Guide to the Papers of Murray-Prior Family

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MS 7801

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Collection Summary

Creator
Murray-Prior Family
Title
Papers of Murray-Prior Family
Date Range
1810-1945
Collection Number
MS 7801
Extent
1.05 metres (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
NLA

Introduction

Access conditions

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn505344) for the access conditions.

Copying and publishing conditions

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Murray-Prior Family, National Library of Australia, MS 7801, [series and/or file number]'.

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged by Colin Roderick. Roderick prepared an itemised inventory. A full copy of Roderick's index is stored in Box 1 of the collection. A copy of each part of the index has also been placed in the box to which the part relates.

Biographical note

Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior (1819-1892) was born in Somerset, England, and emigrated to Australia in 1839. In 1843 he settled in what later became Queensland, and became a successful pastoralist. From 1866 to 1874 he was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council and Postmaster-General. In 1872 he married his second wife, Nora Barton, the daughter of Emily Mary Darvall (1817-1909). Nora's elder sister, Rose Barton (1844-1893) was the mother of the poet A.B. "Banjo" Paterson. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior's eldest daughter was the writer Rosa Praed (1851-1935).

Item Descriptions

481 letters from Rosa Praed to Ruth Murray-Prior, mostly written from London, Torquay or France, 1912-1931 (File 1-12) - Box 1-2

For further information on the contents of these folders, refer to Appendix 1 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 1 of the collection.

Papers of Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, 1819-1905 (File 13-16) - Box 3

For further information on the contents of these folders, refer to Appendix 2 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 3 of the collection.

Papers of the Murray-Prior Family, 1872-1945 (File 17-19) - Box 3

For further information on the contents of these folders, refer to Appendix 3 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 3 of the collection.

Correspondence of the Murray-Prior Family, 1827-1901 (File 20) - Box 4

For further information on the contents of these folders, refer to Appendix 4 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 4 of the collection.

Correspondence of the children of Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, 1869-1905 (File 21-24) - Box 4

For further information on the contents of these folders, refer to Appendix 5 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 4 of the collection.

Papers re the family of Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, 1910-1919 (File 25-26) - Box 4

For further information on the contents of these folders, refer to Appendix 6 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 4 of the collection.

Mss and papers of Rosa Praed and Nancy Harwood, 1880-1904 (File 27-31) - Box 5

For further information on the contents of these folders, refer to Appendix 7 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 5 of the collection.

Mss and papers of Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior and family, 1837-1935 (File 32-33) - Box 5

For further information on the contents of these folders, refer to Appendix 8 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 5 of the collection.

Sundry family documents and notebooks, 1863-1937 (File 34-35) - Box 6

For further information on the contents of these folders, refer to Appendix 9 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 6 of the collection.

Eleven letters re Major Darvall and Emily Johnson, great-grandparents of A.B. Paterson, 1810-1835 (File 36) - Box 6

For further information on the contents of this folder, refer to Appendix 10 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 6 of the collection.

Photocopies of material re the Darvall/Barton/Johnson families (File 37) - Box 6

For further information on the contents of this folder, refer to Appendix 11 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 6 of the collection.

Darvall sisters' letters re their settlement in New South Wales, 1839-1849 (File 38-41) - Box 6

For further information on the contents of these folders, refer to Appendix 12 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 6 of the collection.

Miscellaneous family papers, including four letters from Lucy Osborn to Nora Barton, 1872-1875; clean copy mss of four poems by George Essex Evans; literary mss of Nora Murray-Prior; and photographs of Thomas Murray-Prior, Rosa Praed and other family members, 1877-1900, 1872-1900 (File 42-46) - Box 7

For further information on the contents of these folders, refer to Appendix 13 of Colin Roderick's inventory, stored in Box 7 of the collection.


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