Guide to the papers of General William H.A. Feilding (as filmed by the AJCP)

Series W 2. Volume of correspondence and newspaper cuttings, 1871 - 1897

Includes letters from Feilding in Australia and New Zealand to his sister Lady Mary Feilding, 1871-81; an address presented to Feilding by the settlers of Feilding, New Zealand, 1894; newspaper cuttings concerning visits by Feilding to Feilding, New Zealand, in 1894 and Muar, Johore, in 1895 and a conference at Feilding, New Zealand, in 1897.

Correspondence and newspaper cuttings, 1871 - 1897 (File)

Series W 14. Parcel containing sepia wash drawings

Of the site selected for the town of Feilding and of Manawatu Gorge and Rangitawa; prints of Feilding, Ashhurst and the railway bridge over the Oroau River; views of the Duke of Manchester's land, Halcombe and Halcombe railway station, Manawatu block from Westoe and a surveyors' camp.

Parcel of drawings (File)

Series W 16. Small sketchbook containing sketches of scenery, architecture and sculpture in Europe and Java, 1874 - 1875

Small sketchbook, 1874 - 1875 (File)

Series W 17. Diary kept by Feilding, 1881

Covers his stay in Australia during which he advised the Queensland Government on the possibility of constructing a railway from Roma to Point Parker.

Diary, 1881 (File)

Series W 18. Parcel containing papers on the expedition to Point Parker, 1879 - 1894

Reports (manuscript and printed), including Feilding's report on the Queensland Trans-Continental Railway Exploration, April 1882 (File 1-10)

Plan of proposed Australian Trans-Continental Railway showing the course of the line as agreed to in January 1882 by T. McIlwraith and John Robinson. (File 11)

Diaries, articles etc. (File 12-17)

Includes diary of Feilding's journey from Mitchell to Point Parker, article in Victorian Review (1882) by J. Douglas, and text of provisional agreement between the Queensland Government and the Australian Transcontinental Railway Syndicate Ltd. in 1882.

Correspondence, 1881 - 1882 (File 18-50)

Letters from Feilding and J. Robinson to the Transcontinental Railway Syndicate in London; two letterbooks of letters from Feilding; letters from T. McIlwraith, Sydney Montifiore of the Queensland Investment and Land Mortgate Company, and John Montifiore; two printed reports by Feilding on Point Parker and Batavia River.

Correspondence, 1883 - 1894 (File 51-67)

Other papers, including a pamphlet containing correspondence between the Syndicate and the Colonial Secretary, 1883-86, T. McIlwraith's letter to Feilding, 1888, typescript copy of correspondence between Henry Kimber and McIlwraith on compensation to the Syndicate, 1894, and papers on the winding up of the Syndicate.

Notebook containing part of Feilding's diary, October-November 1881 (File 68-70)

Kept while surveying for the railway, and estimates of cost of providing and working sheep and cattle runs in the Warrego district...

Series W 23. Envelope containing correspondence between Feilding and R. Barbour of Sydney, concerning settlements, 1894 - 1895

Correspondence, 1894 - 1895 (File)

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Series W 24. Diploma awarded to Feilding by the Sultan of Johore For Feilding's services as principal agent and adviser to the Sultan in London, and associated papers, 1891

Diploma, 1891 (File)

Series W 25. Scrapbook of Charlotte Feilding containing an account of the funeral of the Sultan of Johore, the coronation of Sultan Ibrahim, November 1895

Scrapbook, 1895 (File)

Series W 26. Diary of Charlotte Feilding on a trip with her husband, General Feilding, to Canada, New Zealand and Singapore, 1894 - 1895

General Feilding died of cholera in Singapore, 25 March 1895

Diary, 1894 - 1895 (File)

Series W 30. Commonplace book of Charlotte Feilding, 1897 - 1924

Includes a letter, 1897, concerning a portrait of her husband to be hung in the library at Feilding, New Zealand, and photographs of and cuttings about the town of Feilding, 1910-24.

Commonplace book, 1897 - 1924 (File)