Guide to the Collections of the Cambridgeshire Record Office, Cambridge (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1896
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
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Fonds R57/24. De Freville Family of Hinxton Collection, 1837
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Letter of Ann Gore (Lake Bathurst, N.S.W. to her cousins Mary Ann, Henrietta and Ellen Collison (London), 29 September 1837 (File 18 (b) 12)
Family news; visit to Parramatta; farm; monotonous scenery; isolation; no means of civilising Indigenous Australians. (very faded) Also includes transcript by P. Mander-Jones.
Fonds R77/90. Document received from Messrs. Park, Nelson, Dennes, Redfern & Co., London, 13 July 1871
Letters of administration of Norris W. Dike (died 29 April 1871), formerly of Cambridge, issued by master in Equity, Melbourne.
Fonds R79/70. E.D. and J Wedge Correspondence, 1826
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E.D. Wedge (Oyster Bay, Tasmania) to his father, 1 February 1826 (File)
Wishing he had undertaken farming, ruinous effects of saw mill; competition of Government sawyers; hopes his wife will emigrate; high cost of living in Hobart; allergations against surveyor G. Evans; bravery of J. Larke in helping capture armed convict. (photocopy)
Fonds R80/88. Letter-diary of William Elbourne to his father describing voyage on Ecliptic from England to Port Napier, New Zealand, 20 April 1860 - 19 August 1860
Refers to weather, fishing for porpoises and turtles, religious services, meals, sighting of Tasmania, arrival in New Zealand.
Fonds 17. Papers of the Baumgartner Family, 1855 - 1856
Series C. Correspondence, 27 January 1855 - 26 February 1856
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Fonds 279. Papers of Holsworther Family of Bromley and Elsworthy, 1877 - 1919
Series F. Family Papers, 16 December 1877 - 22 January 1878
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Diary of Joseph M. Holsworthy (b. 1822) on voyage from St. Vincent to Melbourne on Lustitania (11p), 16 December 1877 - 22 January 1878 (File)
The diary refers to the weather, social events, church services, books, seasickness, drunkness, fellow- passsengers (including Houdini), loneliness, visit to Adelaide, impressions of Melbourne, insanitary streets.
Series T. Title deeds, 1919
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Correspondence of F.W. Holsworthy (Bromley) concerning shares in Hampton Properties Ltd., 1919 (File T/46)
The company owned 27,000 acres of land near Kalgoorlie. The papers include a letter of C.M. Holsworthy about the allocation of shares (12 Aug. 1899) and a Financial Times report of the general meeting of Hampton Properties Ltd. (23 Oct. 1919)
Fonds 757. Papers of Cross-Morphew, Dobede and Collins Families, 1917 - 1919
Series F. Family Papers, 21 June 1917 - 6 August 1919
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Fonds. Papers of A.G. Hayes and S.C. Holt, 1821 - 1892
A.G. Hayes. Extracts on emigration from the Cambridge Chronicle (1821-97), 4 May 1821 - 17 March 1860 (File)
The volume contains numerous references to Australia and New Zealand, including farewell presentations, departure of emigrants, wrecks of emigrant ships, accounts of visits to Australia, conditions in the colonies, prices, the goldfields, death in the colonies, the return of R.G. Herbert from Queensland in 1866, and newspaper advertisements for emigrant ships. Roneoed (1 volume).
S.C. Holt. Emigrant to Victoria from Cambridgeshire, 1891 - 1892 (File)
Alphabetical listing of emigrants, giving villiage, ship date of arrival in Victoria, age, occupation, religion, literacy and disposal (ie. Town or district in Victoria). Vol. 2 is arranged by parish and also contains indexes. (2 volumes, Volume 2 by S.C. Holt and A.G. Hayes.)