Guide to the Papers of the Pedley Family (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1857
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Online Items
Series. Volume 1, 1856 - 1864
Genealogical Papers (File 1)
Family trees of Pedley Family 1690-1900 compiled by Edward Pedley (1872), and Ada Hitchen and a record of family of Hannah Platt.
Letters of William Pedley, 1856 - 1857 (File 2)
Letters of William Pedley to members of his family concerning preparations for his departure from Liverpool, conditions on the emigrant ship and his life in Adelaide working on a farm and quarrying stones for a main road (9 letters).
Letters of Edward Pedley, 1857 - 1863 (File 3)
Letters of Edward Pedley (Sandbach, Cheshire) to his son William Pedley concerning family news, local events, economic conditions in England, farming, prices, Indian Mutiny, American Civil War, conditions on emigrant ship, William's experiences in Australia, emigration of tradesmen to Australia, cultivation of cotton in Queensland, and William's doubts about remaining in Australia. (27 letters).
Series. Volume 11, 1875 - 1906
Letter of Thomas Pedley, 1875 (File 5)
Letter of Thomas Pedley (Melbourne) to his uncle Thomas Pedley, 6 September 1875 concerning cost of living, wages and employment in Australia.
Letters of Edward and Katie Pedley, 1875 - 1887 (File 6)
Letters of Edward Pedley (Williamstown, Victoria) and his daughter Katie to their unclde Thomas Pedley concerning family news, purchase of land, crops, changes at Williamstown, free trade and protection, receipt of seeds, visits to Sydney and Portland, Chinese labourers, work on railways, rabbit problem, concern about penal settlement in New Caledonia, and plans for irrigation in Victoria. (20 letters).