Guide to the Papers of Sir George Murray, Major General (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1893 - M1895
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Murray, George, Sir, 1772-1846
- Title
- Papers of Sir George Murray, Major General (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1813 - 1845
- Collection Number
- M1893 - M1895
- Extent
- 145 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
Letters 1813-1845 of Sir Thomas Brisbane and Sir Thomas Mitchell. Subjects include: affairs of New South Wales Surveyor-General's Department; colonial finances; Governor Ralph Darling; plans for exploration of interior of New South Wales; and Maori War of 1845.
General papers 1826-1845 comprising correspondence, Colonial Office letter-books, ordnance letters and private letter-books.
Subjects include: reform of transportation system; establishment of colony at Swan River; colonial patronage; revenues from Australia; defence of Sydney Harbour; Australian exploring expeditions and New South Wales governorship. Correspondents include Sir Thomas Mitchell, Sir Thomas Brisbane, William Huskisson, Sir Ralph Darling and Lord Stanley.
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 National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1982 (AJCP Reels: M1893-M1895). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
The Murray Papers were filmed in two stages, separated by 20 years, and therefore the list is divided into two sections. The first section (pp.2-8) mainly lists papers of Sir Thomas Brisbane and Sir Thomas Mitchell, including a great deal of non-Australian material. There are also some miscellaneous Australian papers. The remaining Australian papers are described in the second section (pp. 8-12).
Existence and Location of Originals
National Library of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Collection reference: Adv.MSS.46.1.1-46.10.2. For more information see Sir George Murray at the National Library of Scotland (http://manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories/2/resources/16291).
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-vn761076] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Related Materials
Another collection of papers of Sir George Murray is held in the National Archives, Kew with collection reference W.O. 80.
A small selection of papers in this collection were filmed by the A.J.C.P. on reel P.R.O. 6018 [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2074334].
Finding-aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). 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.
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.
Subjects
Army officer; Australia; Australia: exploration; Brisbane, Sir Thomas M.; Darling, Sir Ralph; Exploration: land; Governorships; Great Britain; Great Britain. Colonial Office; Huskisson, William; Mitchell, Sir Thomas L.; Murray, Sir George; New South Wales: economic conditions; New south Wales: exploration; New South Wales: politics and government; New Zealand; New Zealand Wars; Politicians: Britain; Stanley, Edward S., Lord Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby; Swan River, Western Australia; Sydney, New South Wales: Defence; Transportation of convicts
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 333, p125.
Biographical / Historical
Sir George Murray (1772-1846). Entered Army 1789, served in Flanders, Egypt, Germany, Spain, France and Ireland. Colonel 1809, Major-General 1812, Lieutenant General 1825, General 1841. Governor of Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1819-1824. Tory M.P. 1823-1832, 1834. Secretary of State for War and Colonies in Wellington Government May 1828-November 1830. Master-General of Ordnance 1834-1835, 1841-1846.
Item Descriptions
Series I. Papers relating mainly to Sir Thomas Brisbane and Sir Thomas Mitchell, 16 July 1813 - 8 August 1845
95 itemsThe 1813-23 papers relate to military activities in the Iberian Peninsula.
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Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M1893.
Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War, 1813 (File ADV. MS. 46.2.20)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War, 1813 (File ADV. MS. 46.2.22)
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Correspondence and papers relating to General Sir George Murray`s appointment to the staff of the army in America and to his subsequent appointment to the command of the troops and civil government of Upper Canada, 1815 (File ADV. MS. 46.6.5)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, 1815 (File ADV. MS. 46.6.7)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, 1816 (File ADV. MS. 46.6.16)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, 1816 (File ADV. MS. 46.6.17)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, 1816 (File ADV. MS. 46.6.19)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, 1816 (File ADV. MS. 46.6.20)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, September 1816 (File ADV. MS. 46.6.21)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, November 1816 (File ADV. MS. 46.6.23)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, December 1816 (File ADV. MS 46.7.1)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, 16 May 1816 - 3 April 1817 (File ADV. MS. 46.7.5)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, 16 July 1817 (File ADV. MS. 46.7.6)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, 29 October 1817 - 21 November 1817 (File ADV. MS. 46.7.7)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, 19 December 1817 (File ADV. MS. 46.7.8)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, 20 March 1818 (File ADV. MS. 46.7.9)
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Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna, 18 April 1818 - 18 July 1818 (File ADV. MS. 46.7.10)
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Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 8 January 1819 - 11 August 1823 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.6)
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Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 1 January 1828 - 30 December 1828 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.7)
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T. Mitchell (Sydney) to Murray, 1 January 1828 (Item ff.1-4)
Voyage to Australia; J. Oxley; survey work.
T. Mitchell (Sydney) to R. Hay, 3 March 1828 (Item ff.8-9)
Account of N.S.W. Surveyor-General's Department; J. Oxley; need for additional surveyors; lack of instruments.
T. Mitchell (Sydney) to Murray, 4 March 1828 (Item ff.10-11)
Ill health of J. Oxley; Mitchell forced to remain in Sydney; training of surveyors; lack of support from Oxley.
T. Mitchell (Sydney) to Murray, 19 May 1828 (Item ff.47-48)
Problems associated with position as Acting Surveyor -General.
T. Mitchell (Sydney) to Murray, 1 October 1828 (Item ff.105-6)
Complaints about Governor R. Darling.
W. Lake to King George IV, 24 November 1828 (Item ff.117-18)
Loss of post as Agent for Civil Establishment for N.S.W.
Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 3 February 1829 - 12 May 1829 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.8)
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Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 13 April 1831 - 24 October 1834 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.16)
Chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance, and also concerning Sir Thomas L Mitchell`s maps of the Peninsular War and the history of that war.
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T. Mitchell (Sydney) to Murray, 13 April 1831 (Item ff.11-16)
Difficulties with Governor R. Darling and administration.
T. Mitchell (Liverpool Plains) to Murray, 5 December 1831 (Item ff.19-20)
Plans for exploration of interior of N.S.W.
Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 25 July 1835 - 5 December 1838 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.17)
Chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance, and also concerning Sir Thomas L Mitchell`s maps of the Peninsular War and the history of that war.
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Sir Thomas Brisbane to Murray, 25 July 1835 (Item ff.46-47)
Reqeusts place at Woolwich for son of late Brigade Major.
Lord Glenelg to Murray, 27 July 1835 (Item ff.125-28)
Publication of map of N.S.W. of T. Mitchell; extract from despatch of Duke of Wellington to Governor R. Bourke.
Sir John Colborne to Murray, 25 March 1837 (Item ff.198-201)
Refusal of Murray to let Col. W. Napier use maps of Spain of T. Mitchell.
T. Mitchell (London) to Murray, 31 July 1837 (Item ff.202-5)
Troubles in N.S.W.; relations with Sir Ralph Darling and Sir Richard Bourke; King's instructions; lack of gratitude for explorations in N.S.W.
T. Mitchell to Murray, 19 December 1837 (Item ff.214-15)
Efforts to enlist son in Army; meeting of Geographical Society.
T. Mitchell to Murray, 9 January 1838 (Item ff.219-20)
Publication of maps of Spain; agreement with J. Wylde.
T. Mitchell to Murray, 11 July (Item ff.235-37)
Delays in completion of maps of Pyrenees; book on N.S.W.
T. Mitchell to Murray, 18 July 1838 (Item ff.238-39)
Refers to his work being impeded by a charlatan.
Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 1839 - 1840 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.18)
Chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance, and also concerning Sir Thomas L Mitchell`s maps of the Peninsular War and the history of that war.
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Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 8 November 1841 - 28 November 1841 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.21)
Chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance, and also concerning Sir Thomas L Mitchell`s maps of the Peninsular War and the history of that war.
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Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 4 January 1842 - 31 January 1842 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.23)
Chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance, and also concerning Sir Thomas L Mitchell`s maps of the Peninsular War and the history of that war.
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Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, April 1842 (File ADV. MS. 46.9.2)
Chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance, and also concerning Sir Thomas L Mitchell`s maps of the Peninsular War and the history of that war.
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Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 20 May 1842 - 16 June 1842 (File ADV. MS. 46.9.3)
Chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance, and also concerning Sir Thomas L Mitchell`s maps of the Peninsular War and the history of that war.
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Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 2 November 1842 (File ADV. MS. 46.9.4)
Chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance, and also concerning Sir Thomas L Mitchell`s maps of the Peninsular War and the history of that war.
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Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 1843 (File ADV. MS. 46.9.6)
Chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance, and also concerning Sir Thomas L Mitchell`s maps of the Peninsular War and the history of that war.
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Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 25 July 1843 (File ADV. MS. 46.9.7)
Chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance, and also concerning Sir Thomas L Mitchell`s maps of the Peninsular War and the history of that war.
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Letters to General Sir George Murray, and related papers, 15 April 1845 - 8 August 1845 (File ADV. MS. 46.9.9)
Chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance, and also concerning Sir Thomas L Mitchell`s maps of the Peninsular War and the history of that war.
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Series II. General Papers, 1826 - 1845
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Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M1894-M1895.
Letter on transportation (34ff), 18 September 1829 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.9)
W. Chambers (Bath) to R. Peel: proposals for reform of transportation system; organization of convicts on military lines; future prosperity of Australia; need to take possession of Western Australia.
Correspondence, 1 January 1830 - 28 May 1830 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.10)
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Lord Goderich to Murray [i.e. 1831], 1 January 1830 (Item ff.1-2)
Letter from Sir Archibald Campbell on N.S.W.; slaves from Mauritius.
Sir John Gore to Murray, 22 January 1830 (Item ff.7-8)
Message for Capt. Montagu of Crocodile at N.S.W.
Correspondence concerning colonies (File ADV. MS. 46.8.11)
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Colonial Office letterbook (362 pp + index), December 1826 - December 1828 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.12)
Copies of letters of Lord Bathurst (pp 1-8), Lord Goderich (pp 9-33), W. Huskisson (pp 33-105) and Murray (pp 106-362), and their secretaries, mostly concerning colonial patronage. The recipients include G. Arthur, Sir Thomas Brisbane, R. Darling, J. Dowling, H. Dumaresq, J. Florance, N. Parker, R. Peel, Col. R. Torrens and Duke of Wellington.
Colonial Office letterbook (447pp + index), December 1828 - November 1829 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.13)
Copies of letters of Murray and his secretary, mostly concerning colonial patronage. The recipients include G. Arthur, R. Darling, Capt. Gardner, R. Gunn, W. Huskisson, Capt. F. Irwin, J. Macqueen, Sir John Owen, R. Peel, C. Riddell, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, J. Stirling and R. Torrens.
Colonial Office letterbook (412 pp + index), November 1829 - July 1830 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.14)
Copies of letters of Murray and his secretary, mostly concerning colonial patronage. The recipients include G. Arthur, C. Dickenson, R. Darling, Sir James Graham, Sir George Mackenzie, Lord Fitzroy Somerset and J. Stirling.
Colonial Office letterbook (213 pp + index), July 1830 - November 1830 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.15)
Copies of letters of Murray and his secretary, mostly concerning colonial patronage. The recipients include G. Arthur, Sir Thomas Brisbane, Rev. W.G. Broughton, R. Darling, C. Dickenson, C. Fraser, G. Hill, Sir George Mackenzie, M. Moncrieff, Sir Robert Peel, and J. Stirling.
Ordnance letters, 29 September 1841 - 19 October 1841 (File ADV. MS. 46.8.20)
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Ordnance letters, 12 January 1843 - 28 February 1843 (File ADV. MS. 46.9.5)
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P. Brown (Perth) to Murray, 12 January 1843 (Item ff.36-41)
Lack of progress in Western Australia; public revenue and expenditure; emigration and land sales; difficulties of civil servants; seeks promotion to older colony.
Archival History
Although described individually, this letter was originally microfilmed with a page from another letter. The last page of the letter described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-903885255.
D. Murray (Fremantle) to Murray, 13 January 1843 (Item ff.42-43)
Seeks confirmation as Immigration Agent at Fremantle.
Private letterbook, 8 January 1842 - 2 June 1842 (File ADV. MS. 46.9.13)
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Private letterbook, 6 August 1842 - 6 May 1843 (File ADV. MS. 46.9.14)
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