Guide to the Papers of Jane Macgowan relating to the Casey family
MS 10400
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: October 2020
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Macgowan, Jane, OAM
- Title
- Papers of Jane Macgowan relating to the Casey family
- Date Range
- 1834 - 1989
- Collection Number
- MS 10400
- Extent
- 24.23 metres (44 ms boxes + 14 archives boxes + 1 small folio box + 5 medium folio boxes + 5 large folio boxes + 8 map folios + 2 small phase boxes + 1 security binder + 1 negative box)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises records relating to the Casey family including papers from Van Diemen's Land surgeon Cornelius Gavin Casey, containing early maps of the Towns of Formby and Forthside that are now part of Devonport. The papers of his son, pastoralist and parliamentarian Richard Gardiner Casey includes notebooks and business correspondence relating to his pastoral and business activities in Queensland in the late 19th century, on the cattle station Kilfera and the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company. Additionally, there are speeches and papers of Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey's (Baron Casey) from his time as Governor of Bengal, Minister-in-Charge of the CSIR (later CSIRO) through to his position as Governor-General of Australia; Casey family photographs dating from the 1800's and official and personal photographs taken throughout Baron Casey's career; Casey family correspondence dating from the 1830s through to the 1980s; notebooks describing travels in England and Ireland in the mid nineteenth century, and drawing books, sketches and original artworks by Maie Casey and two watercolours attributed to Ellis Rowan.
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7577717).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 og Jane Macgowan relating to the Casey family, National Library of Australia, MS 10400, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Finding Aid Source(s)
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Item Descriptions
Class 1. Original consignment received 2013, 1904 - 1969
This consignment comprises records relating to the Casey family and comprises: speeches of Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey's (Baron Casey) from his time as Minister-in-Charge of the CSIR (later CSIRO) through to his position as Governor-General of Australia; correspondence of Baron Casey's father pastoralist, company director and member of parliament Richard Gardiner Casey with correspondents including John Matheson, Lee Talley, pastoralist Donald Smith Wallace and historian Andrew John La Nauze; business and personal papers of Casey Senior and Junior relating to the cattle station Kilfera and the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company. Also included are logbooks, account books and photographic albums.
Series. Speeches
R.G. Casey Speeches; filed alphabetically; Air - Australian Foreign Relations, c. 1949 - 1959 (File) - Box 1
R.G. Casey Speeches; filed alphabetically; Australia's Friends and Neighbours - Commonwealth, c. 1953 - 1964 (File) - Box 2
R.G. Casey Speeches; filed alphabetically; Communism - Financial Times, c. 1953 - 1962 (File) - Box 3
R.G. Casey Governor General speeches: Official visits to capital cities 1965, then filed alphabetically; AB - AR, c. 1965 - 1969 (File) - Box 9
R. G. Casey Governor General speeches: filed alphabetically; AU - DR, c. 1965 - 1969 (File) - Box 10
R. G. Casey Governor General speeches: filed alphabetically; E - NAV, c. 1965 - 1969 (File) - Box 11
R. G. Casey Governor General speeches: filed alphabetically; NAVY - Royal INST, c. 1665 - 1969 (File) - Box 12
R. G. Casey Governor General speeches: filed alphabetically; RMC - UNI, c. 1965 - 1969 (File) - Box 13
R. G. Casey Governor General speeches: filed alphabetically; UNI - WO, c. 1965 - 1969 (File) - Box 14
R.G. Casey, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation speeches, c. 1952 - 1959 (File) - Box 15
Series. Correspondence
Letter from Mr Lee Talley of the Coca- Cola foundation to Mr R G Casey, 1955 (File) - Box 14
Sheet music for "Turkey in the Straw" attached
Correspondence from J. Matheson (Melbourne) to R.G. Casey (Snr.), 1875 - 1877 (File) - Box 19
At Kilfera relating to sales of stock, station matters
C. Gavin Casey letters and correspondence including early "Bridge" references and "Bridge" share certificate, 1841 - 1858 (File) - Box 19
Correspondence from A. Crombie at Till Till to R.G. Casey (Snr.), 1880 - 1881 (File) - Box 19
At Kilfera relating to sales of stock, station matters
Account of the life of Dr. Cornelius Gavin Casey, grandfather of R.G. Casey (Jnr.) through correspondence, 1936 - 1939 (File) - Box 19
Three photographs of R.G. Casey (Snr.) c. 1913, Correspondence between Professor La Nauze of the ANU and R.G. Casey (jnr.) enquiring about R.G. Casey (Snr.), c. 1913, 1967 (File) - Box 20
Correspondence about mining interests, Share dealings, letter from Donald Wallace, 1894 (File) - Box 21
Letters from A. Crombie at Till Till (Balranald) to R.G.C at Kilfera on station, 1879 - 1880 (File) - Box 21
Letters from Joseph MacDonald and J. Matheson to R.G. Casey (snr.) at Kilfera. Including letters relating to sale of Kilfera, 1875 - 1879 (File) - Box 21
Series. Miscellaneous Papers
Logbook - Casey Family, nd (File) - Box 14
Logbook containing information relating to household staff
Account book, correspondence, c. 1848 - 1853 (File) - Box 22
C. Gavin Casey with S. H. Tod account book, 1848-1859, and other correspondence
Papers, c. 1888 - 1892 (File) - Box 22
Warrego - R.G.C. (snr.) Speeches in the Queensland parliament, and other papers, maps, newspaper clippings
Papers, c. 1939 - c. 1940 (File) - Box 23
Personal papers and correspondence of R.G.C. (jnr.) relating to family history
Papers, 1919; 1957 (File) - Box 24
Reference file relating to Pentridge, 1863; copy of R.G.C. (snr.) death certificate
Series. Photographs, Albums, Maps
Photographic Album titled "England 1904", 1904 -1912 (File) - Box 8
Photographs from Australia also included
Photographs, 1914-c.1930 (File) - Box 14
2 x photographic portraits (no name or date - possibly Lady Casey); mounted music chart for Piano & Harmonica; Photographic Album/scrapbook titled 1914-1917
Photographs, c. 1957 (File) - Box 24
Photograph album of model aeroplanes to show the history of flight
Photographs, 1912 - 1913; 1955 (File) - Folio-Box 26
Album of R.G. Casey Jnr's travel photographs annotated 'German 1912'; photo mounted on board and annotated 'Full staff of Lord Carmichael - Governor of Bengal, during my stay in Calcutta Dec-Jan 1912-1913'; commemorative album of visit to Indonesia, 1955; desk wallet presented to Mrs Casey by members of the Indian Red Cross in Bengal
Class 2. Consignment received 2014, 1846 - 2012
This consignment comprises material of Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey's (Baron Casey) and his wife Baroness Ethel Marian Sumner "Maie" Casey and includes: speeches made by Casey during his role as Governor of Bengal; Casey family photographs dating from the 1800's and official and personal photographs taken throughout Casey's career; Casey family correspondence dating from the 1800's through to the 1960's; notebooks describing travels in England and Ireland in the mid nineteenth century; and drawing books, sketches and original artworks by Maie Casey, along with manuscripts of her memoir 'Tides and Eddies' and her papers relating to aviation.
Series. Early Melbourne Architecture Research
Pamphlets for Early Melbourne Architecture, nd (File) - Box 28
(envelope of pamphlets posted from Oxford University Press, with original post stamps)
Notes, etc. related to Early Melbourne Architecture, nd (File) - Box 28
Architectural book, worked on by Maie Casey (published by Oxford University Press)
Research, references, notes, 1948 - 1951 (File) - Box 28
Notes, etc.' include research notes, correspondence, etc. research-related publications, annotated photographs, etc
Historical Memoranda: plan of town of Melbourne 1837 AD', also labelled 'First Land Sale of Melbourne 1837', 1952 (File) - Box 29
Fold-out plan (A5-A2) 'poster print' paper, glued to fabric backing. Note: 'To Mrs Casey, with compliments, Prescott[?] Jackson 22/4/1952'
Proofs, drafts, negatives (for photographs used in/considered for book)., 1952 - 1953 (File) - Box 29
Series. Photographs, Maps
Family photographs, 1948 (File) - Box 30
Various photographs from the family. Includes Maie Casey in 1948, Baron Richard Casey
Family photographs, nd (File) - Box 30
Family Photographs: RGC' (includes miniatures of his parents, with notes by 'aunt Leta', pics of RGC + Dermot + EGC)
Family photographs, c. 1888 (File) - Box 30
Shearers (and others), forwarded by EJ Hayes, with account of Normanby (1950)
Family photographs, nd (File) - Box 30
Evelyn & Baby' (Evelyn Jane Casey with child Dermot Armstrong Casey or Richard Gardiner Gavin Casey)
Family photographs, 1854 - 1855 (File) - Box 30
CGC (at 42) with RGC (at 6); RGC (at 10) (Peter Fox camera store envelope)
Family photographs, 1860s (File) - Box 30
Captain Arthur Gardiner's House, 81 Davey Street Hobart (from photo 1860s)
Official photograph, 1944 (File) - Folio-Box 47
RGGC (as Governor, Bengal) and family, Government House (Calcutta)
Official photograph, 1941 (File) - Folio-Box 47
Possibly RGGC with Halifax (British Ambassador to USA?), Cordell Hall (US Secretary of State). Washington DC, USA
Assorted photographs RGGC in professional capacity, 1950s (File) - Box 32
Japan, USA, Australia, Malaysia, etc. Folder (originally labelled 'family - 1950s') also includes list of RGC personal files (apparently unrelated)
Mounted photographs (2), 1912 (File) - Folio-Box 47
Government House, Calcutta. 'From Mrs EJ Casey - Xmas 1912'
Album: accordian frame/album, nd (File) - Box 33
Contains 12 photographic portraits (with no annotation)
Jane Macgowan's photographs, 1942 - 1955 (bulk 1942 - 1943) (File) - Box 34
printed, etc. Assorted photos from folder labelled 'Jane's Photos', inside envelope labelled 'MINISTERIAL'. Presumably collected by Jane Casey mix of official and personal, some with notes from father and mother (RGGC and MC)
Jane Macgowan's photographs, 1942 - 1955 (bulk 1942 - 1943) (File) - Box 34
Jane's photos: Annotated (assorted photos from folder 'Jane's Photos')
Jane Macgowan's photographs, 1942 - 1955 (bulk 1942 - 1943) (File) - Box 34
Jane's photos: official annotation (assorted photos from folder 'Jane's Photos')
Jane Macgowan's photographs, 1942 - 1955 (bulk 1942 - 1943) (File) - Box 34
Jane's photos: no annotation (assorted photos from folder 'Jane's Photos')
Photographs, c. 1880 - 1931 (File) - Box 35
Photos include Ryan, Sumner and Casey family portraits, Stoney Park, Brunswick
Family photographs, nd (File) - Box 37
Some photos of MC and her family. Also one page of a letter to 'my dear Maie'.
Family photographs, 1883 (File) - Box 37
Photo card: 'Ellis Rowan, Ada Mary Scott, Blanche[?] Adelaide, & Mabel Hartley Ryan. D[?] Heights. April 1883'
Family photographs, nd (File) - Box 37
Photo card: 'Alice Sumner Ryan and friend - Either Quartermaine or Ormerod'
Photographs, 1968-11-02 (File) - Box 37
NASA: photographs taken from Apollo 7, of QLD. (Apollo 7 Space Photography of Great Barrier Reef, Cape Melville, Cape Flattery, Queensland, Australia.
Negatives - Jane Macgowan, nd (File) - Box 41
Large format film negatives: unlabelled. People at church event/wedding? Unknown date
Portrait, nd (File) - Box 43
Photographic portrait of MC and RGGC, elderly. From inside envelope with note, 'Jane. Approx. 60 copies of'
Album - Governor of Bengal, 1945 (File) - Box 44
Leather, embossed with Taj Mahal image. Photographs of Bengal
Photographs, c. 1964 (File) - Box 44
Envelope: Lady Casey - (Mary Queen of Scots). Contains negative (and print) of photograph of MQS, letter from 'Walter' (Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry?) regarding its use (16 November 1964), photograph of MC/RGGC with two other people, photograph of painting of two women
RGGC Personal Album, c. 1920s (File) - Box 44
Aerial photographs of Melbourne, and Victoria (one dated 1927), and a few UK sites (some with newspaper maps)
Family/holiday photos, 1927 - 1929 (File) - Box 44
Includes Darwin, Melbourne, Ramsbury, Murren, Shrewton, Pontresina
RGGC Personal Album, 1927 (File) - Box 44
Photographs of locals in Nullarbor Plain and Broome, October 1927
Publication - RG Casey Building, 1997 (File) - Box 44
Book: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Historical Photographs in the RG Casey Building. Canberra[?]: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, (4 copies). From inside Oslo Nasjonalgalleriet bag
Photographs of House, 1940s (File) - Box 44
Some by Cazneaux Photography. Annotation suggests property is 25 Gilliver Avenue, Vaucluse (Sydney), which was sold by Lady Jordan (who had been wife of then late NSW Chief Justice Sir Frederick Jordan) in 1950. Was in envelope with rest of 'Stirling' packet, so possibly sent to Casey's, by Alfred Stirling, while they were in Washington DC
Map, nd (File) - Folio-Box 47
Plan of Melbourne and Suburbs 1850-1860. One opaque, and one semi-opaque proof
Official photograph, 1944 (File) - Folio-Box 47
Rolled: three large photographs. British Ministry of Information Photographs of Maie Casey, and Maie and RGGC in Government House, Calcutta. One photograph, unlabelled. Probably Government House, Calcutta
Normanby Album, 1968-03-01 (File) - Folio-Box 47
Presentation album (red): contains photograph of Normanby house, and of plaque relating its history. 'With compliments Robert and Margot Macarthur'
Photograph album of model aeroplanes to show the history of flight, 1923 - 1929 (File) - Folio-Box 48
Various pictures and photographs, including portraits, landscapes, engines, prints of horses and cartoons
Official photograph, 1954 (File) - Folio-Box 48
Photograph on board. Menzies government (including RGGC) with Queen Elizabeth. (Signed, 'Elizabeth R 1954')
Charts case, nd (File) - Folio-Box 48
Visual charts case (empty case for Commonwealth of Australia, Visual Charts, Department of Civil Aviation)
Portrait, nd (File) - Folio-Box 48
Portrait of RGGC, taped into matte board. Has been roughly coloured with pencil and ballpoint pen
Portrait, c. 1944 (File) - Folio-Box 48
RGGC with Mahatma Gandhi (Bombay Photo Stores Private Ltd., Calcutta)
Official photograph, c. 1944 (File) - Folio 49
British Ministry of Information Photograph of Maie Casey in Government House, Calcutta
Official photograph, c. 1944 (File) - Folio 50
British Ministry of Information Photograph of Maie and RGGC in Government House, Calcutta
Official photograph, c. 1944 (File) - Folio 51
One photograph, unlabelled. Probably Government House, Calcutta
Series. Correspondence
Letter, 1889 (File) - Box 30
Letter to RGC, from CGC (his father). Introducing his new wife, signed 'your affectionate father'
Receipt, 1884 (File) - Box 30
Receipt: 'Meridan Lodge of St John, no. 729', made out to Brother RG Casey
Invitation, 1888 (File) - Box 30
Invitation (to RGC): Centennial International Exhibition Melbourne, Concert 2 August 1888
Invitation, 1888 (File) - Box 30
Invitation (to RCG): Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of VIC dinner (at Centennial International Exhibition Building), 4 August 1888
Invitation, 1888 (File) - Box 30
Invitation (to RGC): Dinner with Mayor of Melbourne (Alderman B Benjamin) at Town Hall, 6 August 1888 (Declined)
Invitation, 1888 (File) - Box 30
Invitation: Mrs William Pearson and Mrs Edward Cooke invite Mr and Mrs R Casey to South Yarra Skate Rink
Tickets, 1888 (File) - Box 30
Centennial International Exhibition Opening Ceremony, 1 August 1888 (admit ticket, reserved). Includes balls, Centennial events, concerts, etc. personal x 2
Correspondence, 1875 - 1879 (File) - Box 31
Letters to RGC, from KE Brodribb and RGC's sister, Theresa.
Rachel Henning's Letters: 1850s-1860s (SIDELINED), 1952 (File) - Box 31
The Bulletin Newspaper Co. Sydney. With red pen annotation
Correspondence, 1917 - 18 (File) - Box 37
RG Casey, correspondence with Captain Phillip Purves (and others), relating to Purves' pawned Jewellery. Purves was unable to pay off the jewellery. Casey advanced the loan and ensured the jewellery was sold for enough to cover Purves's debt, and supply some financial relief to his wife in Australia
Correspondence, 1917 - 1919 (File) - Box 37
RG Casey, correspondence with J Davis. Material includes letter from Kelso King, introducing J Davis (and correspondence relating to this). The Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Company of Australia, Ltd.
Correspondence, 1918 - 1919 (File) - Box 38
RG Casey, correspondence with various others. Appears to relate primarily to the war (and locating people?)
Correspondence, 1904; 1916 - 1917 (File) - Box 38
RG Casey, correspondence, largely with CS Cockburn, 1916-1917. (one letter dated 27.7.1904 re. Thomas S Karalt Hall.)
Correspondence, 1917 (File) - Box 38
RG Casey, correspondence with Kelso King, some mention of CS Cockburn. The Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Company of Australia, Ltd.
Correspondence, 1918 - 1919 (File) - Box 38
RG Casey, correspondence regarding Miss McLeod (appears to have become in debt in UK, RGC helped her return to family in Australia?)
Correspondence, 1915 - 1916 (File) - Box 39
RG Casey, correspondence (with index) 1916. Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Limited
Correspondence, 1918 (File) - Box 39
RG Casey, correspondence (with alphabetical index). Miscellaneous, October 1917 - December 1918
Correspondence, 1916 (File) - Box 39
RG Casey, correspondence with CS Cockburn and Kelso King. The Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Company of Australia, Ltd
Correspondence, 1918 (File) - Box 39
RG Casey, correspondence (with index) 1918. Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Limited.
Correspondence, 1917 (File) - Box 39
RG Casey, correspondence (with index) 1917. Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Limited
Maie Casey correspondence, 1946 (File) - Box 43
Envelope of correspondence: Alice to Mrs R Casey. Stationery of Government House, Canberra. Envelope posted from Canberra, with air mail and emu stamps. Contents: 6 letters (4 dated: 13 October, 5 July, 26 April & 22 December 1946) and two photographs (of back burning?). Re MC material taken from inside envelope addressed to Jane Macgowan, from Rex Irwin Art Dealer (05 July 2002)
Papers, c. 1946 (File) - Box 43
Envelope: addressed to Mrs Richard Casey, posted from Ireland. Contains calling card of Mrs RG Casey, three newspaper cut-outs (relating to the death of Lord Monteagle), three separate letters (or sets of correspondence) from unknown authors (to 'Dearest Maie', sent from Valencia; to 'Dearest Maie', 10 July 1946, from unclear, missing first page)
Inventory, 1951 (File) - Box 43
Envelope: labelled, 'MC - List of Personal Possessions - 11.7.51'. Contains two-page inventory
Correspondence, nd (File) - Box 43
Envelope: 'Mrs Lindsay'. Contains undated one-page letter to 'My dear Maie', from Ethel
Papers, nd (File) - Box 43
Assorted papers. Postcard, playing card, luggage tag, report note about flight defect, telegram, cartoon
Inventory, correspondence, 1940; 1951 (File) - Box 43
Envelope: RSR - 'List of Personal Possessions - 11.7.1951'. Contains two-page inventory, photograph of a plane (2 July 1940), two letters to Uncle Cecil from Maie Casey
Papers, nd (File) - Box 43
Assorted: sheet of notes, MC calling cards, picture of crest (Government House Canberra), letter to Lady Casey, drawing of plane, photograph of elderly couple
Correspondence, 1930; 1931 (File) - Box 43
2 Letters: Mrs Evelyn Casey, to 'My dear M. Niall' (16 February 1930; 1 January 1931)
Correspondence, 1946 (File) - Box 44
Letter: Probably RGGC, to Jane, responding to questions about economics (13 October 1946)
Correspondence, 1945 - 1946 (File) - Box 44
Correspondence: Jane Casey, to (Jane Alice Camilla?). Describes time living in Bengal (three letters, between October 1945 and January 1946)
Series. Notebooks
Series. Publications and Contributions - Flying
Casey-Myers/Weems Computer, nd (File) - Box 31
8 x plastic navigation systems, in cases. Casey-Myers Computer. Weems System of Navigation. Annapolis, Maryland USA
Casey-Myers/Weems Computer, nd (File) - Box 31
Envelope: 'WH ADF, A Casey Weems Computer' (containing 1 x computer, 1 x instruction sheet.)
Logbook, nd (File) - Box 31
Light Aircraft Engine Logbook (CA Form 10A). Dept. Civil Aviation. (EMPTY)
Series. Miscellaneous Papers
Autograph Album #1, 1880s (File) - Box 36
Decorative autograph book (leather, embossed and decorated with gold and silver). Various autographs (with notes and poetry, etc.) General notes (and newspaper cuttings) towards the end, possibly by owner
Autograph Album #2, 1900s (File) - Box 36
Autograph book (leather(?) cover, gold lettering 'Album'. Entries in first third; autographs with notes and poetry
Miscellany, 1900s (File) - Box 36
Envelope labelled 'Bits + Pieces' and 'Misc. not mine'. Contains assorted notes, invitations, cards, letters cuttings, poetry
Joan Hassal's Picture Book, 1984 (File) - Box 36
Kettering, England: JL Carr) ('with love David - Value')
Journal article, 1963 (File) - Box 36
Maie Casey, 'John Cotton, 1802-1849'. Reprinted from the Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, 4:2 (January 1963). P 85-91
Juvenilia, 1946 - 1947 (File) - Box 36
Jane Casey: results from Clyde School (school reports), letters home.
Series. Audio Visual Material
Series. Lord Casey Memorial
Parliamentary Debates. House of Representatives. Daily Hansard, 1976 (File) - Box 36
Death of Lord Casey (pages 2-6). PROOF / : Tuesday 17 August 1976. Canberra. (2 copies)
Parliamentary Debates. Senate. Daily Hansard, 1976 (File) - Box 36
Death of Lord Casey' (pages 2-5). PROOF / Commonwealth of Australia. : Tuesday 17 August 1976 .Canberra. (2 copies)
IPA: Institute of Public Affairs Review Article, 1976 (File) - Box 36
Number 30:2 (April/June 1976). (5 copies). Contains article (eulogy) of Lord Casey (RGGC): 'A Unique Australian', pages 33-34
Reprint from Records of the Australian Academy of Science article, 1977 (File) - Box 36
Casey of Berwick and Westminster, Baron. Richard Gardiner Casey, KG, PC, GCMG, CH, DSO, MC, KStJ, FAA, MA(Cantab)', by FWG White. 3:3/4 (November 1977). Pages 54-83. (3 copies)
Bound memorial Service, 1976 (File) - Box 37
'Richard Gardiner Casey: the right honourable Baron Casey of Berwick, Victoria and of the city of Westminster. KG, PC, GCMG, CH, DSO, MC, KstJ. 24 June 1976. (6 copies)
Unbound (stapled) memorial Service, 1976 (File) - Box 37
Richard Gardiner Casey: the right honourable Baron Casey of Berwick, Victoria and of the city of Westminster. KG, PC, GCMG, CH, DSO, MC, KstJ. 24 June 1976. (21 copies)
Bound volume, 1976 (File) - Box 37
A Tribute to the Memory of the Right Honourable Lord Casey, KG, PC, GCMG, CH, DSO, MC, KStJ. Died 17 June 1976'. Extracts from the proceedings of the House of Representatives and Senate
Exhibition catalogue: Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA: 250th Anniversary Exhibition., 1973 - 1975 (File) - Box 37
City Art Gallery, Drake Circus, Plymouth (UK). 16 July - 27 August 1973. Book contains a two-sheet letter to Maie Casey, from Joe Burke, dated 4 September 1975. It seems he saw the Reynolds exhibition, may have sent the catalogue. The letter relates his conversation with gallery staff, and about Mrs Casey (who was a Trustee of the gallery)
Series. Notes and Speeches
Governor General #1, 1955 - 1968 (File) - Box 40
Gambits ('RGC. Berwick. Governor General 1965-69). Facsimile reproduction. Annual lists of opening statements and quotes; unclear whether these were used by RGC, or compiled for use)
Extract, 1961 (File) - Box 40
Extract from the Diary Record of Lord Casey (10 July 1961 - 20 July 1961). Typescript
Transcript, 1951 (File) - Box 40
Transcript: Australian Broadcasting Commission, Memories of Federation (by Sir Robert Garran). Broadcast January 1951. 'No. 1: the Background and Sir Henry Parkes', broadcast on the National Programme (4/1/1951). 'No. 2: the First Convention - and After', broadcast through 2BL (11/1/1951). 'No. 3: the People Take Charge', broadcast through 2BL (18/1/1951). 'No. 4: Starting the Machine', broadcast through 2BL (25/1/1951)
Transcript, 1968 (File) - Box 40
Transcript: the Governor General of Australia (Lord Casey) talks about his job in an interview with Stuart Sayers of Melbourne 'Age' - for general press distribution. May 1968. (2 copies)
Legal Documents and Records, 1868 - 1917 (File) - Box 40
Folder, labelled 'Odd Papers of Interest'. Apparently related to RGC /Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company. Includes some notes, accounts, photographs and a letter dated 1914
Royal Coronation, 1937 (File) - Box 40
Coronation Service (book). The form and order of the service that is to be performed and the ceremonies that are to be observed in the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster. On Wednesday, the 12th day of May, 1937. (Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty: London, 1937)
Royal Coronation, 1937 (File) - Box 40
Coronation Ceremony (book). The Ceremonies to be observed at the Royal Coronation of their Most Excellent Majesties King George the Sixth and Queen Elizabeth in the Abbey Church of Westminster. On Wednesday, the 12th day of May, 1937
Royal Coronation, 1937 (File) - Box 40
Transcript: Broadcast Address by Mrs RG Casey, from 3GL (Geelong) 13 September 1937. (2 copies) Maie Casey, describing London, the 1937 coronation and related pageantry
Journal Article, 1968 (File) - Box 40
Parade. 'Men of Destiny: in-depth profiles of Australia's most controversial politicians'. Melbourne : Southdown Press, 1968. Includes profile of Lord Casey (pages 41-43)
Biographical profile, 1914 (File) - Box 40
Typescript: profile of Richard Gardiner Casey (senior). From "Fred John's Annual" (Australasia's Prominent People)
Public Press and Publications Political, 1970s (File) - Box 40
Typescript (from Oliver's 'Endless Adventure') and cut-out (from News Weekly, 11 October 1973) regarding statesmanship
Governor of Bengal - function guest lists, 1944 (File) - Box 40
Guest lists: Government House, Bengal [Calcutta and Darjeeling]. Government House, Bengal: House Guests. 20 January - 31 December 1944. (6-page pamphlet and photocopy). 'CONFIDENTIAL' Classified List of Guests invited to Dinner, Lunch and Cocktails at Government House, Calcutta and Darjeeling. 20 January - 15 November 1944. (Bound booklet and photocopy).
Minister of State (Middle East), 1942 - 1943 (File) - Box 40
Bound transcripts of Speeches and Broadcasts, 1942-1943. Rt Hon RG Casey, Minister of State (Middle East)
Series. Legal documents
Death Certificate, 1919 (File) - Box 41
Richard Gardiner Casey (Standard Certificate of Death, Territory of Hawaii). 6 May 1919
Will, 1918 (File) - Box 41
Will of Richard Gardiner Casey, Esquire. 1 November 1918. Original, signed copy. Witnessed by Doctor James White and [his clerk] F[?] W Norcut
Probate of Will, 1919 (File) - Box 41
Probate of Will of Richard Gardiner Casey (Supreme Court of Victoria). 28 July 1919. Possibly copy prepared for Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company
Legal correspondence, 1918-11-19 (File) - Box 41
Letter: RGC to Goldsbrough, Mort & Company, Limited. Regarding RGC's Will, with duplicates of earlier related correspondence)
Newspaper notice, 1965-01-31 (File) - Box 41
The Sunday Times (Number 7394: Churchill Memorial Issue)
Drafts and research, c. 1962 (File) - Box 41
Text of Book on 1939-46 Period. Lord Casey. Copy.' Typescript manuscript draft: Includes tentative title, Six Years Hard: Lord Casey's work in 1939-1946. Probably manuscript draft of published work held at N 940.548194 CAS (Lord Casey. Personal Experience 1939-1946. London: Constable)
Ephemera, 1960s (File) - Box 41
Menu: Maxim's Restaurant, South Yarra. Was filed inside the back cover of Text of book on 1939-46 Period manuscript
Draft manuscript - Washington Diaries, 2007 - 2008 (File) - Box 41
Draft Manuscript of (never published?) work: A Delicate Legation: the Washington Diaries of RG Casey, 1940-42 (ed. Carl Bridge. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2008.) Packet includes complete MS (with very little annotation), letter from NLA Publications (Paul Cliff) to Jane Macgowan, and page of JM's notes
Correspondence, 2002 (File) - Box 41
Letters, to Jane Macgowan. One from NLA, one from the Australian (newspaper)
Public Press and Publications, c. 1946 (File) - Box 41
Newspaper cuttings: circa 1946, after Casey family's return to Australia (from Bengal/London)
Press article, 1945 (File) - Box 41
The Bengal Weekly, VII:32 (22 August 1945). Calcutta. Includes a photograph of, and several articles about, Governor Casey
Series. Art - Maie Casey
Print, original 1944 (File) - Box 42
Print (colour), from painting. Maie Casey, 'Hill Women of Darjeeling'. (33 copies)
Print, original 1966 (File) - Box 42
Print (B&W), from sketch. Maie Casey, 'Cordillo Downs Q [?]' (8 September 1966). (10 copies)
Sketchbook, 1942 - 1944 (File) - Box 42
Sketchbook: ME 1942-44 (back cover annotation reads 'ME: Cairo-Lebanon' and 'ME '43). Sketches and paintings (some portraits), on eight pages
Drawings, paintings, c. 1943 - c. 1977 (File) - Box 42
Various drawings and paintings on loose sheets. Some dated, between 1946-1977. Not all signed, but assumed to be Maie Casey
Drawings, paintings, c. 1946 - c. 1978 (File) - Box 42
Various drawings and paintings on loose sheets. Some dated, between 1946-1977. Not all signed, but assumed to be Maie Casey
Sketch, 1969-06-08T00:00:00+00:00 (File) - Box 42
Sketch by Maie Casey, mounted in matte board. Possibly self portrait
Portrait, nd (File) - Box 42
Photograph in card folder: portrait of Maie Casey (studio - from embossed mark - Chase, Washington DC)
Prints, original 1944 (File) - Box 42
Print (colour), from painting. Maie Casey, 'Hill Women of Darjeeling' (1944). (several additional copies, from envelope 'Darjeeling Gardeners')
Speech transcript, 1937-05-26 (File) - Box 42
Transcript: Mrs RG Casey, 'the Coronation Exhibition of Contemporary British Art', broadcast on "Food For Thought" Empire Program (BBC)
Sketchbook, c. 1959 - c. 1976 (File) - Box 42
Sketchbook: spiral bound (Spirax). Labelled 'Maie Casey'. Two images dated: 1976 and 1959
Sketchbook, 1970s (File) - Box 42
Sketchbook: spiral bound (Spirax). Labelled 'elephant skull'. Contains three sketches of elephant skulls, and other images. A few dates: 1970-1971
Sketchbook (File) - Box 42
Sketchbook: small, pale brown cover, grey paper. Contains various pastel drawings
Sketchbook, c. 1965 - c. 1966 (File) - Box 42
Sketchbook: blue cover, spiral bound ('KENT open flat pad'). Annotated 'greg'. A few paintings and drawings, some dated.
Sketches, watercolours, 1944 (File) - Box 43
Folder, labelled 'India'. Contains three ink sketches of gazelle (figurines?), one ink portrait sketch, two watercolour images
Sketches, pastels, watercolours, c. 1920 - c. 1974 (File) - Folio-Box 48
Various ink sketches, pastels, and paintings (watercolour and gouache)
Paintings in ink and watercolour, 1943; 1964 (File) - Folio-Box 48
Folder: labelled, 'ME.' Seven colour paintings (ink and watercolour). 1943 (6) and 1964 (1)
Sketchbook, 1940s (File) - Box 43
Sketchbook: small, pink reporter-style pad. Several pencil sketches, possibly India
Copy of Journal, 1871 (File) - Box 43
Full photocopy: Caroline Le Souef, Journal of voyage to London from Melbourne. 3 May-23 July 1871. Ship 'Superb', Captain Jones. (SLV MS 9096)
Correspondence, nd (File) - Box 43
Typed letter from unknown sender (illegible signature), presumably to Maie Casey (for her Melbourne research). Discusses the history of the Le Souef ferry, and its namesake. (1 page)
Sketchbook, c. 1961 (File) - Box 43
Sketchbook: brown, spiralbound. Some notes, loose letters and cut-outs. Pencil on cover that is difficult to make out. Sketches/studies. Some labelled Switzerland, France, Italy. Probably MC, but not very like her other sketchbooks (possibly Jane Casey)
ACA ephemera, c. 1960 - c. 1961 (File) - Box 43
Two Australian Consumers' Association Ltd, pamphlets (removed from inside last sketchbook). 'ACA Christmas Gift Coupon' and 'ACA Membership Renewal Form'
Sketchbook, c. 1952 - c. 1954 (File) - Box 43
Small, grey (and dirty) spiralbound; maths equations on back cover. Various pencil and ink sketches (mostly figures), some loose
Sketchbook (File) - Box 43
Sketchbook: small, grey (tidier than last) spiralbound. A few ink sketches (figures and architecture), but only first 10 leaves
Series. Publications
Book, 1958 (File) - Box 43
Book: RG Casey. Friends and Neighbours: Australia and the world. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press
Membership list, 1969 (File) - Box 43
Volume: List of Members of the Orders of the Garter, the Thistle, and Saint Patrick
Book, 2000 (File) - Box 44
Volume: The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (Victorian Group) Includes letter: Hon. Peter Howson, CMG, to Jane Macgowan (18 April 2000)
Book, 1976 (File) - Box 44
Book: Maie Casey. From the Night. Illustrated by Frances Burke. Berwick, VIC: M Casey
Book, 1947 (File) - Box 44
Book: The Rt. Hon. RG Casey. An Australian in India. London: Hollis & Carter
Series. From the Night
From the Night material, 1976 - 1977 (File) - Box 44
Several letters thanking Maie Casey for her book of poetry, From the Night (includes some mention of future project "Melba Revisited"). From envelope: From the Night / letters of thanks
Series. War Artists Exhibition
Photographic reproductions, 1940 - 1941 (File) - Box 44
British Ministry of Information photographic reproductions of officially-commissioned/purchased war art (G Vickers, Edward Ardizzone, R Schwabe, Charles Cundell, Eric Kennington, Francis Dodd, H Morley, Dame Laura Knight, TC Dugdale, etc.). Appear to be from 1941 'War Artists Exhibition', and been sent to Caseys in USA by Alfred Stirling. Probably with letter from 5 February (which he refers to in letter below)
Correspondence, 1941 (File) - Box 44
Letter, Alfred Stirling to Minister (RGGC), sending further reproductions of works from the War Artists Exhibition
Photographic reproductions, 1940 - 1941 (File) - Box 44
British Ministry of Information photographic reproductions of officially-commissioned/purchased war art (RV Pitchforth, Eric Kennington, Robert Austin, WR Brealey, Sir Muirhead Bone, GRW Nevinson, Dorothy Coke, Henry Rushbury, B Howitt-Lodge, John Piper, Henry Carr, Dennis Flanders, WL Clause, Edward Ardizzone, Henry Lamb, Anthony Gross, AR Thomson, Frances McDonald, Francis Hodge, Ethel Gabain, Roger Furse). Appear to have been sent to Caseys in USA, by Alfred Stirling. Probably with letter from 5 February which he refers to in the next letter
Correspondence, 1941 (File) - Box 44
Letter, Alfred Stirling to Maie Casey. Regarding recent art exhibitions (15 October 1941). Stationery: Commonwealth of Australia, Department of External Affairs
Photographic reproductions, 1940 (File) - Box 44
British Ministry of Information photographic reproductions of officially-commissioned/purchased war art (H Morley, Francis Dodd, Feliks Topolski). Appear to have accompanied Alfred Stirling's October 1941 letter
Photographs, nd (File) - Box 45
Two photographs of RGGC, one postcard photograph (possibly MC and JC?)
Series. Flying papers
Edgar Percival, 1961-06-13T00:00:00+00:00 (File) - Box 45
Letter, Edgar Percival to Maie Casey, with list of Percival's aircraft design/achievements.Inside CSIRO folder with note, 'References: Edgar Percival, Helpmann, etc
Esme Hilditch, 1951-1959 (File) - Box 45
Esme Hilditch. Newspaper cut-outs, notes and correspondence relating to pilot Esme Hilditch, who died in a gliding accident at Berwick. Maie Casey was involved in writing memorial pieces about Hilditch, and may have been writing a biography
Aviation papers, 1950s - 1960s (File) - Box 45
Air Material' - assorted papers related to flying (notes, correspondence, programs, race/event information and procedures, manuals, maps, data charts, photographs, writing drafts, club/association matter, etc.). Especially women pilots and the Australian Women Pilots' Association. Mostly correspondence/ephemera addressed to Maie Casey, authored by her, or related to flying events/associations that she was involved with
Aviation papers, 1970s - 1980s (File) - Box 45
Flying' - notes, correspondence, writing drafts and ephemera related to Australian Women Pilot's Association. Includes 1981 correspondence when MC decided not to renew her licence. Possibly drafts of Eileen Maud Steenson's 1974 book Flight Plan PNG (along with other writing of MC's)
Aviation papers, 1950s - 1960s (File) - Box 45
Air Information' - assorted papers associated with flying in USA (particularly ephemera of USA's Federal Aviation Agency, Civic Aeronautics Administration, etc.)
Aviation papers, 1963 (File) - Box 45
Papers relating to Maie Casey and the Australian Women Pilots' Association (includes AWPA's 1963 Membership List and typescript of Casey's personal diary of an air trip)
Public Press and Publications - Governor of Bengal, nd (File) - Box 46
Folder 'India' contains card for jeweller and cut-out about a physician
Aviation papers, 1967 (File) - Box 46
National Air Rally 1967: souvenir. Inscribed to Maie Casey, from Lt Col GV Taja (Vice President, Aero Club of India; President, Kerala Flying Club)
Aviation papers, 1960s - 1980s (File) - Box 46
Notes and correspondence relating to Flying, the AWPA and other flying associations and clubs
Aviation papers, c. 1954 (File) - Box 46
Folder: 'Personal: AIR, AVO, AD[?]'. Maie Casey: personal papers and notes relating to flying
Research papers, correspondence, 1972 (File) - Box 46
Material relating to Eileen Steenson's book (that would be published in 1974 as Flight Path PNG). Including: letter, Eileen Steenson to Maie Casey, asking for contribution to publication, draft of forward by MC, book's chapter list/summary
Programs, 1967; 1972 (File) - Box 46
Programs for 21st (8-11 July 1967) and 26th (7-11 July 1972) Powder Puff Derby (All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race)
Ninety-nine News, 1964 (File) - Box 46
(August-September 1964). Periodical publication of The Ninety-Nines (US-based female pilot association)
Ninety-nine News, 1973 (File) - Box 46
99news: official publication of the International Organization of Women Pilots (January 1973)
Ninety-nine News, c. 1972 (File) - Box 46
Hand-edited copy for articles, by Maie Casey, 'Twenty-seventh All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race…' and 'Women who fly, constantly…', and poem 'The landscapes of the air' (1972). (was folded, inside 99news issue)
Class 3. Consignment received 2016, 1917 - 1989
This consignment comprises Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey's (Baron Casey) correspondence relating to his family history and biography "Australian Father and Son"; a typescript of the speech Casey delivered to the United Nations in 1959; commemorative booklets for the Order of the Garter procession and installation service; information regarding the Churchill Archives; and numerous Casey family and official photographs dating from the late 1870's through to the 1960's .
Series. Correspondence
Series. Photographs
Photograph, nd (File) - Box 55
Photograph of Garter banner and seagull which formed the crest of Lord Casey's coat of arms
Photograph and letter, 1984 (File) - Box 55
Photograph and letter from G.J. Price on the occasion of the unveiling of the memorial bust of Lord Casey at the Australian Embassy in Washington
Photographs, nd (File) - Box 55
Photographs of Baron Casey's Coat of Arms beneath that of Winston Churchill, and in a church?
Photographs, 1917 (File) - Box 55
Photographs of Lt. John 'Jack' Simson, killed in action 31 July 1917. Annotations verso by RGC - in leather wallet
Photograph, 1870s (File) - Box 55
Photograph of Jack Simson's father R.J.P. Simson - in leather wallet
Series. The Most Noble Order of the Garter
Series. Miscellaneous
Printer's block, c. 1940 (File) - Folio-Box 54
Printer's block with a photographic negative of RG Casey
Debrett's Distinguished People, nd (File) - Box 55
Debrett's Distinguished People - Full title of the Hon Mrs Jane Macgowan
Class 4. Consignment received April 2018, 1834 - 1988
This consignment comprises papers relating to Cornelius Gavin Casey including early maps of the Towns of Formby and Forthside which are now part of Devonport; the Papers of Richard Gardiner Casey relating to his pastoral activities in Queensland, and the Papers of Richard Gavin Casey, Lord Casey and his wife Maie including papers, correspondence, several bibles, genealogical documents, official records, sketchbooks and two watercolours attributed to Ellis Rowan.
Series. Cornelius Gavin Casey
Notebooks and Ledger books, 1838 - 1843 (File) - Box 56 (MS 10400)
Small notebook receipts and expenditure daily accounts. Entries from both back and front of volume
Notebooks and Ledger books, 1854 - 1885 (File) - Box 56 (MS 10400)
Notebook 'Estate' Small white leather hinged book detailing mortgages and rent payments on property
Notebooks and Ledger books, 1834 - 1890 (File) - Box 56 (MS 10400)
Vellum bound ledger book from Forth Estate, Tasmania. (with interspersed notes/correspondence including a letter from George Walker)
Notebooks and Ledger books, 1861;1864 (File) - Folio-Box 73 (MS 10400)
CGC Maps - Formby (Devonport) and Forthside; Forthside: 4 Fragile hand coloured land sketches documenting surveys, lot dimensions, ownership; Forthside, 'memoranda of property held by me' enclosing 3 maps; Formby: 3 maps, one very poor condition and fragile; Formby Launceston, includes map of lots for sale, May 20 1858; Map of sky See also Tasmanian maps Series
Notebooks and Ledger books, 1872 - 1881; 1884 - 1885 (File) - Box 56 (MS 10400)
CGC Letter book (green cloth cover, leather corners, spine, labelled by Casey family historian) (operating at both ends of volume). One end labelled 'Diary' 1872-c1881 (mainly seems to be correspondence about settling the estate of the late Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania, John Tod (CGC as executor) some pages removed from volume (looks contemporaneous) other end, business correspondence
Notebooks and Ledger books, 1884 (File) - Box 56 (MS 10400)
CGC Letter book cardboard marble cover, early carbon paper book, these in the volume being the carbon copies - faded, difficult to read. Business correspondence regrading payments, rent, (poor quality paper). Report of sanitary state of Brighton Victoria 1884 (including births)
Notebooks and Ledger books, c. 1849 - 1878 (File) - Box 56 (MS 10400)
Notebook - hinged, brown leather CGC's notes on books read. Examples include notes about Cunningham's History of the Sikhs; extract from Dublin University Magazine for August 1851 ' The Line of Lakes'; irrigation in India, notes on natural science, discussion of construction of railway to Sydney 1856, state of Victorian railroads, 1863, notes on the true nature of death, notes on speech heard in London about Australia used from both ends of the volume some loose notes, some pages removed/cut out
Notebooks and Ledger books, c. 1857 - 1884 (File) - Box 57 (MS 10400)
Notebook - hinged, brown leather 19 x 13.5 (missing spine); CGC's notes on books, newspaper extracts of interest, Includes material such as historical accounts of Britain, notes on roman history, value of wool export from Tasmania in 1862, Statistics on Nelson Coal Mine West Cost of NZ 1866; notions of 'progressive development'; imports of food to Great Britain; chronology of India, population of Turkey; mortality rates in various European countries; cicero/roman history. Used from both ends of volume, some loose notes/newspaper clipping; some pages removed/cut out
Notebooks and Ledger books, 1864 - 1890 (File) - Box 57 (MS 10400)
Ledger book. Labelled C.G.C. Account Book - Mining and other investments, 1865-1888
Notebooks and Ledger books, 1812 - 1903 (File) - Box 57 (MS 10400)
Publications and extracts: Newspaper page 'The Herald' Saturday evening, October 31, 1903; 'The pathological nature of cholera and an infallible method of treating it in a series of letters by George Stuart Hawthorne MD, 1848; 'Principles of Political Economy' J. Aikenhead Tasmania. 1856; pages from publication of printed reports/correspondence on the state of the pastoral industry, wool c1874, including by W. A. Brodribb; 'Short Description of the Giants Causeway in the North of Ireland' by John Currie 1812; single sheet of accounts (nd); Unlabelled but grouped by Family historian
Notebooks and Ledger books, 1857 (File) - Box 57 (MS 10400)
1857 Newspapers - TasmaniaThe Cornwall Chronicle Saturday September 12, 1857 (Major Cotton, irrigation)The Launceston Examiner, Saturday September 12, 1857 (irrigation, railways in S. Australia)(both with handwritten tags as indicated)
Business correspondence, 1863 - 1900 (File) - Box 58 (MS 10400)
CGC Mining and Other Investment Correspondence 1863-1900
Business correspondence, 1870 - 1880 (File) - Box 58 (MS 10400)
Various Letters 1870-1880: business correspondence relating to rents, property in Tasmania
Business correspondence, 1884 (File) - Box 58 (MS 10400)
Various Letters 1884: business correspondence relating to rents, property in Tasmania
Business correspondence, 1885 (File) - Box 58 (MS 10400)
Various Letters including business correspondence relating to rents and property in Tasmania
Business correspondence, 1855 - 1886 (File) - Box 58 (MS 10400)
Various Letters including business correspondence relating to rents and property in Tasmania
Business correspondence, 1887 (File) - Box 58 (MS 10400)
CGC Various Letters 1887: business correspondence, financial records
Business correspondence, 1888 (File) - Box 58 (MS 10400)
CGC Various Letters 1888: business correspondence relating to land, property, shares in Tasmania; appointment of an agent D.C. Urquhart
Business correspondence, 1889 (File) - Box 58 (MS 10400)
CGC Various Letters 1889: business correspondence relating to rates, shares, land tax payments, property in Tasmania
Business correspondence, 1890 (File) - Box 58 (MS 10400)
CGC Various Letters 1890: business correspondence relating to rates, shares, land tax payments, property in Tasmania
Series. Richard Gardner Casey
Notebooks, 1863 - 1869 (File) - Box 59 (MS 10400)
3 small notebooks, hinged (notes difficult to read, pencil, some drawings - e.g. wool press, notes re horses, includes 2 business cards of C. G. Casey)
Notebooks, 1869 - 1871 (File) - Box 59 (MS 10400)
3 small notebooks, hinged, notes in pencil and ink, several drawings
Notebooks, 1872 - 1875 (File) - Box 59 (MS 10400)
6 small notebooks, includes notes from the Kilfera property and a photograph possibly of his mother Letitia
Notebooks, 1876 - 1877 (File) - Box 59 (MS 10400)
3 notebooks regarding pastoral activity, engineering details regrading wells, some structures, some drawings and notes
Notebooks, 1878 - 1879 (File) - Box 59 (MS 10400)
4 notebooks regarding pastoral activity, engineering details regrading wells, some structures, some drawings and notes
Notebooks, 1880 (File) - Box 59 (MS 10400)
4 notebooks. Daily jottings, accounts, some details of crops, some details of Burrawang station, well diagrams, sheep shearing and ram classing
Notebooks, 1881 - 1882 (File) - Box 59 (MS 10400)
3 notebooks describing some events in Melbourne and later Albemarle
Notebooks, 1883 (File) - Box 59 (MS 10400)
2 notebooks with notes on various stations and rainfall figures for Burrawang station. Wallace and Casey in business arrangement - on commission from Sladen in London? To farm in 'Blackall', Kilcummin, Clermont, in Queensland
Notebooks, 1884 (File) - Box 59 (MS 10400)
2 notebooks includes notes from time in England and management notes on Normanby Station
Banking papers, 1881 - 1883 (File) - Box 59 (MS 10400)
Cheque book stubs, cheque books in use, bank balance book, Union Bank of Australia, London Chartered Bank of Australia
Business Correspondence, 1856 - 1869 (File) - Box 60 (MS 10400)
Newspaper cuttings 'Ritson' case, 'Donaldson' case
Business Correspondence, 1879 (File) - Box 60 (MS 10400)
Misc. to RGC News Cutting Bushranging - Kilfera
Business Correspondence, 1881 (File) - Box 60 (MS 10400)
Ryan & Hammond Stock and Station agents to RGC
Business Correspondence, 1886 (File) - Box 61 (MS 10400)
U.M.A [Union Mortgage and Agency Company of Australia Limited] to RGC
Business Correspondence, 1889 (File) - Box 62 (MS 10400)
Wallace & Casey accounts; Returns; Figures Kilcummin, Terrick, Normandy; Letters from EJC to RGC; Mrs Brodribb
Business Correspondence, 1889 (File) - Box 62 (MS 10400)
1889 U.M & A. Coy; Statements Expenditure - Terrick, Kilcummin; Letter from Cogs to RGC advising of Marriage; Notebook Wool Prices per LB
Business Correspondence, 1889 (File) - Box 62 (MS 10400)
D.S. Wallace accounts; Letters re R.J. Jeffray; Shares Mt Morgan etc.; Letters from Donald Wallace. Note in Red Biro: Mostly business correspondence, some personal
Business Correspondence, 1890 (File) - Box 62 (MS 10400)
Largely papers about employers and worker organisations in Queensland, 1890; Papers, Pamphlets, Shearers Union, Pastoral Employers, Carriers Union, Queensland Free Labor Union and Labor Questions; Letters from Tom Brodie - Shearers Union and Peddle - Mob Law - Riots. Includes blank, 'Freedom of Contract' document (see Folio Box 14)
Business Correspondence, 1890 (File) - Box 62 (MS 10400)
1890 - Statement Balance Sheets Terrick, Kilcummin; Letters from Sidney Casey; Mt Morgan; Share Dividends; Catalogue - 1890; Yearlings - Brood Mares; includes Extracts from 'The Worker' The official Organ of the Australian Labour Federation Queensland, From 1st March 1890 to 25 July 1891, compiled by The Queensland Patriotic League to disclose the aims of the 'New Unionism' in Queensland, Brisbane, 1891; Pastoralists' Union Rules
Business Correspondence, 1890 (File) - Box 62 (MS 10400)
Returns - Statistics; Terrick; Misc. Letters; Letters from Donald Wallace
Business Correspondence, 1890 - 1891 (File) - Box 62 (MS 10400)
1890-1891 Letters to RCG from A.M. & J Valantine
Business Correspondence, 1891 (File) - Box 63 (MS 10400)
Wallace & Casey accounts. Returns and Statistics: Kilcummin, Terrick, Normanby; Homeward Bound Gold Mining Co list of shareholders. RGC
Business Correspondence, 1891 - 1892 (File) - Box 63 (MS 10400)
Complete Accounts Wallace & Casey; Stock Returns - Terrick, Kilcummin - 1892; Letters from Smith/Williamson, London (Andrew Williamson)
Business Correspondence, 1891 - 1893 (File) - Box 63 (MS 10400)
Letters from Union Mortgage & Agency Co (loss of 100,000 sheep at Kilcummin)
Business Correspondence, 1890 - 1893 (File) - Box 63 (MS 10400)
Letters from Donald Wallace to RGC. Letter from RGC to Donald Wallace (money owed)
Business Correspondence, 1892 - 1894 (File) - Box 63 (MS 10400)
Letters from W.H. Calder at Terrick to RGC. Analysis of working accounts Terrick Terrick (I)
Business Correspondence, 1892 - 1894 (File) - Box 63 (MS 10400)
Letters from W.H. Calder at Terrick to RGC. Analysis of working accounts Terrick Terrick (II)
Business Correspondence, 1893 (File) - Box 64 (MS 10400)
1893 Series of Telegrams concerning properties
Business Correspondence, 1893 (File) - Box 64 (MS 10400)
1893 Returns Kilcummin, Terrick, Normanby. Letters from Union Mortgage & AC ; Smith & Williamson; Normanby Rainfall 1886-1893; Oct 3 1893 RGC agrees to retire from Partnership at Wallace and Casey; Letter from AM&J Valantine. Includes Normanby rainfall data 1886-1893 (I)
Series. Richard Gardner, Lord Casey
Family Papers and Letters, 1873 - 1971 (File) - Box 65 (MS 10400)
Miscellaneous collection of material collected together reflecting general genealogical material - includes birth certificates for; details of property use (Melbourne); Peyton Jones; copies of marriage certificates RGC and Jane Eveline Harris 1888 (along with subsequent factual corrections), copies of RGC's birth certificate 1846, Last Will and Testament, details of RCG's burial in cemetery in Oahu Hawaii in 1919; will of RGC
Dr C.G. Casey Genealogical Notes, 1856 - 1947 (File) - Box 65 (MS 10400)
Includes handwritten notes from CGC putting on record the few facts connected with my family with which I am acquainted 1861; copies of extracts from official records re CGC appointment in 1834
Genealogy, 1860s - 1950s (File) - Box 65 (MS 10400)
Copies of old records, correspondence RGC to his sister in 1870s, correspondence re genealogy, genealogy of Gardiner family
Holman New Testament with Notes, 1906 (File) - Box 65 (MS 10400)
R.G. Casey 29 August 1906, Shipley House, South Yarra
New Testament, 1897 (File) - Box 65 (MS 10400)
Inscription: Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey from his Mother, Xmas 1897. 'Dick Casey' written on bottom edge
New Testament, 1969 (File) - Box 65 (MS 10400)
Inscription: Given to Richard, Lord Casey, on his investiture and installation as a knight of the most noble order of the Garter, Windsor, 16 June 1969 from (signed) Register and Dean, with note in front about the office of Heraldry
Red box 'ER II 1953 coronation medal' containing set of ceremonial ribbons (including one kanga club badge); Brown Tiffany box containing ceremonial ribbons; miniature copy of New Testament, 1969 (File) - Box 65 (MS 10400)
Inscription: Given to Richard, Lord Casey, on his investiture and installation as a knight of the most noble order of the Garter, Windsor, 16 June 1969 from (signed) Register and Dean, with note in front about the office of Heraldry
AMP Policy, 1967 - 1968 (File) - Box 65 (MS 10400)
Life insurance policy transferred to grandchildren in trust
Photograph Album 'R.G. Casey Personal', 1930 (File) - Box 65 (MS 10400)
4 ring binder with photographs (labelled) mounted on card. Includes pictures of Donn and Jane, sketches of RGC by Maie? 1930, Maie, Jane, RGC (1 loose photo portrait of a women late C19, early C20), aerial view London with landmarks annotated on newspaper copy) (10 pp, 8 with photos)
Series. Maie Casey
Children's letters from India, 1944 - 1945 (File) - Box 66 (MS 10400)
Letters from Jane and Donn Casey to parents while RG Casey was Governor of Bengal
Jane's Letters, 1951 - 1957 (File) - Box 66 (MS 10400)
Correspondence to Lady Casey from Jane Casey (later Macgowan)
Grandchildren's Artwork, 1976 (File) - Box 66 (MS 10400)
From envelope, marked Lady Casey. These are things the children did for Lord Casey over the years. Connie
Papers re valuation, wishes, estate Lord Casey, 1960 - 1976 (File) - Box 66 (MS 10400)
includes art valuation, contents of flat, wishes re Berwick estate
Miscellaneous loose papers - Jane and Donn. February 1935. R.G. Casey; Correspondence re illustration Cotton, 1979, 1935; 1979 (File) - Box 66 (MS 10400)
Correspondence Y-Z, 1969 - 1979 (File) - Box 66 (MS 10400)
correspondents include Judith Wright, Rosemary Young, Youth Writers
Wills. Casey, Ryan, 1954 - 1974 (File) - Box 66 (MS 10400)
Cecil G Ryan, 1954; , 1971; Mrs A.L.C. Ryan 1973; Correspondence re C.G. Ryan Estate
Spiral Sketch book (contains loose pages in addition), c. 1957 (File) - Folio-Box 67 (MS 10400)
hands, portraits, houses, animals, war nurses memorial
Series. Jane Macgowan
Correspondence on the death of Maie, Lady Casey, 1983 (File) - Box 69 (MS 10400)
Includes correspondence from Sir James Plimsoll and Sir Ninian Stephens
Personal Recollections of Early Victoria by Albert A.A.C.. Le Souef, typescript, nd (File) - Box 69 (MS 10400)
Publications, 1933 - 2015 (File) - Box 69 (MS 10400)
Sydney Art School Retrospective exhibition 1890-1933; Journal article 8A Tufton Street, SW1; Bulletin of the Art gallery of SA; Melba Revisited, Maie Casey; Kenneth Hince Book Auction catalogue; Biblionews containing Jane Macgowan obituary
Photograph album, 1880 - 1914 (File) - Folio-Box 70 (MS 10400)
Includes photographs of RGC Junior, Dermot Casey, of Kilfera, Shipley, Barwon Heads, first flight in Australia by Houdini at Diggers Rest; Brighton, England; The Grange School, South Yarra; 1893 Brisbane Flood
Photographs - Bundle 1: c100+ photos, labelled on envelope by Jane Macgowan: 'mostly photos of trip taken with Peter Schliter (?) and Pat and David Hawkins. Back from Middle East ?1950s and a few others', nd (File) - Box 71 (MS 10400)
Photographs - Bundle 4: Bundle of older photos (File) - Box 71 (MS 10400)
Includes packet of negatives
Mounted photograph, Queen Elizabeth II, Robert Menzies, Lord Casey and Cabinet members, outside parliament house (File) - Folio-Box 72 (MS 10400)
Series. Tasmanian Maps
County of Devon, Parish of Northam Lot 333A, 360 acres, 1862 (File) - Folio-Box 73 (MS 10400)
Francis McHugh; Henry Glasspoole; Jeremiah Collins; James Reid
Forthside, County of Devon, Parish of Northam part of Lot 335, 1863 (File) - Folio-Box 73 (MS 10400)
Cornelius Carty, William Hart; Francis McHugh
Lots for sale at Launceston for the town of Formby, 1864 (File) - Folio-Box 73 (MS 10400)
Lots bound by Best Street, Gunn Street, Steele Street and Ronald Street
Forthside, County of Devon, Parish of Northam 50 acres, 1863 (File) - Folio-Box 73 (MS 10400)
Hugh Murray; Thomas Highes; Hugh Kennedy; Patrick Carty; Thomas Hogan; Thomas Regan; Thomas Hughes
County of Devon, Parish of Northam, 1862 (File) - Folio-Box 73 (MS 10400)
Cummings Raymond & Co.; Jno. Williams; Thomas Williams and George Glover
District Map, 1860s (File) - Folio-Box 73 (MS 10400)
Incorporating properties from the Eastern bank of the River Forth to the Western bank of the River Mersey
Forthside, County of Devon, Parish of Northam, 1863 (File) - Folio-Box 73 (MS 10400)
O'Regan; O' Shaughnessy; James Hogan; John Heffernan; C. Heinrick; Edward Connor; Jeremiah Collins; Francis McHugh; Con Carty O'Donnell; Michael [illegible]
County of Devon, Parish of Northam, 1863 (File) - Folio 74 (MS 10400)
Landholdings from The River Forth to the west of the River Don
District map, 1857 (File) - Folio 76 (MS 10400)
Landholders, includes topographical features and descriptions of timbered and cleared areas
Class 5. Consignment received February 2018, 1882 - 1926
This consignment comprises a minute book containing a handwritten duplicate of John Cotton's letters from the 1840's and enclosed handwritten chapters of 'Pioneering in the Fourties [sic]'. There is the 1926 first edition of the British Gazette, a bound newspaper cutting scrapbook with clippings about the Ryan family; cloth bound album of Christian European art from Germany, and four pieces of artwork, one depicting the style where Admiral Lord Charles Scott proposed to Ada Ryan in 1882. Other items are 17 Silk place mats featuring hand-coloured illustrations by John Tenniel from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
17 Silk placemats, 1900s (File) - Folio-Box 79 (MS 10400)
featuring hand-coloured illustrations by John Tenniel from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
Bound newspaper cutting scrapbook belonging to Marian Ryan, Derriweit Heights, Mount Macedon, 1877 - 1915 (File) - Folio-Box 79 (MS 10400)
Contains photograph of a dust storm at Narrandera c. 1900
Minute book containing the Duplicate Of John Cotton's Letters From Australia Felix, 1843-1849 by Frank Campbell Snodgrass, 1894 - 1905 (File) - Folio-Box 79 (MS 10400)
Contains a handwritten manuscript entitled Pioneering In The Forties (Chapters 11-17 plus Appendix), by Frank Campbell Snodgrass which was published as a series in The Leader (Melbourne) in November and December 1905
Framed painting of the style where Admiral Lord Charles Scott proposed to Ada Ryan in 1882, when he was sailing around the world aboard H.M.S. Bacchante with the future George V. Painted by Ciccy Godfrey, 21 December 1882 (File) - Folio-Box 80 (MS 10400)
Barefooted schoolboy, George Washington Lambert (1873-1930) pencil on cardboard (File) - Folio-Box 80 (MS 10400)
Exhibited S.H. Ervin Gallery , Sydney, August 1978 Cat. 66
Sketches of dogs' heads, William Strutt (1825-1915) (File) - Folio-Box 80 (MS 10400)
verso note "To certify This is the work of my Grandfather William Strutt. It has been in the family since his death - signed Margaret Strutt-Davies"