Guide to the Papers of Sir Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet (as filmed by the AJCP)

Sir Redmond Barry (Melbourne) to Murchison, 4 January 1870 (Item ff.117-20)

Seeks advice on syllabus for proposed Ballarat School of Mines...

Sir George Bowen (Brisbane) to Murchison, 30 April 1860 (Item ff.197-98)

Thanks for Terra Australia; progress of Queensland.

Sir George Bowen to Murchison, 1 December 1860 (Item ff.199-202)

Sends reports of exploring expedition to north east coast; establishment of Pt. Denison; proposed settlement on Gulf of Carpentaria; spread of pastoral frontier; extension of telegraph to Rockhampton; route of Indo-Australian telegraph should pass through Queensland; political stability and economic growth of Queensland.

Angela Burdett-Coutts to Murchison, 30 April 1869 (Item ff.326-29)

Funeral of Sir James Brooke; his achievements in Sarawak.

J.E. Cairnes (Dublin) to Murchison, 9 November 1858 (Item ff.356-57)

Research on consequences of gold discoveries in California and Australia.

Chambers and Finke (Adelaide) to Murchison, 20 May 1861 (Item f.377)

Sends specimens collected by A. McD. Stuart on overland expedition; introduces S.W. White.

Chambers and Finke to Murchison, 26 November 1861 (Item ff.379-80)

New expedition led by Stuart to cross Australia; hopes of founding settlement at River Adelaide on north coast; deaths of Burke and Wills.

W. Cowper to Murchison, 5 October 1860 (Item ff.424-25)

Erection of statue of Sir John Franklin.

Sophia Cracroft to Murchison, 2 June 1856 (Item ff.457-58)

Search for Sir John Franklin; Lady Franklin refers to discovery of La Perouse's ships 40 years after disappearance.

Sophia Cracroft (San Francisco) to Murchison, 22 August 1861 (Item ff.467-70)

Request by King of Hawaii that Queen Victoria be sponsor to his son; American Civil War; establishment of church at Hawaii by Lady Franklin; wishes Murchison would visit Hawaii...

J. Crawfurd to Murchison, 24 June 1851 (Item f.481)

Proposed paper on geography of Borneo.

J. Crawfurd to Murchison, 17 June 1863 (Item f.487)

Establishment of settlement on north coast of Australia.

J. Crawfurd to Murchison, 18 June 1863 (Item f.489)

Sends manuscript, including sheet on origin of word moa.

Sir Dominic Daly (Adelaide) to Murchison, 26 December 1862 (Item ff.1- 2)

Sends journal and chart of expedition of A.McD. Stuart.

Sir William Denison to Murchison, 10 August 1867 (Item ff.37-38)

Autobiography; decline in N.S.W. gold returns.

Sir William Denison to Murchison, 19 August 1867 (Item ff.39-40)

Autobiography.

Lady Franklin (San Francisco) to Murchison, 29 July 1861 (Item ff.273-80)

Visit to Hawaii; request by King of Hawaii that Queen Victoria sponsor his son; possibility of King visiting England.

Harriet Grote to Murchison, 01-15 (Item ff.346-47)

Murchison's prediction of gold in N.S.W.

A.K. Johnston to Murchison, 30 October 1861 (Item ff.488-89)

Appointment of Dr. Hector to New Zealand.

A. Langel to Murchison, 12 January 1866 (Item f.50)

Introductions sought by Prince de Condé travelling to India, China, Java, Philippines, Australia.

J. Lockhart to Murchison, 1 March 1852 (Item ff.107- 8)

Article in Quarterly Review on effects of Australian gold discoveries on free trade policies.

Sir Richard McDonnell (Adelaide) to Murchison, 26 October 1860 (Item ff.142-43)

Need for boundaries of South and Western Australia to be extended to north coast; expedition of A.McD. Stuart; criticism of Chambers.

L. Mackinnon to Murchison, 3 August 1867 (Item ff.150-53)

Claims of F. von Mueller to knighthood.

W. Macleay (Sydney) to Murchison, 3 April 1841 (Item ff.160-61)

Fossils collected by Beagle on north coast of Australia; fossil fish found at Newcastle.

J. McMaster to Murchison, 22 August 1861 (Item ff.166-67)

Seeks advice on agricultural potential of Queensland.

Capt. J. Mangles to Murchison, 1832 (Item ff.182-83)

Minerals collected at Swan River.

F. von Mueller to Murchison, 28 August 1867 (Item ff.239-40)

Plans to reorganize Leichhardt search expedition; visit of General Carey...

G.C. Mundy to Murchison, 17 April 1852 (Item ff.241-42)

Inclusion of note on gold discoveries in book Our Antipodes.

Duke of Newcastle to Murchison, 26 May 1861 (Item f.269)

Presentation of gold medal to A. McD. Stuart.

Admiral E. Ommanney to Murchison, 12 March 1869 (Item ff.294-95)

Memorial to Sir James Ross.

Lord Palmerston to Murchison, 4 October 1861 (Item f.342)

Proposed visit to England of King of Hawaii.

Memorandum by Sir James Ross concerning bottles thrown from Erebus in 1842 and found near Cape Liptrap, 10 June 1846 (Item f.475)

C. Ruland to Murchison, 31 January 1860 (Item ff.483-84)

Request by German geologist Dr. Taeuzsch to accompany British expedition to Fiji.

W.H. Smyth to Murchison, 7 August 1852 (Item ff.81-82)

Expeditions sent to search for L. Leichhardt.

Lord Somerset to Murchison, 2 June 1860 (Item f.91)

Thanks for report on New Zealand iron ore.

J.L. Stokes to Murchison, 8. Dec (Item ff.144-45)

Sends correspondence with W.E. Gladstone on steam communication with Australia and establishment of settlement on north coast; French interest in Australia.

P.E. Strzelecki to Murchison, 12 November 1861 (Item ff.155-56)

Erection of memorial to Lord Herbert.

C. Sturt to Murchison, 9 February 1861 (Item ff.161-62)

Introduces Burr, Deputy Surveyor of South Australia; A. McD. Stuart's journey across Australia; aborigines of Cooper's Creek.

E. Deas Thomson (Sydney) to Murchison, 20 April 1866 (Item ff.195-96)

Appointment of A. Thomson to University of Sydney.

W. Wheeler to Murchison, 19 May 1870 (Item ff.285-86)

Wishes to join Livingstone relief expedition; experience of Australian exploration.

Sir John Young (Sydney) to Murchison, 21 September 1863 (Item f.356)

Sends sections of Newcastle coalfield; Mackenzie's survey of Illawarra district.