Guide to the Papers of Richard Jebb (as filmed by the AJCP)
M2241-M2253
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Online Items
Series A. Correspondence Files, 1885 - 1953
Selections include following correspondents: L. Curtis, R.R. Garran (Melbourne), Sir Samuel Way (Adelaide), A. Atlee Hunt (Melbourne), F. Fox (Sydney), W. Nelson (Hawkes Bay), B. Kerr-Pearse (Melbourne), A. Deakin (Melbourne), L.S. Amery, S.M. Bruce, W. Mackenzie King, R.G. Menzies, Lord Milner, J. Chamberlain, Fabian Ware, E.A. Edwards (Perth), W. Triggs (Christchurch).
Series B. Journals, Diaries, Notebooks
Filmed selectively.
Subseries B.2.2-27. Journal of tour of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, 1899 - 1900
Canada; voyage from Vancouver to Brisbane via Honolulu and Fiji on Warrimoo, 6 May 1899 - 22 July 1899 (File Vol. 2)
Tour of Australia, visiting Brisbane, Sydney, Blue Mountains, Penrith Newcastle, Hunter Valley, Narrabri, Moree, Quirindi, Moss Vale, Kiama, 23 July 1899 - 19 October 1899 (File Vols. 3-5)
Includes detailed descriptions of towns and countryside, visit to parliament, clubs, Sydney University, sporting events, sheep stations, dairy farms, wool stores, meetings with Sir William Owen, G.H. Reid, A.B. Weigall, Sir Joseph Frizelle, G.C. Wade, R.R. Garran, impressions of and reports of conversations about economic condition Federation, schools, N.S.W. politics, Imperial Federation, Dreyfus agitation in N.S.W.
Tour of New Zealand, visiting Wellington, Hutt River, Palmerston, Napier, Auckland, Woodville, Wanganui, Christchurch, Cheviot, Timaru, Dunedin, Oamaru, Invercargill, 25 October 1899 - 7 May 1900 (File Vols. 5-20)
Includes detailed descriptions of countryside, visits to parliament, political meetings, agricultural shows, sheep farms, dairy farms, university colleges, fishing, meetings with Walker, Matheson, Sir William Russell, W. Nelson, T.M. Wilford, C.F. Bourne, W. Triggs, W. Rolleston, Sir Robert Stout, S. Fitzherbert, J. McKenzie, impressions of and reports of conversations about books, New Zealand politics, R. Seddon, W.P. Reeves, land legislation, Boer War, newspapers, trade, Pacific cable, industrial arbitration, overseas news.
Tour of Australia, visiting Hobart, Launceston, Burnie, Zeehan, Melbourne, Adelaide, Narrandera, Sydney, Toowoomba, Bundaberg, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Townsville, Cairns, Charters Towers, 10 May 1900 - 3 September 1900 (File Vols. 20-27)
Includes descriptions of towns and countryside, visits to dairy farms in Victoria, village settlements in South Australia, sheep station in Riverina, sugar mill in Queensland, Adelaide University, Melbourne University, sports events, meetings with C.E. Davies, J.S. Horsfall, J. Clark, G.T. Collins, N. Brown, Sir John Dodds, A. Inglis Clark, Sir Henry Wrixon, Sir Samuel Way, Lord Tennyson, W. Harrison Moore, J.W. Salmond, R. Barr Smith, J.H. Macfarland, R.R. Garran, F. Power, C. Lilley, impressions of and reports of conversations about Federation, Tasmanian electoral system, Australian newspapers, Australian politics, State railways, Boer War, racial divisions in Queensland, Kanakas, overseas news.
Subseries B.3.1 (part), 2-4, 5 (p.1-2). Journal of tour of Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, 1905 - 1906
Canada, United States, Hawaii, October 1905 - December 1905 (File Vol. 1. Journal)
Voyage across Pacific from San Francisco via Honolulu. Mainly refers to readings from Australian and New Zealand newspapers and talks with passengers. (16pp)
New Zealand., 13 December 1905 - 13 January 1906 (File Vol. 2. Journal)
Very detailed account of travels in New Zealand, including visits to Auckland, Rotorua and Lake Taupo, conversations, fishing, and impressions of landscape, politics, land legislation.
New Zealand and Australia, 13 January 1906 - 16 January 1906 (File Vol. 3. Journal)
Detailed account of visits to Wellington, Sydney, Cooma, Jindabyne, Tumut and Goulburn, meetings with H.D. Bell, Sir Robert Stout, F. Fox, J.C. Watson, E. Batchelor, discussions on naval policy, military defence of New Zealand, Australian Federal Capital question, fishing.
Australia, 27 January 1906 - 9 February 1906 (File Vol. 4. Journal)
Detailed account of visits to Jindabyne, Melbourne, Adelaide, Albany and Perth, meetings with J.C. Watson, A. Deakin, W. Creswell, R.M. Collins, Lord Northcote, T. Playford, C. Russell, L. Robinson, discussions about Australian politics, Labor Party, protectionism, immigration, Pacific cable, defence, appointment of High Commissioner in London, Western Australian goldfields.