Guide to the papers of Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1179
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
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Fonds D/EH1. Papers of Halsey Family of Great Gaddesden, Herts.
88 letters written by Lionel Halsey to his parents Sir Frederick and Lady Halsey while serving on the Australian Station as Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Wilmot Fawkes on H.M.S. Powerful, 20 October 1905 - 6 April 1908 (File F58 - F59)
The letters were written at Pt. Said, Colombo, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Camden, Katoomba, Queanbeyan, Albany, Auckland, Christchurch, Suva and Singapore. They deal with the voyage to Australia in 1905, navigation, movements of officers, court martials, battle practice, the meeting of the Australian, China and East Indies Squadrons at Singapore in January 1907, the Naval Agreement, Australian defences, Federation and interstate rivalries, Alfred Deakin, disturbances on Norfolk Island, family matters, the cost of living, life at Government House, Sydney, social events, servants, fishing, cricket, the appointment of Fawkes to the Plymouth Command, the voyage home to England in 1908. There is a copy of Fawkes' inspection report of H.M.S. Powerful, 20 March 1907
29 letters written by Lionel Halsey to his parents while commanding the battle cruiser New Zealand on a voyage round the world in 1913 (File F60)
Letters written at Melbourne, Wellington, Auckland, Lyttleton, Timaru, Dunedin, New Plymouth and Suva, February 1913 - 29 June 1913 (Item 1-14, 12)
They deal with the voyage to Australia and the visit to Durban, the weaknesses of Australian naval policy, Lord Denman, the reception given to the ship in Australia and New Zealand, including a Maori reception, speeches, Lord Liverpool, letters from New Zealanders who had known the Halseys or who came from Hertfordshire, and the voyage to Canada...
Letters written by Lionel Halsey to his parents while commanding H.M.A.S. Australia, September - December 1918. (File F64)
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Letters written by Lionel Halsey to his parents while commanding H.M.S. Renown on Prince of Wales' tour of Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies, 1920 (File F66)
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Letters written by Lionel Halsey to his parents during the tour of India and Malaya by the Prince of Wales, 1922 (File F67)
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