Guide to the Collections held by the Kent Archives Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1901-M1903
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Kent Archives Office
- Title
- Collections held by the Kent Archives Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1768 - 1945
- Collection Number
- M1901-M1903
- Extent
- 92 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes:
Records 1805-53 of Maidstone Gaol: Convict Book 1805-1833 and Calendar of prisoners, with details of prisoners sentenced to transportation.
Notebook 1773-1774 of Rev. J.E. Gambier describing meeting with Omai and customs of South Sea Islanders.
Papers 1827-1852 of merchant and banker George W. Norman. They refer to: Australian Agricultural Co; abuses of New South Wales courts; Sir Thomas Brisbane; shortage of provisions in the Swan River Colony; Thomas Peel; Maori War; export of Australian wool and wine; Irish economic problems; and Irish emigration. Correspondents include Archdeacon T.H. Scott, James and Edward Macarthur.
Papers of Sir Henry E. Dering, concerning his service with Third Australian Division in 1916-1917. Correspondents include Sir William Birdwood and General J. Monash.
Correspondence 1848-1888 of Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount of Chilston. Subjects include governorships in Australia and New Zealand and development of Melbourne. Correspondents include Lord Knutsford and Charles S. Akers.
Papers 1795-1805 of Sir John Pratt, 2nd Earl of Camden, including letters of Lord Wellesley and W. Bligh.
Papers 1879-1886 of Holworthy Family, including letter-books of J.M. Holworthy concerning his exporting business, diary of Fred Holworthy kept on a voyage from London to Christchurch 1881, and failure of J.M. Holworthy & Co and Robart Jolley of Melbourne.
Papers 1768-1872 of Knatchbull Family of Mersham, including copies of the journals of Sir Joseph Banks kept on voyage of HMS Endeavour August 1768-July 1771, and correspondence. Correspondents are N. Vansittart, Charles Dickens, Lord Kimberley and C. van Hulthem.
Letters 1856-1883 sent to Henry Weigall of Kyneton, his wife Lady Rose Weigall and others from Henry Weigall, Selina Weigall and other members of the family in Melbourne and Kyneton, Victoria. Subjects include: Henry Weigall's work as an artist; 1878 political crisis in Victoria; 1881 Melbourne International Exhibition; bushrangers; cricket matches; and Australian churches.
Correspondence 1924-1943 of the politician James H. Thomas, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1924 and 1935-1936, and Secretary of State for the Dominions 1930-1935. It refers to the effects of depression on New Zealand, isolation of federal politicians and Imperial rationalisation and trade. Correspondents include Sir Dudley de Chair, Lord Bledisloe, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister and Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Archival History
Material selectively filmed at the Kent Archives Office, Maidstone, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1983 (AJCP Reels:M1901-M1903). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
Kent History and Library Centre, James Whatman Way, Maidstone, England. Formerly the Kent Archives Office.
For more information see Kent Archives Office (https://www.kentarchives.org.uk/).
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2283501] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding-aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Pieces that were not filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project have not been included in this Finding Aid.
Advisory Statement
Australian Aboriginal, Maori, Pacific and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal, Maori, pacific and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 264, p98.
Item Descriptions
Fonds PC/M. Prison Commission. Maidstone Gaol Records, 1805 - 1853
2 items,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1901.
Subjects
Convicts; Prisons: England; Maidstone Gaol, England; Transportation: Convicts
Fonds U.23. Wykenham-Martin MSS, 1829
1 item,Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1901.
Subjects
Australia: land grants; Emigration and Immigration: paupers; Great Britain: Colonial Office;
G. Baillie (Colonial Office) to [unknown], 21 March 1829 (File Z1)
W. Horton's scheme for parish assistance for pauper emigration opposed by Duke of Wellington; high cost of maintaining families in N.S.W., encloses Colonial Office regulations on land grants in N.S.W., Van Diemen's Land and Western Australia.
Fonds U24. Mann (Cornwallis) MSS, 1831 - 1833
1 item,Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1901.
Subjects
Cornwallis Family; Farms and farming: Australia; Indigenous Australians; Western Australia
Fonds U36. Manorial documents and deeds received through British Records Association, 1814 - 1919
3 items,Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1901.
Subjects
Estates and wills; New Guinea; Stone-Wigg, Montagu J., Bishop of New Guinea
Fonds U47/11. Documents received through Kent Archaeological Society, 1860
2 items,Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1901.
Subjects
Estates, trusts and wills; Spencer Family
Fonds U82. Deeds and papers of Monckton, Son and Collis, solicitors, of Maidstone, c.1908
1 item,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1901.
Fonds U145. Papers of Faunce Family of Doddington, 1839
1 item,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1901.
Fonds U194. Papers of Rev. J.E. Gambier of Langley, 1773 - 1774
1 item,Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1901.
Subjects
Gambier, J.E., Reverend; Omai of Tahiti; South Sea Islanders
Fonds U295. Papers of Colyer-Fergusson and Somes families, 1844 - 1939
6 items,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1901.
Subjects
Java(ship); New Zealand; New Zealand Company; Somes, Joseph; Troy(ship)
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Somes (1787-1845), ship's captain and later shipowner, was governor of the New Zealand Company from 1840 to 1845. Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1851), 3rd Baronet (succeeded 1924), was a long-time member of the Kent Archaeological Society.
Series F7-17. Papers of Somes Family, December 1844
3 item,Filmed selectively.
Chatham to J Morris esq, 27 November 1820 (File)
re other letters and their contents, Somes being sent for and his potential involvement in court proceedings.
Series Z. Miscellanea, 1845 - February 1939
5 items,Fonds U310. Papers of Norman Family of Bromley and West Farleigh, 1827 - 1852
13 items,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1902.
Subjects
Accounts, estates and wills; Australia: Colonial legal system; Australian Agricultural Co; Bankers; Brisbane, Sir Thomas M.; Church Building: Australia; Economic conditions: Australia; Emigration and immigration; Emigration and Immigration: paupers; Goldrushes: Australia; Macarthur, James; Macarthur, Sir Edward; Maori Wars; Merchants; Norman, George W.; Peel, Thomas; Scott, Thomas H., Archdeacon; Trade: Australia; Transportation: Convicts; Western Australia; Wine industry: Australia; Wool industry: Australia
Biographical / Historical
George Warde Norman (1793-1882) was a merchant in the Norway timber trade and an investor in various American and Australian ventures. He retired from the family business in 1830 and devoted himself to the affairs of the Bank of England, of which he was a director, and monetary policy, taxation and other intellectual interests. His brother, Richard Norman, was a timber merchant.
Series B. Business Papers, c. 1830
3 items,Filmed selectively.
Letters to Richard Norman and George Norman and Sons about transactions carried out under power of attorney from Elisa Broughton, Hamilton Hume and others in N.S.W., 1830 (File B 16)
Series C. Correspondence, 1827 - 1852
9 items,Filmed selectively.
Archdeacon T.H. Scott (Sydney, Hobart) to G.W. Norman, 1827 - 1829 (File C. 36)
Decision to resign; colonial youth becoming more depraved; schools; introduces James Macarthur; Australian Agricultural Company; Dr. H. Douglass; Francis Forbes; Governor R. Darling; H. Dumaresq; Sir Thomas Brisbane; G. Arthur; abuses of N.S.W. courts; attacks on Scott from every side. (6 letters).
Archdeacon T.H. Scott (Perth) to R. Norman, 2 June 1830 (File)
Impending return to England; advice to intending settlers; shortage of provisions in Swan River colony; T. Peel; shipping disasters on west coast; trial by jury in N.S.W.
E. Macarthur (Cavan, Sydney) to H. Norman, 1849 - 1852 (File C. 126)
Irish economic problems and emigration; voyage to N.S.W. in 1851: effect of gold rushes on shipping and on Melbourne and Sydney; James Macarthur. (3 letters)
James Macarthur (Sydney) to H. Norman, 6 March 1852 (File)
Gold rushes; despatch of sample of copper ore from Wallah Wallah mines; E. Macarthur
Sir Rowland Hill to G.W. Norman, 7 March 1834 (File C. 166)
Management of poor; home colonization and emigration; views of E.G. Wakefield on emigration.
Edward Macarthur (Carrick) to G.W. Norman, 1843 - 1845 (File C. 181)
Irish affairs; export of Australian wool and wine; erection of church at Camden; Bowman's estate in N.S.W.; James Macarthur; statistics of Australia's progress 1832-1842; Irish emigration; Col. Despard and Maori War. (21 letters).
James Macarthur (Sydney, Camden) to G.W. Norman, 1839 - 1843 (File C. 182)
Birth of daughter; financial matters; economic depression; cessation of transportation: Legislative Council; financial affairs of Pott; Bank of Australasia; increase in price of flour. (6 letters, some in poor condition).
Correspondence from T.H. Scott, 15 November 1830 - 18 January 1839 (File C. 200)
2 items,Filmed selectively.
Fonds U350. Papers of Dering Family of Surrenden, Pluckley, 1916 - 1917
1 item,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1902.
Subjects
Army officers; Birdwood, Sir William R., 1st Baron; Dering, Sir Henry; Monash, Sir John, General; United States Army; World War I
Series F10-14. Papers of Sir Henry E. Dering, 1916 - 1917
1 item,Biographical / Historical
Sir Henry E. Dering (1882-1921)
Papers concerning Dering's service with the 3rd Australian Division (c. 120 ff.), 1916 - 1917 (File F 13)
His recall to London, and efforts to obtain a posting with the United States Army. Includes narrative of action 13 April-13 May 1917, correspondence with Sir William Birdwood and General J. Monash, and copies of orders of General Monash, 1916-1917.
Fonds U564. Chilston MSS, 1848 - 1905
5 items,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1902.
Subjects
Akers, Charles S.; Akers-Douglas, Aretas, 1st Viscount Chilston; Australia: politics and government; Australia: visits to; Farms and farming: Australia; Holland, Sir Henry T., 1st Viscount Knutsford; Melbourne, Victoria; Ocean Chief(ship); Politicians: Britain
Biographical / Historical
Aretas Akers-Douglas (1851-1926), 1st Viscount Chilston (created 1911), of Chilston Park, Kent, was a member of the House of Commons from 1880 to 1911. He served under Lord Salisbury as chief whip and patronage secretary to the Treasury (1885-1886, 1886-1892) and first commissioner of works (1895-1902) and was Home Secretary in the Balfour Ministry (1902-1905).
Correspondence of Aretas Akers-Douglas, 16 October 1888 - 16 December 1888 (File C. 25)
2 items,Filmed selectively.
Papers of Aretas Akers-Douglas, 15 October 1888 - 19 February 1892 (File C. 321)
8 items,Filmed selectively.
Lord Knutsford to Akers-Douglas, August 2 (Item 11)
No vacancy which could be offered to S. Hill; unacceptable to Australian colonies.
Lord Knutsford to Akers-Douglas, October 11 (Item 12)
S. Hill applied for Queensland governorship; inquires if his parliamentary seat is safe.
Lord Knutsford to Akers-Douglas, November 21 (Item 14)
Difficulty of filling South Australian and Queensland governorships; Sir John Gorst, Sir George Baden-Powell, J. Henniker Heaton; seeks suggestions.
Lord Knutsford to Akers-Douglas, November 30 (Item 15)
Possibility of appointing Maxwell Governor of South Australia.
Lord Knutsford to Akers-Douglas, 29 November 1888 (Item 16)
Possibility of appointing S. Leighton Governor of South Australia.
Lord Knutsford to Akers-Douglas, 26 February 1859 (Item)
Regarding the election of W James La Fontaine
Charles S. Akers (Hobart, Melbourne) to Rev. A. Akers, 1848 - 1854 (File C 575)
Religion; need for guidance; impending marriage to Henrietta Despard; interest in botany; good life in Australia; need for immigrants; epedemic in Hobart; climate; development of Melbourne; high wages; farming; family news; hopes of returning to England. (7 letters)
Fonds U619. Papers of Chapman Family of St. Pauls Cray, 1819
1 item,Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1902.
Fonds U840. Papers of Pratt Family of Wildernesse Park, Sevenoaks, 1795 - 1805
6 items,Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1902.
Subjects
Bligh, William, Captain; Politicians: Britain; Pratt, Sir John, 2nd Earl of Camden; Royal Navy; Swiftsure, H.M.S. (ship); Transportation: Convicts; United Irishmen; Wellesley, Richard, 1st Marquess
Biographical / Historical
Sir John Jeffreys Pratt (1759-1840), 2nd Earl of Camden (succeeded 1794), 1st Marquess of Camden (created 1812) was a member of the House of Commons from 1780. He was a lord of the Treasury (1789-93) in the ministry of his close friend William Pitt. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1796 but resigned during the United Irishmen rebellion of 1798. He returned to office with Pitt as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1804-5) later becoming President of Council 1805-6, 1807-12.
Series C. Correspondence, March 1804 - November 1804
2 items,Series O. Official Papers, July 1795 - May 1805
4 items,Filmed selectively.
W. Bligh to Camden, 17 May 1805 (File 17)
Naval powers of Governor of N.S.W.; urges warship be stationed at Pt. Jackson.
Petition of J. William, settler at Prospect Hill, N.S.W., now serving on H.M.S. Swiftsure at St. Helena, wishing to return to family, 18 November 1804 (File O92)
Fonds U929. Holworthy Collection, 1874 - 1893
8 items,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1902.
Subjects
Business affairs: New Zealand; Emigrant voyages; Holworthy Family (New Zealand); Holworthy, Fred; Holworthy, J.M.; Holworthy, J.M. and Co; Jolley, Robert; New Zealand; New Zealand: exports; Trade: New Zealand
Series F. Family Papers, 1874 - 1893
8 items,
C.J. Holworthy (Wellington) to Lightbody, 27 March 1879 (File)
Arrival in New Zealand and search for emploment; character of colonial gentlemen.
J. Holworthy (London) to C.J. Holworthy (Dunedin), January 1885 (File)
Business affairs; bills of lading; news of Fred. (2 letters).
Letterbook of J.M. Holworthy of Bromley concerning the export of stationery and photographs, and the affairs of F. Holworthy in New Zealand, 1874 - 1887 (File F 11)
Recipients include F. Holworthy (Wellington, Dunedin), C. Holworthy (Dunedin, Melbourne), P.E. Reynolds (Melbourne), F. Barber (Christchurch), J. Wilkie (Dunedin), R. Jolley (Melbourne), C. Crosby (Melbourne).
Letterbook of J.M. Holworthy concerning exporting business (96pp), 1887 - 1891 (File F 12)
Recipients include C. Holworthy (Melbourne), R. Jolley (Melbourne), H. Perkins (Hobart), J. Walch (Hobart).
Papers concerning failure of J.M. Holworthy & Co. and Robart Jolley and Co. of Melbourne (5 papers), 1891 - 1893 (File F 15)
Includes statements of the affairs of the two companies (May 1891) and report of a committee set up to assist J.M. Holworthy (March 1892).
Fonds U951. Papers of Knatchbull Family of Mersham, 1768 - 1872
5 items,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.
Subjects
Australia: flora and fauna; Banks, Sir Joseph; Convicts; Dickens, Charles; Endeavour, HMS; Great Britain: Colonial Office; Knatchbull Family; Politicians: Britain; Transportation: Convicts; Van Hulthem, C.; Vansittart, Nicholas; Wodehouse, John, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Biographical / Historical
Sir Edward Knatchbull (1781-1849), 9th Baronet (succeeded 1819), was a member of the House of Commons (1819-30, 1832-45). His mother, Mary Knatchbull, was the sister of Dorothea Hugessen (1758-1828), the wife of Sir Joseph Banks. His son Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen (1829-1893), 1st Baron Brabourne (created 1880), was a member of the House of Commons (1857-80). He was parliamentary under-secretary for the colonies in 1871-74.
Series C. Correspondence, March 1831 - October 1872
2 items,Filmed selectively.
Letters written to Sir Edward Knatchbull and Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 25 March 1831 - 19 October 1872 (File C 1)
3 items,Biographical / Historical
Sir Edward Knatchbull (1781- 1849) Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen (1829-1893), 1st Baron Brabourne.
Lord Kimberley to E. Knatchbull-Hugessen, 15 January 1871 (Item 28)
Colonial Office much more interesting than expected; problems; looks forward to working together.
Series Z. Miscellanea. Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, August 1768 - June 1818
3 items,Correspondence, 1798 - 11 June 1818 (File Z 32)
3 items,Filmed selectively.
Copies of Correspondence between Sir Joseph Banks and N. Vansittart (4 pp.), 1798 - 1816 (Item 56)
Correspondence concerning request for asylum by Chevalier de la Garde and wife Charlotta, daughter of Col. von Behm who assisted Capt. Cook at Kampchatka.
Fonds U1045. Deeds and papers of Ashford deposited by Messrs. Hallet and Co., solicitors, 1841 - 1875
1 item,Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.
Fonds U1050. Papers of Woodgate Family of Chiddingstone, 1844 - 1911
2 items,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.
Subjects
Australia: politics and government; Australia: transport; Goulburn, New South Wales; Humphry Family; Suffragette Movement; Woodgate Family
Series C 92-153. Correspondence of Juliana Humphry, later Lady Ashburnham, 1844 - 1856
1 item,Biographical / Historical
Juliana Humphry (1789-1865) married Sir William Ashburnham (1769-1843), 6th Baronet (succeeded 1823) in 1825.
Correspondence of Frederick Humphry (Perth), Richard Humphry (Goulburn) Lady Ashburnham and Frances Humphry, 1844 - 1856 (File C 101)
Failure of Australind; description of Goulburn and its principal residents; pride of local gentry; family bereavements; slow progress of railways; responsible government, loyalty of colonists. (6 letters)
Fonds U1127. Papers of Smith-Masters Family of Meapham, 1850 - 1858
1 item,Filmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.
Fonds U1350. Papers of Amherst Family of Riverhead, 1900
1 item,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.
Biographical / Historical
Josceline George Herbert Amherst (1846-1900) was the brother of William Archer Amherst (1836-1910), 3rd Earl Amherst (succeeded 1886). Trained as a barrister, he was private secretary to Sir William Des Voeux, the governor of Fiji, in 1881-83. He migrated to Western Australia and was private secretary to Sir Frederick Napier Broome and clerk of the Executive Council (1885-87). He was a member of the Legislative Council (1890-94).
Fonds U1371. Papers of Fane and Weigall Families, 1856 - 1883
13 items,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.
Subjects
Artists; Australia: flora and fauna; Australia: visits to; Bushrangers; Church Building: Australia; Kyneton, Victoria; Melbourne, Victoria; Melbourne International Exhibitions (1881); Victoria: politics and government; Weigall Family; Weigall, Henry; Weigall, Lady Rose; Weigall, Selina
Biographical / Historical
Henry Weigall (1800-1882), a sculptor and medallist, was married to Selina Smith (1801?-1883). They migrated to Victoria in 1856 and Weigall was clerk of petty sessions at Kyneton until 1869. Their son Henry Weigall (1829-1925), who was a society portrait painter in London, married Rose Sophia Mary Fane (1834-1921), daughter of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland. Another son, Theyre Weigall (1831-1911), was a barrister in Melbourne and for many years the curator of estates of deceased persons.
Series C. Correspondence, 1856 - 1883
13 items,
Selina and Henry Weigall (Kyneton) to Lady Westmorland, 1866 - 1877 (File C 19)
Marriage of their children; Lady Westmorland's paintings. (2 letters)
Henry Weigall (Kyneton) to Lady Rose Weigall, 1870 - 1876 (File C 57)
Death of Julian Fane; Royal Academy; photographs; family news. (3 letters)
Selina Weigall (Kyneton) to Lady Rose Weigall, 1868 - 1882 (File C 58)
Family news; photographs and sketches; drawing classes of Henry Weigall; Australian animals; Lady Rose's book. (9 letters)
Selina FitzJames (Kyneton) to Lady Rose Weigall, 1872 - 1873 (File C 59)
Family news; Kyneton sports; W.H.F. Mitchell. (5 letters)
Esther Perry (Melbourne) to Lady Rose Weigall, 24 October 1866 (File C 74)
Congratulations on marriage; Henry Weigall's work as artist.
Henry Weigall (Kyneton) to his son, Henry Weigall, 1864 - 1875 (File C 85)
Family news; Henry's audience with Queen Victoria; visit of Duke of Edinburgh to Australia; retirement from Government service; paintings and sculpture; financial matters. (14 letters).
Henry Weigall (Kyneton) to Henry Weigall, 1866 - 1882 (File C 86)
Family news; portraits; statue of Sir Redmond Barry; 1878 political crisis; 1881 Melbourne International Exhibition. (18 letters, typescript copies).
Selina Weigall (Kyneton) to Henry Weigall, 1856 - 1876 (File C 87)
First impressions of Melbourne; family news; Henry's marriage; drought; prices; paintings; visit of W. Thompson; England v. Victoria cricket match. (18 letters).
Louise Weigall (Kyneton) to Henry Weigall, 1863 - 1864 (File C 88)
Henry's paintings and audience with Queen Victoria; bushrangers; visit of Sir Charles Darling to Kyneton. (3 letters).
Selina FitzJames (Kyneton, Orange) to Henry Weigall, 1865 - 1869 (File C 89)
Father's retirement; E. a Beckett. (3 letters).
Theyre Weigall (Melbourne) to Henry Weigall, 1872 - 1882 (File C 90)
Family news; death of father; financial metters. (2 letters)
Fonds U1390. Papers of Wood and Warne Families, c.1870-1890
1 item,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.
Fonds U1453. Papers of Cobb Family of Margate, 1845
1 item,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.
Fonds U1480. List of convicts, 1806
1 item,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.
Subjects
Convicts; Convicts: female; Maidstone Gaol, England; Transportation: Convicts
Fonds U1583. Papers of Beeman Family of Cranbrook, 1843 - 1945
4 items,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.
Series C 9-17. Correspondence of Hubbard Family, January 1843 - December 1945
2 items,
Emma Addison (Adelaide) to Miss Hubbard, 14 January 1843 (File C. 12)
Thank for fruit and books; high material standards in Australia; dust clouds in Adelaide; fruit grown on farm; high wages for labourers; snakes; villages around Adelaide.
Correspondence of Elizabeth Beeman, September 1945 - December 1945 (File C. 17)
4 items,Filmed selectively.
Colin Hubbard (London) to Elizabeth Beeman, 17 September 1945 (Item)
Impending return to New Zealand; details of Hubbard Family in New Zealand.
C. Hubbard (New Lambton, N.S.W.) to Elizabeth Beeman, 20 November 1945 (Item)
Sends typescript re estate of James Hubbard of Newcastle, N.S.W.
Biographical / Historical
James Hubbard (d. 1896)
Fonds U1625. Papers of James H. Thomas, 1924 - 1943
8 items,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.
Subjects
Bathurst, Sir Charles, 1st Viscount Bledisloe; Cunliffe-Lister, Sir Philip; De Chair, Sir Dudley R.S.; Great Britain: Dominions Office; Great Britain: relations with colonies; Hore-Ruthven, Sir Alexander, 1st Earl of Gowrie; Farms and farming: Australia; Mannix, Daniel, Archbishop; New Zealand: economic conditions; Politicians: Britain; Thomas, James H.; Trade: imperial
Biographical / Historical
James Henry Thomas (1874-1949) joined the Great Western Railway as an engine cleaner in 1889 and by 1905 was president of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. In 1916 he became general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1910 and served in the Labour governments led by Ramsay MacDonald as Secretary of State for the Colonies (1924) and Secretary of State for the Dominions (1930-31). Following the split in the Labour Party in 1931, he remained at the Dominions Office until 1935.
Series C. Correspondence, 4 December 1930 - 15 February 1943
3 items,
James H. Thomas to Lord Stamfordham, 4 December 1930 (File C. 1)
Need to inform Prime Minister of South Africa and Australia of proposed Knighthoods for Lord Clarendon and Sir Isaac Isaacs. (copy)
Series O. Official Papers, 1924 - 1935
5 items,Subseries O31-O41. Secretary of State for the Dominions, 1930 - 1935
4 items,Correspondence, 11 June 1930 - 21 July 1930 (File O31/3)
3 items,
Lord Stonehaven (Sydney) to James H. Thomas, 11 June 1930 (Item)
Congratulations on appointment; unable to communicate officially; praises Dalton and Crutchley; Imperial Conference.
Correspondence between James H. Thomas and Lord Bledisloe, 1930 - 1934 (File O31/6)
Including copy of letter from Bledisloe to J. Ramsay MacDonald, 10 July 1930. Subjects include character and ability of G.W. Forbes; death of Sir Joseph Ward; effect of Depression on New Zealand; import of British motor vehicles; imperial trade.
Also includes newspaper cuttings and speeches.
Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven (Adelaide) to James H. Thomas, 12 November 1931 (File O31/11)
Proposed visit of Thomas to Australia; need to meet State politicians and representatives; isolation of Federal politicians; British elections.
File of correspondence and papers on Imperial rationalisation assembled by Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1930 - 1931 (File O43)
Includes memorandum by Cunliffe-Lister on imperial economic relations (January 1930), report of Federation of British Industries on British economic policy with regard to Dominions (February 1930), and correspondence of Cunliffe-Lister with Sir James Lithgow, H.A. Gwynne, S.M. Bruce, Sir Frederick Lewis, Sir Harry McGowan, S. Baldwin, E.R. Peacock and Sir Kenneth Stewart. Also pamphlets on Imperial rationalisation and trade. (c. 90 documents).
Fonds U1999. Papers of Hollingworth Family of Turkey Mill, 1886 - 1887
1 item,Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1903.