Terence Aubrey Murray's letters concerning his pastoral holdings around Canberra; the letters of Lady Murray (second wife of Sir Terence Murray) to her son, Professor Gilbert Murray, at Oxford and Glasgow; Hubert Murray's letters to his brother Gilbert, covering the period of his administration in Papua; and letters exchanged with family and friends concerning personal affairs. There are also notebooks, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs and collections of press clippings principally concerning members of the family, their activities and interests. There is a volume of Professor Murray's manuscript and typescript notes on classical texts and international affairs.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn723306).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of the Murray Family, National Library of Australia, MS 565, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to the Library by the executors of Gilbert Murray in 1958 and by Margaret Pinney, the daughter of Sir Hubert Murray, in 1968. Small additions were received in 1972 and 1987 and a substantial addition of publications (Series 7) in 1976.

Papers of Gwendoline Wilson, the biographer of Terence Murray, are held by the National Library at MS 9512.

Separated Materials

A boxing trophy, c.1867 (A40009777) and photographs (Series 3) are held in the Pictures Collection.

Biographical Note - Terence Aubrey Murray

DateEvent
1810Born in Limerick, Ireland.
1827Came to Australia with his father Terence Murray, and took up land on Lake George, near Canberra.
1837Obtained a grant of land called Yarrowlumla on which he built a fine property (eventually to be used as principal home of the Governor General).
1843Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council.
1843Married Mary Giles (d. 1858)
1856-1858Held office as Secretary for Lands and Works in N.S.W.
1860Became Speaker of the N.S.W. Assembly.
1862Succeeded W.C. Wentworth as President of the Legislative Council, a position which he held until his death.
1862Married Agnes Edwards
1869Knighted.
1873Died in Sydney, 22 June.
DateEvent
1810Born in Limerick, Ireland.
1827Came to Australia with his father Terence Murray, and took up land on Lake George, near Canberra.
1837Obtained a grant of land called Yarrowlumla on which he built a fine property (eventually to be used as principal home of the Governor General).
1843Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council.
1843Married Mary Giles (d. 1858)
1856-1858Held office as Secretary for Lands and Works in N.S.W.
1860Became Speaker of the N.S.W. Assembly.
1862Succeeded W.C. Wentworth as President of the Legislative Council, a position which he held until his death.
1862Married Agnes Edwards
1869Knighted.
1873Died in Sydney, 22 June.

Biographical Note - John Hubert Plunkett Murray

DateEvent
1861Born Manly, N.S.W., 29 December
1878Travelled to England with his mother to complete his education.
1885Graduated from Oxford with double first in litterae humaniores. Returned to Australia in 1886 and was admitted to the Bar of N.S.W. Acted as Crown Solicitor on several circuits.
1889Married Sybil Jenkins
1900-1901Served in the South African War with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Forces.
1902Resumed practice as Crown Prosecutor in Sydney.
1904Appointed Royal Commissioner to enquire into the administration of New Guinea. Later that year, he became Chief Judicial Officer of British New Guinea.
1908Took up appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Papua and held this post until his death.
1914Invested with C.M.G.
1929Invested with K.C.M.G.
1940Died at Samarai, Papua, 27 June.
DateEvent
1861Born Manly, N.S.W., 29 December
1878Travelled to England with his mother to complete his education.
1885Graduated from Oxford with double first in litterae humaniores. Returned to Australia in 1886 and was admitted to the Bar of N.S.W. Acted as Crown Solicitor on several circuits.
1889Married Sybil Jenkins
1900-1901Served in the South African War with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Forces.
1902Resumed practice as Crown Prosecutor in Sydney.
1904Appointed Royal Commissioner to enquire into the administration of New Guinea. Later that year, he became Chief Judicial Officer of British New Guinea.
1908Took up appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Papua and held this post until his death.
1914Invested with C.M.G.
1929Invested with K.C.M.G.
1940Died at Samarai, Papua, 27 June.

Biographical Note - George Gilbert Aime Murray

DateEvent
1866Born, Sydney, 2 January.
1877Travelled to England for education at Merchant Taylors' School, London. He had a brilliant record as a classical scholar at St. John's College, Oxford.
1889Professor of Greek at University of Glasgow, which he resigned in 1899 due to ill-health.
1889Married Lady Mary Howard
1908-1936Professor of Greek at Oxford. Achieved fame for his translations of Greek plays
1923-1938Foundation chairman of the League of Nations Union.
1936Retired from active teaching, devoted much of his energy to the cause of international justice. Helped found United Nations Association of which he was joint president to the time of his death.
1941Received the Order of Merit.
1957Died, 20 May.
DateEvent
1866Born, Sydney, 2 January.
1877Travelled to England for education at Merchant Taylors' School, London. He had a brilliant record as a classical scholar at St. John's College, Oxford.
1889Professor of Greek at University of Glasgow, which he resigned in 1899 due to ill-health.
1889Married Lady Mary Howard
1908-1936Professor of Greek at Oxford. Achieved fame for his translations of Greek plays
1923-1938Foundation chairman of the League of Nations Union.
1936Retired from active teaching, devoted much of his energy to the cause of international justice. Helped found United Nations Association of which he was joint president to the time of his death.
1941Received the Order of Merit.
1957Died, 20 May.

Item Descriptions

Series 1. Correspondence, 1824-1956

The correspondence falls into three main periods: Sir Terence Aubrey Murray's correspondence with his family and with Stewart Mowle concerning his Yarrowlumla property and other personal affairs (1829-1872, items numbers 1-131); Lady Agnes Murray's letters to her son Gilbert and his wife, Lady Mary Murray (1885-1891, item numbers 137-277); Hubert Murray's letters to Gilbert Murray and his wife concerning chiefly Hubert Murray's work as Lieutenant-Governor of Papua (1893-1939, item numbers 279-491). There is also a quantity of correspondence to Gilbert Murray at the time of Sir Hubert Murray's death (1940, items numbers 494-564).

Manuscript correspondence is also to be found in series 2/4 and 4/2. These items are indicated in the chronological arrangement of Series 1 by an interleaved sheet of paper showing the location, by item and page numbers, of the original.

The correspondence has been arranged in chronological order. This series comprises Items 1-623.

Correspondence (Item 1-623) - Box 1-2

Series 2. Press clippings, 1843-1957

This series also includes correspondence, which, in the chronological arrangement of Series 1, is indicated by an interleaved sheet of paper showing the location, by item and page numbers, of the original.

Clippings concerning members of the Murray family, 1843-1957 (File 1) - Box 2

Volume (without cover) of miscellaneous press clippings, 1859-1866 (File 2) - Box 2

Volume (without cover) of miscellaneous press clippings, 1867-1873 (File 3) - Box 2

Bound scrapbook kept by Agnes Murray with press clippings concerning her family (also includes manuscript correspondence), 1885-1917 (File 4) - Box 2

Press clippings concerning J.H.P. Murray's early years, his connection with the Papua boundaries dispute in 1908 and his death in 1940. (File 5) - Box 3

Two bound books of press clippings concerning Sir Hubert Murray and Papua, 1928-1937 and 1933-1935 (File 6-7) - Box 3

Series 3. Photographs

This series contains about 65 photographs including family photographs of Terence Aubrey Murray, his wife Agnes, and his children; photographs of Professor Gilbert Murray; and photographs of the burial ceremony of Sir Hubert Murray in Port Moresby, 1940.

Note: the items from this series are held in the Pictures Collection.

Series 4. Papers of Terence Aubrey Murray, 1841-1872

This series also includes correspondence which, in the chronological arrangement of Series 1, is indicated by an interleaved sheet of paper showing the location, by item and pages numbers, of the original.

Bound diary of journey in 1841 from Yarrowlumla to Melbourne (also typescript copy). (File 1) - Box 4

Bound diary for 1869, with some entries by other members of the family. Also contains pasted-in manuscript correspondence. (File 2) - Box 4

Bound notebook with printed and manuscript Hansard extracts, press clippings, comments by Sir Terence, 1857-1869 (File 3) - Box 4

Bound scrapbook containing greeting cards, prints, and literary quotations. (File 4) - Box 4

Bound notebook containing quotations in Sir Terence's hand from various publication, 1871-1872 (File 5) - Box 4

Series 5. Papers of Gilbert Murray

The papers include manuscript and typescript notes, translation notes, lectures, articles, proof copies of work on Greek and Latin texts, roneoed copies of classical texts prepared by Professor Murray for dramatic presentation by the BBC and broadcasts by Professor Murray on various subjects in the field of international affairs. This series comprises 9 files and 9 pieces.

Notes, printed material and related papers (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4-6

Series 6. Miscellaneous documents and notes

Blueprint and manuscript copies of Murray family tree. (File 1) - Map-Folio [unnumbered]

Biographical notes on Sir Terence Aubrey Murray, Lady Agnes Murray and Sir Hubert Murray. (File 2) - Box 6

Terence Murray (father of Sir Terence Murray): manuscript extract from will; certificate of service in Guards (copy). (File 3) - Box 6

Dr J.F. Murray (brother of Sir Terence Murray): manuscript copies of documents concerning medical training. (File 4) - Box 6

Sir Terence Aubrey Murray: copy of will (1873); manuscript statement of liabilities and assets [1866]; N.S.W. Government Gazette notice of his death (1873); printed catalogue of his library to be sold at public auction (1865); pamphlet 'Judgement, justice and law' concerning arbitration case Murray v Massey (1867). (File 5) - Box 6

Aubrey Murray (son of Sir Terence Murray): copy of Counsel's opinion on his claim to father's Lake George property, Winderradeen. (File 6) - Box 6

Sir Hubert Murray: typescript copies of memorandum by Leonard Murray of the last weeks of Sir Hubert Murray's life; typescript extract of report to Cabinet by the Minister for Home and Territories on his visit to Papua; addresses celebrating Sir Hubert's 30th year of administration in Papua; typescript memorandum by Sir Hubert titled 'Native Labour in Papua'; and 'Hubert Murray, the man and his policy' by Francis West. (Folio) (File 7)

Professor Gilbert Murray: printed testimonials in support of his candidature for Professorship of Greek at Glasgow University; manuscript testimonials from students; copies of degrees and academic honours conferred on him; invitation to attend Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. (Folio) (File 8)

Leonard Murray: typescript copies of his addresses to Papuans as newly-appointed Administrator. (File 9) - Box 6

Miscellaneous: typescript extract concerning Admiralty House, Sydney; 2 copies of printed list of Aboriginal words compiled by S.M. Mowle; typescript extract from will of Agnes Elizabeth Murray; invitation cards, chiefly to Anna Bunn. (File 10) - Box 6

Series 7. Publications

This series comprises publications collected by the Murray Family and arranged in alphabetical order by author (added 1976).

Subgrp [unnumbered]. Publications (19 boxes). Please refer to the attached Appendix (under the Related Documentation tab) for a list of these items. - Box 7-25


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