Guide to the Collections of the Chester City Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
M848
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
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Fonds ZCR 31. Papers of the Brown Family of Upton, Chester, 10 July 1849 - 20 January 1907
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John Brown (Ballarat) to his family: No success in gold digging; growth of Ballarat, 24 November 1855 (File 22)
John Brown (Chinaman's Flat) to his family: Move to Chinaman's Flat, which was said to be doing well, but arrived too late, 11 March 1857 (File 24)
Brown (Ballarat) to his family, 14 August 1859 (File 26)
Heard that his brother was in Melbourne but did not believe it. (Written on printed sheet headed 'Newsletter of Australasia')
Brown (Ballarat) to his family: Failure of his claim; has heard of a new goldfield in Snowy River district, 16 May 1860 (File 27)
Brown (Ballarat) to his family: His failure so far; new goldfield in Snowy River district, 25 October 1860 (File 28)
Brown to his family: Claims have failed; decision to give up digging and go to New Zealand or return to England, 23 July 1862 (File 29)
John Brown (Scarsdale) to his family: No success; is working a claim for wages until he decides what to do, 24 September 1862 (File 30)
John Brown (Scarsdale) to his family: Still working for wages; may come home without the money he had hoped to make, 24 November 1862 (File 31)
John Brown (Hogburn, NZ) to his family: Prospecting during the winter; plans for future digging, 12 December 1863 (File 32)
John Brown (Manuherikia) to his parents: Starting a new claim outside gold rush area, 13 May 1864 (File 34)
John Brown (Dunedin) to his family, 18 May 1865 (File 36)
Working on erecting a home; tired of goldrushes. (Enclosed with a letter dated 23 May from his parents to their son James.)
John Brown (Dunedin) to his family: Intends to move to the west coast as summer is approaching, 18 August 1865 (File 37)
John Brown (Brighton) to his family: New claim has not been successful; apparent lack of work at home makes him reluctant to return, 10 November 1867 (File 40)
John Brown (St Kilda, NZ) to his family: Hopes for better gold finds in next six months, 2 July 1868 (File 42)
John Brown (Charleston) to his family: A bad fall has made him unable to work; goldfields are quiet, 7 June 1869 (File 43)
John Brown (Charleston) to his family: Not fully recovered from the fall; a very bad year, 27 November 1869 (File 44)
John Brown (Charleston) to his family, 1 November 1869 (File 45)
Plans to work a large claim over three years; news of a goldrush in Queensland but doubts he could tolerate the heat.
John Brown (Charleston) to his family: Quite settled in New Zealand although not making much money, 12 June 1871 (File 46)
John Brown (Forster) to his family: Prospecting in the bush for three or four months but has found no gold, 5 September 1873 (File 49)
John Brown (Stockyard Creek, near Forster) to his family, 20 March 1874 (File 50)
Not enough money to go to Queensland goldfields; wonders if he will ever be able to afford to return home.
John Brown (Stockyard Creek) to his brother James Brown: Death of their mother; starting a new shaft, 8 July 1874 (File 51)
John Brown (Stockyard Creek) to his brother and sister-in-law: Hopes to leave Stockyard Creek shortly, but uncertain where to go, 14 April 1875 (File 52)
John Brown (Melbourne) to his brother and sister-in-law: Intends to go to Queensland diggings, 16 May 1875 (File 53)
John Brown (Sydney) to his brother and sister-in-law, 29 January 1876 (File 54)
Has returned from Queensland diggings; many men, especially Chinese, had died from fever; intends to stay in Sydney; no new big rushes.
John Brown (Sydney) to his brother, 2 October 1884 (File 55)
Has worked near Sydney getting a steam boat off the reef; news of Chester people whom he has met in Sydney.
Newspaper cutting from World News, 20 January 1907 (File 56)
With notice from The Argus (Melbourne) on death of John Brown, farmer of Yarroweyah, died 12 Oct 1906; next-of-kin to claim with William Miller, c/- AC Tuthill, solicitor of Cobram. Also a letter from AC Tuthill to James Brown (Birkenhead), 29 May 1907: John Brown's will did not refer to James Brown.
Fonds ZCR 36. Records of Chester Blue Coat Hospital, 1905 - 1908
Chester Blue Coat School, 1905 - 1908 (File 1)
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Papers, 1905 - 1908 (Item 44)
Concerning a bequest of Edward Davies of Melbourne, formerly of Chester, of £5 annually to the Chester Blue Coat School to be devoted to a prize for the best scholar in reading, writing and arithmetic and every fourth year for an essay on Imperial federation or similar subject. The papers include copies of essays and letters.
Fonds ZDJWW. Records of Joliffe, Wickham and Wood, solicitors of Chester, 1638 - 1945
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Memorandum and articles of association of South Australian Development Syndicate Ltd: And three form letters, 3 April 1900 (File 685)
William Precheville Report on the Murninnie Mine, Spencers Gulf, South Australia: And other papers, 14 January 1901 (File 686)
Balance sheet and revenue accounts of South Australian Development Syndicate Ltd, 1903-04-30, 1903-08-31 (File 687)
Balance sheet and revenue account, 29 June 1901 (File 688)
With associated letters and papers including a list of shareholders of the South Australian Development Syndicate Ltd.
Fonds G/CH 14-16. Deeds relating to Port Pool Meadow, 1833 - 1846
Deeds relating to Port Pool Meadow, a piece of land on the west side of the canal leading from Chester to Ellesmere. Philip Oakden, merchant, formerly of Liverpool and then living in Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, was a party to the deed of 11 April 1846.