Guide to the Papers of the Hamilton Family (as filmed by the AJCP)
M3059 - M3060
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
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Series. Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, 1847 - 1888
Subseries 5. Abstract Log of Meander, 18 November 1847 - 7 February 1850; 18 March 1850 - 31 July 1851
Details of: course; wind; weather; remarks - commissioning of ship; observed Prince Edward Islands; sailing in East Indies; grounding on uncharted shoal...
Subseries 14. Diaries, 1848 - 1849
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Diary, 1848 (File 14 B)
Details of: boarding Meander; sailing for East Indies; passengers - Mrs and Miss Napier; death of Napier's son; Madeira - social events; ceremonies of crossing the line; 'women dangerous things on board ship'; provisioning at Rio; Crew's duties; Singapore - social events; movements of other ships on station; wedding of Miss Napier to Hugh Low - 'as melancholy an event as a funeral'; instalment of Brooke with KCB; sailing with Brooke to Sarawak; attended feast given by natives for Brooke; his wife's health...
Subseries 49. Letters received, August 1880 - June 1888
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Series. Captain Henry George Hamilton, 1839 - 1843
Subseries 93A. Letters to family from Australia, 2 October 1839 - 10 August 1843
40 Letters to his parents and family from Portsmouth, Union, Sydney, Colleroy, Clarence River...
Series. Sir Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton, 1945 - 1955
Subseries 217. Account of Mission to Australia, and other trips, 3 December 1945 - 26 March 1948
Australian mission. (159p.)...
Subseries 226. Papers re Australian mission, 1945 - 1955
Correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets, proofs of articles (243p.). Includes:...
Subseries 251A. Letters written by Hamilton, June 1945 - January 1948
Folder 3, June 1945 - January 1948 (File)
L. Hamilton (Melbourne, Canberra, HMS Diamantina at sea, Hobart, HMAS Australia at sea) to his mother., 21 June 1945 - 31 January 1948 (Item)
Subjects include: air journey to Perth; the Melbourne Club; 'the local politicians are already beginning to monkey with the local navy so my job is not going to be a bed of roses' ; his health; Australian politics; Curtin; hospitalisation; stay at Government House, Melbourne 'both the Governor Sir Winston Dugan and his wife are delightful'; visit to Adams family in Western Victoria; Government House, Canberra, 'this is a bigger house then I expected and really not at all bad for Australia, where everything is inclined to be shoddy'; the Duke of Gloucester; social events in Melbourne; tour of inspection of northern ports; talks with Chifley on defence; Dr Evatt 'ruined UNO'; scandle of Schreiber and sacked valet; fishing trip to Buffalo Mountains; Mountbattens in Melbourne 'Melbourne went quite mad over them'; yachting trip on Diamantina - Townsville; American base at Manus, native village 'the natives were very primitive after the Yanks'; Dreger; trip to Adelaide, Norrie's opinion of Australians 'Lazy, slipshod and inefficient'; Christmas at Government House, Hobart and fishing trip; Paul Maguire; discussions on post war forces; American fleet visits Australia; lunch at Parliament House, Canberra; 'I won a famous victory at Canberra a couple of days ago in getting enough money out of the Government to put the Australian Navy on its feet'; maning of carriers by RAAF; conditions on Australia; visit to Samarai and Kivato; Christmas at Government House, Hobart...