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Created: 2018

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Fonds MS 911. David Cargill. Diary of Second Missionary Journey, 1843

A description of the Wesleyan missionary David Cargill's (1809?-1843) first journey to Tonga and Fiji was published as the Memoirs of Mrs M. Cargill. John Mason, 1841...

Fonds MS 2580. Leslie Family of Warthill. Correspondence and Accounts, 1831 - 1844

Series 2580/1. Correspondence, October 1831 - 1844

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Two extracts of a letter from Richard Jones, Sydney, to W.S. Davidson, 3 October 1831 (File 2580/1/550-551)

States that he is willing to receive his nephew, Patrick Leslie, and giving details of land grants near the Goulburn River.

Patrick Leslie, NSW, to his parents, 29 May 1839 (File 2580/1/705)

States that he, Walter, and George are all well, they intend dealing in cattle and horses, not sheep, as they are convinced sheep will not pay well; he is to have half share and his brothers quarter in partnership; mentions the activities of emigrant agents who supply information in different parts of the country; the system of indentured servants is unsatisfactory, the cost of hiring labourers; details of the men wanted - carpenters, blacksmiths and suggests names of tenants who might come out; wants an Aberdeen bull and cows sent out.(Eight pages all crossed.)

pp 1-4, 133-163 of a privately printed account of transactions between W.S. Davidson and his nephew Patrick Leslie, NSW, 1836 - 1844 (File 2580/1/818)

Includes extracts of letters and accounts illustrating Davidson's charge of mismanagement against Patrick. (With ms. annotations.)

Fonds MS 2787. Seton Family of Mounie, Aberdeen, 1800 - 1813

Series 2787/5. Papers of Alexander Anderson Seton, 1800 - 1813

Subseries 2787/5/02. Correspondence, 1800 - 1813

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Correspondence between A.A.S. and his brother William, February 1800 - October 1805 (File 2787/5/2/4)
William Anderson to A.A.S., Sydney, 25 February 1800 (Item 2787/5/2/4/21)

He has travelled to Sydney with brother Robert from India and proposes Robert should stay in Sydney for the sake of his health; he should join the New South Wales Corps 'many of the officers of which are very respectable'; state of market in Sydney - 'rather dull'.

W.A. to A.A.S. Port Jackson, 8 April 1800 (Item 2787/5/2/4/25)

Regarding Robert's commission in NSW Corps and that he has had a profitable voyage.

W.A. to A.A.S. Amboyna. Introducing Cpt. McArthur of NSW Corps, 8 April 1802 (Item 2787/5/2/4/26)
A.A.S. to W.A. London. Discusses lack of prospects for Robert and John in NSW. [Original and xerox], 29 August 1804 (Item 2787/5/2/4/27)
A.A.S. to W.A. London. That a Lieutenancy has been purchased for Robert [Original and xerox], 20 April 1805 (Item 2787/5/2/4/30)
W.A. to A.A.S., India: Regarding Robert's prospects, 18 October 1805 (Item 2787/5/2/4/31)
Letters from A.A.S. to brother Robert Anderson, June 1801 - March 1813 (File 2787/5/2/17)
A.A.S. to R.A. London. Re Robert's ensignacy in NSW Corps and William's Botany Bay excursion [Original and xerox], 16 June 1801 (Item 2787/5/2/17/3)
A.A.S. to R.A. London. Re purchase of R.A.'s Lieutenancy, 8 July 1801 (Item 2787/5/2/17/4)
A.A.S. to R.A. London. Re R.A.'s commission, 11 August 1801 (Item 2787/5/2/17/5-6)
A.A.S. to R.A. London. Asking him to collect 'a few insects', 3 June 1802 (Item 2787/5/2/17/7)
Part letter A.A.S. to R.A. Asking for seeds of plants (Item 2787/5/2/17/9)
A.A.S. to R.A. London. That money has finally been received for his sheep from the government, 5 March 1813 (Item 2787/5/2/17/11)
Letters from Robert Anderson, October 1800 - December 1811 (File 2787/5/2/18)
R.A. to A.A.S. Sydney, 10 October 1800 (Item 2787/5/2/18/3)

He is now an ensign in NSW Corps but asks A.A.S. to purchase him a Lieutenancy discusses the characters of Governors. Hunter and King - 'forward and arrogant…I don't suppose he will reign long here'.

R.A. to A.A.S. HMS Porpoise off Norfolk Island., 28 February 1801 (Item 2787/5/2/18/4)

Discusses the surveying duties to be carried out by Lady Nelson; the number of ships in Sydney Harbour; and state of affairs in Sydney 'settlers in complete state of misery' due to actions of Governor King.

R.A. to A.A.S. Norfolk Island, 7 January 1803 (Item 2787/5/2/18/5)

Cannot find any shells to send A.A.S. or even 'a curious bird or reptile' on Norfolk Island; failure of attempt by Mr. Barrallier to cross the Blue Mountains, R.A. may try when he is posted back to Port Jackson.

R.A. to brother George Anderson. Norfolk Island, 26 Ju. 1803 (Item 2787/5/2/18/6)

Asking G.A. to get him a transfer to an Indian regiment; state of affairs at Port Jackson 'Governor and whole of the officers are at external warfare… entirely the Governor's fault'.

R.A. to A.A.S. Sydney, 21 May 1805 (Item 2787/5/2/18/7)

Sending him some shells, chrystal and seeds - cannot send more as everyone thinks himself a collector; he has resigned his commission and is joining William in Calcutta.

R.A. to A.A.S. Near Calcutta., 4 December 1811 (Item 2787/5/2/18/9)

He is sending papers re the sheep bought off him by Governor King. [Not enclosed]

Fonds MS 2804. James Godsman, 1925

Series 2804/4. Diaries of voyages, 1925

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Diary of James Godsman, pp 17-29 31 Jan to 7 April 1925 (File 2804/4/3)

Description of a voyage across the Indian Ocean to Australia; landing at Sydney Harbour 25 Feb.; visit to 5th test match; discussion on the history of Australia and the problem of immigration 'the people are in favour of white Australia'.

Fonds MS 2978. Prof. John Laird, 1933

Series 2970/6/1. Correspondence, November 1933

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W. Mitchell, Prospect W.A. to John Laird. On the economic prospects for Australia, 22 November 1933 (File 2978/6/1/3)

Fonds MS 3051. J.M. Bulloch

Series 3051/2. Gordoniana research papers arranged by branch of family

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Australia Files: File 1 (File 3051/2/13/11)

Includes press cuttings re. the poet Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870) on the occasion of the centenary of his birth booklet by Eustace Stedman on Adam Lindsay Gordon; letter 7 June 1936 to J.M. Bulloch from Lindsay Gordon, Sutherland, NSW, re. his family; paper by J.M. Bulloch on the ancestry of Adam Lindsay Gordon, especially about his grandfather Robert Gordon, Governor of Berbice.

Australia Files: File 2 (File 3051/2/13/12)

Includes paper on Adam Lindsay Gordon's sister Inez; pres cuttings and commemerative booklet re. unveiling of memorial to Adam Lindsay Gordon in Westminster Abbey, 11 May 1934; booklet by E. Stedman on Adam Lindsay Gordon; press cuttings from Baniffshire Advertiser .re. Gordons transported to NSW; letters and notes on Robert Gordon.

Fonds MS 3064. Papers of the Earl of Kintore, 1889 - 1917

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Correspondence: Bundle 184, 1889 - 1917 (File)

Letters addressed to Algernon, 10th Earl of Kintore whilst serving as Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia from Edward Stanhope, Algernon Borthwick the Queen's private secretary, Lord Pembroke, Lord Dufferin and Ava, Lord Carrington, Duke of Fife, Lord Forbes, Lord, Salisbury, Peter Clarke, Lord Ripon, Lord Rosebery, Lord Knutsford, Lord Hopetoun and Lord Lansdowne...

From Lord Carrington regarding the formation of the new government, 08-26 (Item (i))
From Lord Carrington re. a speech made by him on Australia which aroused controversy in Australia, 27 January 1892 (Item (ii))
From Lord Carrington re. U.K. politics and South African politics and business and the inter-relation of the two, 28 October 1891 (Item (iii))
From Lord Salisbury, 12 September 1892 (Item (iv))

Thanking the Earl of Kintore for offering to pay the cost of an election petition v Mr Gladstone but refusing the offer, with some remarks on the causes of the loss of the general election and on the possibility of attracting the working classes to the Conservative party.

From Lord Ripon, 29 December 1892 - 25 August 1893 (Item (v) and (vi))

Requesting that the Earl should communicate freely and confidentially with him, and congratulating him on assisting in the settlement of a wide-spread strike.

From Lord Knutsford, 29 Jan 1891; 17 July 1891; 14 May 1892 (Item (vii), (viii) and (ix))

Re. a federation of Australian States, the Australian squadron of naval ships and coolie labour in the Northern Territories: 'I dare say we could find and send out. skilled Protector of Immigrants, as we have so many coolies in the W. Indies'.

From Lord Landsdowne, Viceroy of India, 8 September 1891 (Item (x))

Expressing the view that India's surplus population should be re-settled as labourers in the Northern Territories of Australia with the protection of an Indian 'native protector'.

From Lord Salisbury to the effect that public opinion on the Home Rule bill is uncertain, 23 February 1893 (Item (xi))
From Lord Devonshire re. the proposed labour laws of South Australia, 21 September 1894 (Item (xii))
From Lord Curzon, 22 September 1917 (Item (xiii))

Asking Kintore to chair a parliamentary committee in the absence of 'Donoughmor [who] is going away for 2 or 3 months with Montagu on a mission to Judea'

Fonds MS 3079. Mrs. Alice Ivy Hay of Seaton

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T.s. of 'The first twenty years' (File 3079/1/2/7)

First part of an intended autobiography, descriptive of her early years in Australia. (77p.)

University of Western Australia and visit to Australia (File 3079)

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Fonds MS 3162. International Biological Programme papers collected by E.M. Nicholson, Convenor of the Conservation Section, 1964 - 1977

Series 3162/5. General and technical meetings, 1967 - 1970

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Conservation of Pacific Islands; papers relating to a Conference in Koror, Palau Island, 1967 - 1969 (File 3162/5/9/2)
Pacific Islands: recommendations by technical meetings on conservation in the Pacific Islands, 1968 - 1970 (File 3162/5/9/3)

Series 3162/8. Working Papers, Correspondence and reports undertaken by the C.T. Section, 1966 - 1972

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Conservation and preservation of wildlife on Oceanic/Pacific Islands. Correspondence of E.M. Nicholson, R.C.Murphy and G.Douglas, 1966 - 1972 (File 3162/8/9)

Series 3182/9. Correspondence General, 1964 - 1966

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Correspondence of E.M.Nicholson including material on Edward H. Graham and papers on the Pacific Islands Action List, 1964 - 1966 (File 3162/9/4)

Fonds MS 3203. Sinclair-Wemyss Family of Southdun, Wick, Caithness 19th and 20th Century, 1878 - 1921

George Sackville Sinclair-Wemyss was the eldest son of David Sinclair-Wemyss of Southdun, who died in 1877. George joined the Royal Navy at an early age and served for four years on the Australia Station. He resigned his commission in 1879 due to ill health. While in Australia he met and, in 1878, married Helen Annie Jones, eldest daughter of R.M. Jones of Glenview, NSW. They returned to Scotland where two daughters were born. Helen Louisa Elizabeth Dunbar in 1879 and Marian Australie in Dec. 1880. George died on 30 March 1882...

Series 3203/4. Financial and legal papers of George Sackville Sinclair-Wemyss, April 1878

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Series 3203/5. Legal Documents, April 1878

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Marriage certificate of G.S.S-W. and Helen Jones, 16 April 1878 (File)

St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney.

Series 3203/18. Miscellaneous Documents, 1918 - 1921

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Scrapbook, 1921 (File 3203/18/3)
2 postcards between pp[38-39] (Item)

To [Helen] Annie from Muriel, undated, View of Middle Harbour Sydney x showing their new home...

Illuminated address by Bishop of Amiens in Church of Long, Somme, 4 November 1918 (File 3203/18/8/)

[commemorating Australian dead].

Fonds MS 3212. Dr. William Wood, 1879 - 1931

Trials, achievements, confessions and achievements in many lands of a well known Sydney physician (215p.), 1879 - 1931 (File 3212)

Ts, autobiography.

Correspondence and other memorabilia (70p.), 1879 - 1926 (File 3212/1 pt.1)

Includes birth certificate, hotel bills, travel documents, press cuttings, free masonary membership documents, AIF documents, 'passport' signed by Bruce, 17/3/26 for visit to G.B. and U.S.A.

Correspondence and other memorabilia (60p.), 1926 - 1931 (File 3212/1 pt.2)

Includes: family photographs, souvenirs of journeys to England and Europe 1926-1927 and as ship's surgeon, 1929-1930.


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