Guide to the Papers of Walter Jervoise Scott (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M2468-M2475

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2018

Collection Summary

Creator
Scott, Walter Jervoise
Title
Papers of Walter Jervoise Scott (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range
1862 - 1898
Collection Number
M2468-M2475
Extent
8 items
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Australian Joint Copying Project
Sponsor
The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Letterbooks, photograph albums, correspondence and financial papers relating to the Valley of Lagoons. Correspondents include Walter, Arthur and Charles Scott, James Winter Scott, R.G.W. Herbert, Sir George Bowen, R.H. Gamlen, Archibald E. Scott, W. Kilgour, Villiers Brown, R.J. Atkinson, William Wood and W.A. Love.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1989 (AJCP Reels: M2468-M2475). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

The originals of the collection are located at the private residence of Sir James Scott. Hants, England.

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2299054] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

See also: G C Bolton. The Valley of Lagoons: a study in exile. Business Archives and History vol 4 1964. no.2

Finding-aid Notes

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Subject

Atkinson, R.J.; Australia; Bowen, Sir George F.; Brown, Villiers; Farms and Farming: Queensland; Gamlen, R.H.; Herbert, Sir Robert G.W.; Kilgour, W.; Love, W.A.; Photographs: Queensland; Scott, Archibald E.; Scott, Arthur; Scott, Charles; Scott, James Winter; Scott, Walter J.; Valley of Lagoons station, Queensland; Wood, William

Advisory Statement

Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Maori people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 407, p.157.

Biographical / Historical

Walter Scott (1835-1890) and his brother George Arthur (1833-1895) of Rotherfield Park, Alton, Hampshire were persuaded by R G W Herbert to invest in the Valley of Lagoons, Burdekin district, Queensland.

They emigrated to Queensland in 1863, and Walter became managing partner at the end of 1864, when Arthur returned to England. In 1873 the property went over to cattle and began to pay its way. Walter became a shire councillor, J.P. and patron of the Anglican church. He died unmarried on the property in 1890.

Item Descriptions

Letterbook of Walter Jervoise Scott (Indexed), 10 July 1866 - 1 July 1880 (File 1)

Copies of letters by Walter Jervoise Scott from Valley of Lagoons and Alton (Jan 1876-Feb 1877) concerning running the property.

Correspondents include: Arthur Scott; Bank of NSW; G E Dalrymple; Henry Stone.

(pressed letterbook, many faint, poor copies).

The items are letterpress copy books and many pages are faint and hard to read due to the original copying process and ink used.

Select items only have been copied from the letter books.

The original pagination of the letterbooks is erratic. Some pages have been lost, loose or were wrongly numbered and so may not appear in sequence.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2468-M2471.

Letterbook of Walter Jervoise Scott (Indexed), 19 July 1880 - 10 January 1887 (File 2)

Copies of William Jervoise Scott's letter from Valley of Lagoons, Pelican Lakes, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Christchurch, Wellington, Alton (1 August 1885 - 10 January 1887) concerning running the property. P17 photograph of an unidentified lady (13 August 1882).(Pressed letterbook, some faint, poor copies)

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2471-M2473.

Letterbook of Walter Jervoise Scott (Indexed), 17 January 1887 - 25 December 1888 (File 3 (Part 1))

Correspondence of Walter Jervoise Scott (1887-1888) from Alton, Mount Clare and London relating to the management of the property. Filmed selectively.

Correspondents include: Bank of NSW, Arthur Scott, F G Beazley.

The item is a letterpress copying book and many pages are faint or difficult to read due to the original copying process and ink.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2473-M2474.

Letterbook of Walter Jervoise Scott (indexed), 27 December 1888 - 21 October 1889 (File 3 (Part 2))

Second part of correspondence from Walter Jervoise Scott from Alton, Mount Clare and London re running the property. Correspondents include: Bank of NSW; Arthur Scott; F G Beazley. Last letter mentions leaving England.

It includes copies of letters by Arthur Scott (20 September 1897) pp.266-267, photograph of wool train.

The item is a letterpress copying book and many letters are difficult to read due to the copying process and ink used.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2473-M2474.

Walter Jervoise Scott Photograph album. 79p, (undated) (File 4)

Photographs of unidentified Australian scenes and of family and friends.

Identifications made on back of photographs have been noted.

Photographs of paintings and statues were not filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP).

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2474.

Archibald E Scott Photograph album. 98p, 1884 - 1885 (File 5)

Includes photographs of Java; Brisbane; Sydney; Indigenous Australians; Waitakerei, New Zealand; Maoris; Rotomahana, Wellington, Tamworth, Goonoo Goonoo Station, Peel River, Lake Tarawera, New Zealand.

Photographs of Aden, Ceylon, USA, Scandinavia were not filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2474.

Archibald E Scott Photograph album, (undated) (File 6)

Photographs of Peel River Company Ltd, 1898; Goonoo Goonoo; Indigenous Australians in Queensland; Dalrymple Gap, Queensland; Herbert River, Queensland (6p)

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2474.

Additional Material, 1862 - 1898 (File 7)

6 items

Each item is preceded by a transcript and a brief precis.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2475.

Correspondence and other papers, 1862 - 1868 (Item A1-14)

Correspondents include the Scott brothers, (Walter, Arthur, and Charles) James Winter Scott and R.G.W. Herbert regarding management of the properties, and Sir George Bowen (Governor) to A.J. Scott concerning the new settlement at Cape York. Ther are also financial estimates and other papers relating to the management of the property.

Financial statements and estimates, station accounts and correspondence, 1872 - 1896 (Item B1-16)

Correspondents include R.G.W. Herbert, R.H. Gamlen, Walter and Arthur J. Scott regarding management of the properties.

Correspondence, 1890 - 1898 (Item C1-29)

Correspondents include R.H. Gamlen, Archibald E. Scott, W. Kilgour of Dalgety, Brian Lynn of Queensland Trustees Ltd., Arthur J. Scott, Villiers Brown, R.J. Atkinson, William Wood, W.A. Lowe and R.H. Ramsden concerning management of the properties, death of Walter J. Scott and sale of property.

Description of Valley of Lagoons, Herbert Vale and the surrounding country from the incaption of the enterprise to 1898 (Item)

Financial reviews and summary including a survey of causes of the failure of the enterprise (Item)

Maps of Charters Towers district, the Townsville-Cardwell district, North Kennedy and Cardwell (Item)


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