Guide to the Papers of Captain T.G.S. Ward (as filmed by the AJCP)
M407 - M409, M593, M718
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
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Series 1. New South Wales, 1821 - 1861
Subseries A. Commercial correspondence, 1835 - 1841
Edwards & Hunter (Sydney) to Frederick Huth & Co. (London), 17 August 1835 (File)
Bill of lading for case of books for Rev. G.K. Rusden.
Salting & Garrard (Sydney) to Frederick Huth & Co. (London), 1837-1841 (File)
Bills of lading; insurance on goods shipped to New South Wales. (6 letters)
C.W. Roemer (Sydney) to Frederick Huth & Co. (London), 1838-1840 (File)
Bills of lading; interest charges. (3 letters)
Subseries B. Private correspondence, 1821 - 1861
Thomas B. Allen (Sydney) to his uncle Samuel Allen (Newark on Trent), 16 July 1821 (File)
Voyage to New South Wales; appointment to the General Hospital; land grants; prices of household goods.
Thomas B. Allen to George Hodkinson (Newark on Trent), 24 February 1823 (File)
News of his uncle's death; payment of a legacy; medical practice.
Thomas B. Allen (Parramatta) to George Hodkinson, 7 February 1825 (File)
Financial matters; has a 'reservation of land'.
John McGarvie (Sydney) to George Hutchison, 26 April 1836 (File)
News of Scottish friends in New South Wales, including the McInnes and Robertson families.
Archibald Mosman (Sydney) to James McAllan (Edinburgh), 1 May 1838 (File)
Death of Mosman's mother; legacy.
Felton Mathew (Sydney) to T. Fooks (Sherborne), 6 September 1839 (File)
Refers to the colonial vice of drinking. (incomplete)
[Unknown] (Sydney) to his mother (Aberdeen), 28 October 1840 (File)
Medical treatments; season of flowers; affairs of Presbyterian Church.
Henry [Unknown] (Sydney) to his sister Mrs James Rae (London), 21 March 1841 (File)
Arrival in the colony; impressions of Sydney and the country; parrots; immigration.
Gosling Brown & Co. (Sydney) to Robert Brickon (Whitby), 4 November 1843 (File)
Forwards certificate of health for Mrs Minnithorpe.
S. Raymond (Sydney) to Mrs [Unknown] (Maryborough, Ireland), n.d. [1844] (File)
Rentals of properties. (incomplete)
J. Glanville (Shoalhaven) to Thomas Whitford (St Columb, Cornwall), 13 February 1845 (File)
Farming. (incomplete)
Alfred Stephen (Sydney) to Mrs Herbert Maynard (Brixton), 1 January 1845 (File)
Financial matters. (incomplete)
Henry Edwards (Armidale) to William [Unknown] (Haverford West, Wales), 16 February 1847 (File)
Power of attorney in relation to a legacy.
Lyons (Parramatta) to his sister (London), 1 June 1847 (File)
Death of his wife; happiness of their marriage; possible move to Port Phillip or South Australia.
George D. Dickinson (Meroo) to John Ogilvie (Dundee), 5 May 1856 (File)
Payment to his mother; business matters.
Series 3. South Australia, 1840 - 1857
Subseries B. Private correspondence, 1840 - 1850
William Giles (Adelaide) to Capt. Robert Laing (North Shields), 18 April 1840 (File)
Land speculations; growth of the colony; deaths of two of his children.
W.G. Lambert (Adelaide) to C. Melville (London), 11 November 1847 (File)
Pension from East India Company.
John Newman (Adelaide) to Clayton and Cookson (London), 21 December 1847 (File)
Sends money for Mrs Newman.
James Ide (Mount Charles) to Joshua Hopkins (Leighton Buzzard), 27 July 1848 (File)
Severe winter; mutual friends; request's Bell's Life in London.
James Ide (Ausdwarfe) to Joshua Hopkins, 15 December 1848 (File)
Arrival at German Town; floods; financial matter.
James Ide (Hahndorf) to Joseph Hopkins (Leighton Buzzard), 27 February 1850 (File)
Mutual friends; financial matters; possible return to England.
Subseries C. London Missionary Society correspondence, 1840 - 1852
Series 4. Tasmania, 1837 - 1854
Subseries A. Private correspondence, 1837 - 1854
Major George Deare (Hobart) to Charles Deare (London), 19 May 1837 (File)
Military appointment. (incomplete)
William Inkersole, Robert Pitcairn and P. Jacomb (Hobart) to Mrs J.M. Consett Maynard (London), 1841-1847 (File)
Financial transactions; payment of interest; property in Hobart; refers to Alfred Stephen, M.L. Murray. (14 letters)
Series 5. Victoria, 1839 - 1856
Subseries B. Private correspondence, 1839 - 1856
P.W. Welsh & Co. (Melbourne) to Abel L. Gower and R.F. Gower (London), 1 August 1839 (File)
Purchase of land.
David Young (Melbourne) to J. and J. Mac Andrew (Edinburgh), 30 October 1841 (File)
Affairs of late Alexander Millar and Mackie; consignment of turpentine.
Alexander Anderson (Portland Bay) to David Anderson (Dundee), 7 September 1842 (File)
Requests shirts and books. (incomplete)
Mary Walker (Geelong) to Mrs Dunlop (Glasgow), 7 July 1844 (File)
Losses incurred by the family while managing a sheep station; legacy received by her mother; mutual friends.
William Hull (Melbourne) to William Sanderson (London), 18 July 1844 (File)
Certificate of health of William Hull who holds life assurance policy.
P. Jacomb (Melbourne) to Mrs T.J. Consett Maynard (London), 1 April 1850 (File)
Conversation with Sir Alfred Stephen about her affairs.
J.W. Carlton (Melbourne) to his brother James Carlton (Manchester), 10 March 1854 (File)
Business affairs.
Series 6. Western Australia, 1834 - 1846
Subseries A. Private correspondence, 1834 - 1846
Fanny L. Bussell (Augusta, Vasse River) to Emily Huggins (Gosport), 1834-1841 (File)
News of family and friends; travels; social life; growth of the colony; refers to Sir James and Lady Stirling; Molloy Family, Captain Bunbury and other settlers in south-west of the colony. (6 letters, very lengthy)
Series 7. New Zealand, 1841 - 1862
Subseries A. Private correspondence, 1841 - 1862
Alexander Kennedy (Bay of Islands) to James Dunlop (Edinburgh), 20 January 1841 (File)
Difficulties of Mr Hamilton in securing employment in Sydney; New Zealand countryside and climate; Maoris.
Series 8. New South Wales, 1822 - 1840
Series 10. Tasmania, 1837 - 1857
Charles Swanston (Hobart) to Perkins, Bacon and Pitch (London), 6 December 1837 (File)
Bill of lading for 1500 notes for use of Derwent Bank.
Charles McDonnell (Hobart) to Barrow and Kelham, solicitors (Southwell), 20 August 1845 (File)
Estate of George Green of Kittys Corner who married Anna Norman, a convict from Gloucestershire.
Series 11. Victoria, 1839 - 1853
Samuel Greenlees (Melbourne) to his father Matthew Greenlees and sister Ellen Greenlees (Rochdale), 1839-1840 (File)
(3 letters, mostly crossed)
Benjamin Heapes (Melbourne) to Matthew Greenlees, 28 July 1841 (File)
Illness and death of Samuel Greenlees; business affairs.
Series 12. New South Wales, 1836 - 1852
Joseph Davies (Windsor) to his daughter Martha Davies (Merthyr Tydfil, Wales), 1837-1844 (File)
Spiritual advice on 'the state of everlasting happiness'; sends money order; food prices. (3 letters, one in Welsh)
George Whitfield (Sydney) to Dr Tennant and Robert J. Tennant (Belfast), 1838-1840 (File)
Arrangements for his nephew William J. Whitfield to join him in Sydney. (3 letters)
George Smith (Sydney) to William Dean (London), 1 May 1842 (File)
Particulars of his conviction for forgery and his reformed life. (crossed)
Lawrence Delany (Sydney) to the Registrar, Royal Chelsea Hospital, 10 November 1845 (File)
Requests certificate of service of W. McKernan of 83rd Regiment.
Series 13. Tasmania, 1842 - 1850
Derwent Bank (Hobart) to Perkins, Baker and Peter (London), 20 July 1842 (File)
Supply of stationery
Aaron Allason (Hobart) to E.W. Knowles (Yorkshire), 13 September 1843 (File)
Employment in one of largest shops in Hobart; arrival of a new governor; likes country much more than previously.
Series 14. Victoria, 1841 - 1856
Series 15. New South Wales, 1826 - 1857
Subseries A. Commercial correspondence, 1826 - 1854
Prospectus of the Australian Mine and Exploring Company, 19 July 1833 (File)
With a note from John Lhotsky (Sydney) to Frederick Huth & Co. (London).
Salting and Garrard (Sydney) to Huth & Co., 9 March 1837 (File)
Insurance of wool shipped on Duchess of Northumberland.
Salting and Garrard to Huth & Co., 27 February 1838 (File)
Sales of wool shipped on Duchess of Northumberland and John.
H. Meinertzhagen (Sydney) to Huth & Co., 15 February 1840 (File)
Seeks consignments of wheat and flour from companies in Berlin and America.
Brown & Co. (Sydney) to Andrew Scott (Edinburgh), 4 February 1835 (File)
Sends statement of Scott's account. (copy)
H. Ferris (?) (Sydney) to William Bliss (Chipping Norton), 8 June 1841 (File)
Sends payment of £200; 'dreadfully embarrassed state of business' in the colony.
Robert Thomson & Co. (Sydney) to P. Forbes & Co. (Edinburgh), 1841-1842 (File)
Receipt of cargo; comments on unfavourable market. (4 letters)
E.G. Savage (Sydney) to Bell and Stewart, solicitors (London), 22 January 1842 (File)
Receipt of deeds; returning to England because of miserable state of the colony.
Capt. J. Thomson (Sydney) to Alex Jamieson (Edinburgh), 25 January 1842 (File)
Amounts drawn on account of schooner Gilbert Jamieson.
Pat Hill (Parramatta) to Campbell France, 19 March 1842 (File)
Receipt of dividends; affairs of colony in a very unsettled state; drought; opening up of Moreton Bay district; female factory at Parramatta.
William Walker (Sydney) to William Kerr (Glasgow), n.d. [1844] (File)
Sale of cloths by auction; market overstocked with all types of manufactured goods. (incomplete)
George Thorne (Sydney) to J.S. Lewis (Bristol), 1843-1844 (File)
Disposal of consignment of cheese. (2 letters)
Subseries B. Private correspondence, 1836 - 1857
Francis Halhed (Wandsworth, NSW) to Alfred Caswall (London), 1836-1845 (File)
Voyage in Neptune in East Indies (1836); sheep farming in New England (NSW); expenses; shooting of Indigenous Australians 30 miles away (1839); refers to John Everett, Alfred Denison; Bank of Australia and other banks; plans of returning to England. (9 letters)
James Atkins (Sydney) to his father William Atkins, 23 September 1848 (File)
Father's health; depressed state of the colony; business affairs; intended marriage.
John Cartledge (Sydney) to his father T. Cartledge (Knaresborough), 10 April 1841 (File)
Injury resulting from an accident on a ship.
George Smith (Sydney) to William Dean (London), 19 March 1842 (File)
Governor's recommendation of an absolute pardon; plans to return to England.
W.D. Halhed (Sydney, Liverpool Plains, New England) to Alfred Caswall (London), 1843-1846 (File)
(3 letters, crossed)
Henry Doncaster (Fairy Meadow) to his sister Mary Doncaster (Manchester), 24 October 1843 (File)
Family matters.
Subseries C. London Missionary Society, 1837 - 1846
Campbell & Co. (Sydney) to Thomas Wilson (London Missionary Society), 10 October 1837 (File)
Account.
Campbell & Co. (Sydney) to Thomas Wilson, 22 June 1839 (File)
Charting of brig Nimrod to South Seas.
Series 16. Tasmania, 1822 - 1853
Subseries A. Commercial correspondence, 1831 - 1844
Andrew Crombie (Hobart) to A. Cowan & Son (Edinburgh), 7 February 1833 (File)
Sales of stationery; encloses two letters.
Neil Douglas (Hobart) to Samuel Houston (London), 1834-1835 (File)
Receipt of payment; refers to Walter Bethune. (2 letters)
Walter Bethune (Hobart) to Samuel Houston (London), April-September1835 (File)
Financial affairs of Neil Douglas. (2 letters)
Charles McLachlan (Hobart) to Samuel Houston, 1836-1837 (File)
Account of Neil Douglas; financial matters. (4 letters)
Subseries B. Private correspondence, 1837 - 1849
Miss H.I. Dowbiggin (Hobart) to Miss Thomson, 1837-1841 (File)
News from England; improved property values in Hobart; surrounding landscape reminiscent of Lake District; economic conditions; return of exploring ships from the Antarctic. (4 letters)
Series 17. Victoria, 1837 - 1866
Subseries A. Commercial correspondence, 1837 - 1862
Capt. Charles Scott (Melbourne) to C. Cox & Son (London), 1837-1839 (File)
Sends declarations for half pay. (3 letters)
William Westgarth (Melbourne) to Peter Forbes & Co. (Edinburgh), 17 July 1841 (File)
Shipment of port wine from Oporto on Gilbert Jamieson.
Subseries B. Private correspondence, 1841 - 1866
J.W. Campbell (Mount Elephant) to his mother Mrs Campbell (Castle Douglas), 18 December 1841 (File)
Death of his father.
W.A. Brown (Melbourne) to his father W. Brown (Gloucester), 1 January 1844 (File)
Receipt of bill of lading for box of merchandise.
Addie Brewster (Melbourne) to Roger Mann (Colchester), 22 July 1850 (File)
Account of voyage to Australia.
B. Ryder (?) (Bendigo) to Jonathan Mann (Birmingham), n.d. [1853] (File)
Refers to gold diggings. (poor legibility)
Series 18. South Australia, 1838 - 1852
Subseries A. Private correspondence, 1840 - 1852
Alex McKean (Adelaide) to his brother William B. McKean (Leith), 1840-1841 (File)
Disappointment that Blair Park has passed to heirs of his former partner Duncan; purchase of a property near Glenelg.
John S. Duncan (Adelaide) to Sir John Forbes (Edinburgh), 17 June 1846 (File)
Seeks assistance in obtaining a position as an agent or manager of a mining or agricultural company.
John Newman (Adelaide) to Clayton and Cookman (London), 12 November 1847 (File)
Sends money for Mrs Newman.
Subseries B. Church correspondence, 1838 - 1847
Rev. Thomas Q. Stowe (Adelaide) to Rev. Wells (London), 21 March 1838 (File)
Death of two of his sisters; financial matter; building of a chapel; living conditions; preaching at Port Adelaide.
Series 19. New South Wales, 1832 - 1852
Subseries A. Commercial correspondence, 1841 - 1842
William Fitzherbert (Sydney) to T.G.S. Thompson (London), 28 December 1841 (File)
Favourable opinion of Port Nicholson, New Zealand; Sydney is in great commercial distress; requests £1000 worth of butter and cheese in six shipments.
Robert Thomson (Sydney) to Robert Cunningham (London), 30 December 1841 (File)
Insurance of Gilbert Jamieson.
Robert Thomson & Co. (Sydney) to P. Forbes & Co. (Edinburgh), 8 January 1842 (File)
Impending departure of Gilbert Jamieson; bills; sales of wine; arrival of William Mitchell at Port Phillip; market for bottled ales is unfavourable.
Subseries B. Private correspondence, 1846 - 1851
Henry Mace (Sydney) to John E. Mace (Tenterden, Kent), 15 March 1851 (File)
Has remitted £200; New South Wales in need of immigrants; fully equipped farm can be purchased for £300.
John Waugh (Kiama) to Walter Dickson (Edinburgh), 14 October 1846 (File)
Refers to their military life together; life as a pastoralist; occupations of his sons.
Subseries C. England to New South Wales, 1832 - 1852
John [Unknown] (Liverpool) to Robert Foster (Sydney), July-September 1832 (File)
His uncles approve of his continuing his arrangement with Dr Wardell and studying law. (2 letters)
Mary Ann and Patrick Davidson (Aberdeen) to Patrick and Catherine Leslie (Parramatta),, 6 January 1843 (File)
Family news; seeks information about Patrick Leslie's affairs with Stuart Donaldson.
Series 20. South Australia, 1840 - 1855
Ann Gaywood (Adelaide) to Ann Shaen (Essex), 17 August 1840 (File)
Describes her life in Adelaide; shipwreck of brigantine Maria at Endeavour Bay and murder of passengers by Indigenous Australians.
George Morphett (Adelaide) to Rev. Ernest Hawkins (London), 1846-1847 (File)
Bishop Augustus Short; investment of £300.
John Newman (Port Adelaide) to Messrs. Clayton and Cookson (London), 17 May 1847 (File)
Sends £10 for Mrs Newman or for his children's education.
S. Smart (Adelaide) to George Johnston (Dublin), 1849-1850 (File)
Land transactions in Adelaide; proposed construction of a railway through one of Johnston's properties (3 letters)
Henry Gilbert (Adelaide) to Cole, Lamb and Brooks (Basingstoke), 15 May 1850 (File)
Property in South Australia of Richard Turner inherited by his son Stephen Turner.
Henry Gilbert to Cole, Lamb and Brooks, 24 June 1851 (File)
Seeks legal evidence of death of Richard Turner.
Series 21. Victoria, 1842 - 1863
Subseries A. From Victoria, 1842 - 1861
George Boyd (Melbourne) to his uncle George Boyd (Edinburgh), 29 April 1842 (File)
Has given his uncle's books to a bookseller for sale; Carfrae has sold some books by auction at low prices; likes his situation.
William Westgarth (Melbourne) to Peter Forbes & Co. (Edinburgh), 10 July 1842 (File)
Disastrous affairs in Port Phillip; sale of wines from the Gilbert Jamieson.
George S. Brodie (Melbourne) to Alexander Cowan (Edinburgh), 16 August 1845 (File)
Bank draft; colony continues to improve; squatting regulations and right of pre-emption; encloses a list of saleable goods.
Henry Palmer (Geelong) to William Cozens (London), 3 May 1846 (File)
Financial troubles since Cozens left Launceston; intemperate habits of Hutchinson who is corresponding with his daughter; Capt. Cain building a house in Geelong as large as the one he occupies in Melbourne.
Hall Rose (Port Fairy) to his sister Sylvie Rose (Dover), 31 January 1850 (File)
Life on his run; fire on the Wannon River; news of Charles Burchitt and Jack Osborne; low prices of horses.
Certificate issued by Customs House, Melbourne, certifying that William Bayles is master of the Eu, 5 September 1854 (File)
(Printed)
Harry Rose (Mount Elgin) to his brother Philip D. Rose and sister Laura (Maresfield, Sussex), 4 September 1856 (File)
Visit to Melbourne and Rosebrook; mutual friends at Rosebrook; gold diggers at Pleasant Creek, Allan Vale and all the way to Mount Ararat; journey to Geelong in a Yankee coach; offer made to George Urquhart for his station 'Ballarook'.
Subseries B. From England to Victoria, 1843 - 1863
W. Rob Hawthorn (London) to George W. Cole, 29 March 1843 (File)
Wool trade and its hazards; warns against involvement with Capt. Bunbury; regrets Cole could not dispose of his property in Sydney.
Charles M. Lachlan & Co. (London) to William Timms (Geelong), 21 November 1850 (File)
Despatch of clothing and carpets; recent high prices realised for wool in England.
Series 22. Western Australia, 1830 - 1846
Series 23. New Zealand, 1852 - 1856
Fanny Fitzgerald (Lyttelton, Christchurch) to W. Vaux (London), 1852-1856 (File)
Canterbury settlement; libel case of Dampier v. Fitzgerald; impending departure of John R. Godley; visit of Lord Robert Cecil [later Lord Salisbury]; visitors to Christchurch; opening of provincial council; legal proceedings against James Fitzgerald; political life has made them poor; hill ill-health. (3 letters)
James E. Fitzgerald (Lyttelton) to W. Vaux, 24 August 1852 (File)
Exodus of settlers; believes settlers will return from Australian goldfields on account of New Zealand's agricultural land and absence of droughts; Canterbury Association breaking up part of its establishment; J.R. Godley returning to England.