Guide to the Collections held by the National Library of Wales (as filmed by the AJCP)

J.E. Fitzgerald to Lord [unknown], 2 April 1850 (Item)

Purpose of Canterbury settlement in New Zealand; education; sends copy of Canterbury Papers (London, 1850) new principle of colony in which higher classes may take part; public meeting in London.

Lord Sandwich to D. Barrington, 28 February 1778 (Item)

Scurrilous reply of G. Forster to pamphlet of W. Wales; Forsters unable to retain friends; unfavourable time for further voyages of discovery; ships should be fitted out solely for purpose of exploration.

G. Forster. A letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Sandwich, London, G. Robinson. (31pp.), 1778 (Item)

Anne Evans (Sydney) to [unknown], 10 February 1858 (Item)

Believes she should receive portion of rent of cottages; husband and sons at diggings; intends to return home in few years.

Mrs I. Coghlan-Davis (Sydney) to Sir William Davies, 8 July 1895 (Item)

Lost all possessions in flood of 1893 in Brisbane; welcome change from tropical heat.

T.R. James (Christchurch) to W. Davies, 16 January 1865 (Item)

Instructions to sell houses and meadows in Parish of Whitechurch.

William and John Rees (Melbourne) to father, 10 February 1854 (Item)

Appointment of John as managing wharfinger; young clerks and shopkeepers not needed in Melbourne; high wages for plasterers; wreck of Randall on trading voyage to South Seas; Capt. G. Gilmore and his fine property near Launceston.

C. Cozens (Ipswich) to Mrs Jenkins, 1 February 1880 (Item)

Unlikely to return home; suicide of friend in Brisbane; Cozens' life of bitterness and misery; work as teacher in bush.

John Morris (Blackstone) to D. Davies, 17 January 1884 (Item 403)

Voyage to Australia; Ipswich coalmines; 80 Welshmen working in pit; schools; apprenticeship.

David Lloyd Thomas (Ballarat) to Mrs J. Jones (Aberystwyth), 25 May 1859 (Item Folder 26)

In Welsh.

David Lloyd Thomas (Ballarat) to [unknown], 24 June 1864 (Item Folder 26)

In Welsh.

Rev. John Davies (Tahiti) to J. Griffiths (Pont Robert), 30 January 1808 (Item Folder 1)

Infrequency of letters; encloses letter to Davies' parents. In welsh.

Rev. John Davies (Papara) to Rev. J. Hughes (Pont Robert), 30 January 1844 (Item Folder 1)

In Welsh.

David Evans and James Howell (Newcastle, N.S.W.) to [unknown], 15 October 1860 (Item Folder 3)

In Welsh.

Address given at Ballarat Eisteddfod (5ff.), n.d. (Item)

J.N. Wilson (Ballarat). Reference for R. Roberts, acting manager of Ballarat Star, (copy), 30 June 1875 (Item)

T.D. Wanliss (Ballarat). Reference for R. Roberts, manager of Star and Miner, (copy), 19 May 1874 (Item)

T.M. Dermot (Melbourne). Reference for R. Roberts, (copy), 17 June 1875 (Item)

J.N. Wilson (Ballarat) to R. Trevor, 27 October 1873 (Item)

Political influence in school appointments.

R. Roberts (Wolverhampton) to Mrs Williams, 31 October 1880 (Item)

Plans to return to Australia; friendship with new Bishop of Melbourne.

Emigration of Williams' children to Australia (Item ff.354-58)

His son, Rev. W. Williams Wern, was a Presbyterian missionary at Dartmoor, Victoria.

J. Davies (Portsmouth) to Rev. T. Charles, 8 May 1800 (Item 25)

Impending departure for N.S.W. on convict ship Royal Admiral. In Welsh.

T. Haweis to Rev. T. Charles, 8 February 1800 (Item 32)

High opinion of Rev. J. Davies; Tahitian Mission; need for more missionaries.

S. Amos (Sydney) to H. Richard, 24 May 1880 (Item 18)

Misunderstanding about publication of book Peace and War; refreshed by stay in Australia; free trade safe in N.S.W.

R.W. Dale (Birmingham) to H. Richard, 30 January 1888 (Item 61)

Refers to visit to Australia.

A.H. Chanter to E.S. Hartland, 11 December 1895 (Item)

Returns Ellis' book on Hawaii; accuracy of his observations; changes in transliteration of Hawaiian language.

Kemmis of Port Phillip (includes Queensland and N.S.W.) (Item ff.154-56)

Kemmis of Yankalilla, South Australia (Item ff.157-60)

J. Walters (Oxford) to D. Walters (Norwich), 7 April 1780 (Item ff.12-13)

Sends draft of Latin poem commemorating Capt. J. Cook; seeks suggestions from Parr.

J. Walters to D. Walters, 14 November 1782 (Item 16-17)

Publication of poems, including discoveries and death of Capt. Cook.

George J. Jones (Melbourne) to W. Roberts, n.d. (Item f.148)

In Welsh.

G. Jones (Melbourne) to W. Roberts, 6 March 1854 (Item f.68)

In Welsh.

Margaret Morris (Tarleton) to [unknown], 27 June 1857 (Item f.118)

Arrival in Tasmania; death of mother; cost of food.

Includes letter from David Morris.

In Welsh.

Lewis Thomas (Pt. Adelaide) to [unknown], March 1868 (Item f.141)

In Welsh.

Sermons of Daniel Jones of Ballarat, August 1864 - January 1865 (Item)

In Welsh.

David Evans (Warrnambool) to D. Lewis, 1864 - 1898 (Item 31-36)

(5 letters, in Welsh)

Includes several hymns in English and Welsh.

Original manuscript of Welsh translation of Agricola by Tacitus, translated by David Owen, (39pp.), 1917 (Item)

D. Owen (Brisbane) to T.F. Roberts, 29 April 1917 (Item)

Sends third version of Agricola; hopes it can be published after War. (incomplete).

Sir Frederick Bedford (Perth) to Davies, 28 November 1903 (Item 5)

Thanks for book on Western Australia.

Alice Ogilvie (Perth) to Davies, 19 October 1898 (Item 28)

Thanks for magazine on Cathedral; recollections of it when her grandfather was bishop.

Sir Alexander Onslow (Perth) to Davies, 31 March 1900 (Item 29)

Davies' work on goldfields; good influence of Templers.

Sir Alexander Onslow to Davies, 5 December 1900 (Item 30)

Rumour that Davies plans to return to Patagonia; interview.

Bishop C. Riley (Perth) to Davies, 16 October 1890 (Item 45)

Sends baptism cards.

Notebook listing, by streets, Church families to be visited within Cathedral district of Perth, 1897 - 1898 (Item)

Notes on Australian bush travellers. (18pp.) (Item)

W.H. Hume Humphrey (Echuca) to W. Hobley, 28 February 1927 (Item f.37)

John Lloyd (Wallaroo) to W. Hobley, 7 November 1898 (Item f.65)

Visit of Rev. R.G. Jones; Hobley's address to students at Bala; sends biographical sketch.

John Davies (Melbourne) to H. Jones, 1869 - 1871 (Item ff.25-28)

News of Jones' son in Australia; his debts and financial difficulties. (4 letters)

E.J. Jones (Warwillah Station) to H. Jones, 13 August 1871 (Item f.99)

Farming, road-clearing, working puddling machine at Rushworth; journey into N.S.W.: H. Jones' remarriage.

Rev. J. Davies (Pandy) to Ben Price (Sydney), 27 October 1915 (Item)

Davies' election as Moderator of General Assembly; engagement of Price to his daughter; wishes they would settle in Britain.

W.A. Townsend (Bedwelty Pits) to Mrs B. Price (Sydney), 13 August 1919 (Item)

Voyage to Australia; news of Pandy; sends photograph of grave of J. Davies.

Photographs and cuttings from Katoomba Daily on funeral of E Thomas, September 1936 (Item)

Ellen Morris (Ballarat) to Mrs L. Ramsay, 24 February 1864 (Item 22)

Unable to settle down in Australia; voyage; Ballarat; hot winds; mutual friends.

Sir Andrew Ramsay (London) to Ella [Ramsay], 30 March 1881 (Item 33)

Sends cheque; account of strange disappearance of geologist Lamont Young in N.S.W.

Bob (Pt. Darwin) to Kate Jones, 15 January 1887 (Item 167)

Unloading of Cambrian Queen; Welshmen in Darwin; visit to [Indigenous Australian] camp; sharks and alligators; Kimberley gold-fields.

D. Barrington to J. Lloyd, 11 July 1772 (Item f.33)

J. Banks leaving for Iceland; Forster at Plymouth impatient for ships to take him to South Pole.

D. Barrington to J. Lloyd, 20 September 1775 (Item f.36)

Forsters received by King and Queen; Forster preparing narrative for Lord Sandwich; profits to be shared with Capt. J. Cook.

Account of association of Pennant with John R. Forster (Item ff.48-50)

Forster's financial extravagance; his ingratitude to Pennant, Lord Sandwich, D. Barrington 'and every person to whom he owed the deepest gratitude'. Includes a print of Forster riding a donkey.

W.A. Salter to [unknown], 29 January 1919 - 9 February 1919 (Item)

Voyage from Yokohama to San Francisco; describes visit to Honolulu, including Salvation Army boys' and girls' homes. (10pp.)

Rev. Alexander Dawson (Thames, N.Z.) to E. Owen, 1934 - 1937 (Item)

Acknowledges money for Mrs L. Wildman; her illness and death. (3 letters)

Margaret Taylor (Thames, N.Z.) to E. Owen, 1933 - 1937 (Item)

Illness and death of Mrs L. Wildman. (3 letters)

Lucy Wildman (Thames, N.Z.) to E. Owen, 5 June 1933 (Item)

Illness; mutual friends.

H. Spencer to S. Rendel, 11 April 1882 (Item 320)

Need for Anti-Aggression League; weakness of Government in recognising control of Borneo Company.

M.S. Grant Duff (Colonial Office) to S. Rendel, 8 October 1880 (Item 353)

Letter of P. Scratchley sent to Sir Robert Herbert.

M.S. Grant Duff to S. Rendel, 22 November 1880 (Item 354)

P. Scratchley considered favourably for employment.

William Davies (Palmerston North) to S.P.M. Bligh, 1 August 1929; 18 March 1932 (Item ff.52-55)

Surveys of grasslands and grass preservation in Australia and New Zealand.

[William Davies] New Zealand notes (2pp., typescript) (Item)

John Davies (Haweis Town, Tahiti) to R. Newell (Plasbach, Montgomeryshire), 2 January 1835 (File 13763)

Refers to American mission at Hawaii. (Mainly in Welsh)

D. Egryn Jones (Melbourne) to J.J. Morgan, c. 1892 (File 13867)

Requests book; mastery of Mathews as preacher.

Address from Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church in Melbourne to members of Calvinistic Methodist Church in Wales, presented by Rev. O. Edwards, 12 March 1888 (File 14935)

[J. Evans, Melbourne] to E. Edwards, 24 July 1893 (File 15645)

Seeks help to engage minister; death of R.O. Edwards; disappointment with Rev. J. Griffiths who 'cannot preach a bit'.

Continuation of letter of J. Evans, [c. July 1893] (File 15736)

Only two ministers in Victoria can preach in Welsh; income of £750/a. assured.

G.R. Jones (Maryborough, Victoria) to E. Edwards, September 1886 (File 15793)

Death of Edwards' father; emigration to Victoria in 1885; weakness of Calvinistic Methodist churches; Rev. O. Edwards, H. Roberts; revival of goldmining at Maryborough; magnificence of Ballarat; British elections.

W.N. Stedman (Sydney) to E. Edwards, 22 September 1912 (File 15953)

Thanks for letters; united in science of divinity.

J. Davies (N.S.W.) to J. Griffiths (Pont Robert), 19 November 1811 (File 16206)

Sends letter to Davies' parents; has received no letters since 1807; letters should be sent to Rev. S. Marsden.

J. Davies (Huahine, Haweis Town, Tahiti) to Rev. J. Hughes (Pont Robert), 1818 - 1885 (File 16207-37)

(31 letters, all but one in Welsh)

Article by A. Pearse, 'Tahiti of today'. (Feb. 1885)

H.O. Jones (Melbourne) to Gen. Secretary, Calvinistic Methodist Association, May 1935 (File 18399)

Congratulations of Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Connexion of Victoria on bicentenary of mother church.

Harriet Roberts (Dunedin) to D.J. Evans, Family news, 11-Nov (File 20982)

Harriet Roberts, John Roberts and Lizzie Roberts (Dunedin) to [unknown] Roberts and Ellen Evans, 1876 (File 21008-15)

Family news; Welsh Revival; death of John Roberts. (8 letters, 6 in Welsh)

Letters of William Rowlands written to his family from New Zealand, 1864 - 1870 (Item ff.38-54)

They refer to his departure from Liverpool on The Champion of the Seas, his search for a teaching position in Australia and N.Z., death of his father, health, work at Wesley College, Auckland, economic depression, visit to Taranaki, move to Te Aro Grammar School, Wellington, difficulty in finding pupils, separation of New Zealand Methodists from Australian Conference.

William Kewley (Ballarat) to Charles Kewley (Witchaven), 12 February 1859 (Item)

White Flats goldfields; overland mails; family news.

Correspondence of J. Connell, M. Boyd and P. Northall, 1859 - 1860 (File 3843)

On affairs of Royal Bank of Australia and allegations that Boyd caused collapse of Bank in 1848 by misappropriating £70,270, (7pp., printed).

Declaration by Sir James Drummond (Edinburgh) re shares of Royal Bank of Australia, 28 January 1854 (File 4953)

Which stood in name of his father, Sir Francis Drummond, (copy).

J. Ronald to R. Thomas, March 1860 - April 1860 (File 5496-5497)

Notice served on Sir James Drummond re affairs of Royal Bank of Australia and jurisdiction of Court of Chancery, (2 letters, copies)

J.B. Innes to Sir James Drummond, 22 April 1861 (File 5510)

Innes settlement with W.C. Wryghte, Official Manager of Royal Bank of Australia.

D.J. Miller (London) to Sir James Drummond, June 1860 - February 1861 (File 5515-5531)

Bill filed against Drummond in Royal Bank of Australia case. (17 letters)

R. Thomas (London) to Sir James Drummond, April 1860 (File 5532-5537)

Royal Bank of Australia case; Drummond's position as legal representative of his father in England; urges matter be settled out of court. (6 letters)

R. Johnston to Sir James Drummond, February 1860 (File 5554-5555)

Appeal by W.C. Wryghte to House of Lords; counsel's opinion on liability of estate and of Drummond for shares in Bank. (2 letters)

Correspondence between D.J. Miller, H. Harris and Sir James Drummond, July 1860 (File 5560)

On opinion of counsel on order against Drummond for payment of £13,593 to W.C. Wryghte, (copies)

D. Smith to J.A. Campbell, 8 November 1855 (File 5562)

Statement of assets of Sir James Drummond; offers made to Royal Bank of Australia; difficulties solely due to speculation of his father. (copy)

D. Smith to T.N. Farquhar, 21 January 1854 (File 5564)

Opinion of counsel on decision of Lord Campbell in Royal Bank of Australia case. (copy)

Correspondence between R. Scott and D. Smith on examination by Sheriff of Sir James Drummond and Dame Margaret Drummond on application by W.C. Wryghte, (copies), December 1855 (File 5580)

Opinion of F.W. Everitt on claim of Sir James Drummond re East Fortoun estate and claim of W.C. Wryghte, September 1860 (File 5616)

Notice of hearing by Court of Chancery of application by W.C. Wryghte for order on Sir James Drummond and Dame Margaret Drummond for payment of £13,593, (copy), 13 May 1860 (File 5638)

Opinion by F.W. Everitt on liability of Sir James Drummond for payment to Royal Bank of Australia, 7 July 1860 (File 5639)

Notice by W.C. Wryghte enclosing order by Court of Chancery for call of £13,593 on Sir James Drummond, Dame Margaret Drummond and W.D. Dick, 5 June 1860 (File 5640)

Minute of agreement between J.B. Innes, J. Ronald and R.B. Maconochie, 23 April 1861 (File 5644)

On agreement of compromise concluded between Sir James Drummond and trustees of Sir Francis Drummond and W.C. Wryghte.

Statement in House of Lords on compromise between parties in case of Dame Margaret Drummond and another v. W.C. Wryghte, 23 April 1861 (File 5646)

Opinion of E.F. Maitland on memorial of trustees of Sir Francis Drummond touching loan of £7,250 to meet payment to Royal Bank of Australia, 7 August 1861 (File 5649)

Bill of complaint in Chancery of W.C. Wryghte against Sir James Drummond, Dame Margaret Drummond and W.D. Dick for payment of £13,593 from estate of Sir Francis Drummond, (printed), 31 July 1860 (File 5652)

Answer of Sir James Drummond to bill of complaint of W.C. Wryghte, (printed), 9 November 1860 (File 5654)

Suggestions submitted to parties in affairs of Royal Bank of Australia of plan for settling its differences by forming new management which might be called Murray River Wool and Agricultural Association, (printed), n.d. (File 5656)

Tentative issues in action between Dame Margaret Drummond, W.D. Dick, J.M. Melville and Sir James Drummond, 1860 (File 5659)

Re 140 shares in Royal Bank of Australia held by Sir Francis Drummond

Issues for Dame Margaret Drummond and W.D. Dick against J.M. Melville and Sir James Drummond, July 1860 (File 5660)

Notice of date fixed by Master of High Court of Chancery to consider application by W.C. Wryghte for removal of name of Sir James Drummond from list of contributories, 23 March 1860 (File 5663)

Minutes of meeting of shareholders of Royal Bank of Australia on terms of arrangement entered into between W.C. Wryghte and Scotch creditors of Bank, (printed), 6 July 1855 (File 5695)

Order of Master of High Court of Chancery for payment by Sir James Drummond of £14,000 to Official Manager of Royal Bank of Australia, (copy), 9 August 1854 (File 5710)

David Jones (Melbourne) to sister, 28 February 1854 (File 21)

Voyage to Australia on Hibernia; effect of storm on passengers; high wages and rents in Melbourne; drunkenness; shortage of water at goldfields.

David Jones (Yass) to brother and sister, 2 October 1855 (File 22)

Ill-health and accident; work as shepherd; plans to move to Lachlan River.

Declaration by Anne Evans, daughter of Griffith Evans (d. 1864) of Yarra Flats, Melbourne, and only sister and heiress of Capt. Griffith Jones Evans, drowned in 1869. Chester, (photocopy), 14 February 1871 (File 23)

Alice Humphreys (Otago) to E. Humphreys, 1871 - 1876 (Item 5405-5411)

Family news; health; wool prices; Campbell Family; gardening; Dr Hocken; voyage to Malta and Suez. (7 letters)

A.C. Humphreys-Owen (Paris) to E. Humphreys, 9 March 1876 (Item)

Management of property in New Zealand; financial extravagence of Edward Humphreys.

Edward Humphreys (Melbourne) to E. Humphreys, 20 December 1863 (Item 5426)

Voyage to Australia; visit to Heidelberg; floods in Victoria; fellow-passengers, including cricketers.

Edward Humphreys (Christchurch and Dunedin) to E. Humphreys, 1864 - 1877 (Item 5427-5449)

First impressions of Canterbury Plains; Hawdon Family; partnership with G. Macfarlane; family news; land investments; wool clips; taxes; marriage; ill-health; abolition of provincial assemblies; land legislation; railways. (23 letters).

G. Macfarlane (Christchurch) to E. Humphreys, 15 August 1864 (Item 5465)

Negotiations for sheep runs; agreement with Edward Humphreys; plans to enter into law partnership.

C.G. Hawdon (Brighton) to A. Humphreys-Owen, 30 April 1892 (Item 5789)

Death of Edward Humphreys; his bravery.

Alice Humphreys to A. Humphreys-Owen, 1871 - 1892 (Item 5832-5843)

Family news; business affairs; servants; wool returns; Campbell Family; social life; dominance of Scots in Dunedin; Edwards' illness and death. (12 letters)

Edward Humphreys (Christchurch and Dunedin) to A. Humphreys-Owen, 1862 - 1892 (Item)

Voyage to Australia; travels in Victoria; G. Macfarlane; purchase of sheep run; family news; Otago goldfields; Hawdon and Campbell families; financial difficulties; visit to England in 1878; misleading advice of emigration agents; isloted life on station; British politics; social events; Dr Hocken; J. Studholme; land investments in New Zealand's Vogel Government; land legislation; election as M.P. in 1889 and defeat in 1891; election to City Council in 1891; formation of Labour Party; ill-health and operations; return to England for surgery in 1891. (67 letters, some incomplete)

J.M. Lloyd (Abermarle) to A. Humphreys-Owen, 30 April 1892 (Item 5986)

Death of Edward Humphreys.

G. Macfarlane (Christchurch) to A. Humphreys-Owen, 1864 - 1868 (Item 5995-6005)

Voyage from Melbourne to Dunedin; Hawdon Family; climate; countryside; purchase of books; business matters; Edward Humphreys; E. Fitzgerald; Bishop G.A. Selwyn, `a violent and arbitrary tyrant'; British politics. (11 letters)

J. Studholme (Christchurch) to A. Humphreys-Owen, 1878 - 1891 (Item 6114-6116)

Business affairs of Edward Humphreys; management of trust; purchase of land at Christchurch.

Annie Gibson (Ipswich, Queensland) to Anne Owen, 9 July 1872 (Item 6520)

Receipt of draft of £500; poor eyesight.

A. Howell (Welshpool) to Anne Owen, 17 May 1869 (Item 6566)

Deed to be sent to Australia.

Erskine Humphreys to Anne Owen, 10 July 1867 (Item 6589)

Impending visit of Edward Humphreys to England.

Edward Humphreys to H.M. Bright, 2 February 1863 (Item 7621)

Plans to emigrate to New Zealand; seeks employment in Australia or New Zealand mercantile house for few months.

Cargill, Gibbs and Co. (Dunedin) to E.W. Humphreys, 10 December 1877 (Item 7743)

Forwards deed for station property in South Eastern District.

N. Campbell (Oamaru) to E.W. Humphreys, 2 June 1889 (Item 7745)

Humphreys' candidature for General Assembly.

Alice Humphreys (Dunedin) to E.W. Humphreys, n.d. (Item 7750-7751)

New name for station; floods; ill-health. (2 letters)

Erskine Humphreys to E.W. Humphreys, 29 September 1875 (Item 7752)

Departure of Alice Humphreys; despatch of deeds; friends.

J. Hawdon (Christchurch) to Erskine Humphreys, 6 October 1868 (Item 7770)

Proposed marriage of daughter Alice to Edward Humphreys; family news; G. Macfarlane.

J. Hawdon (Wellington) to Alice Humphreys, 25 August 1869 (Item 7798)

Local news; departure of H.M.S. Challenger.

Edward Humphreys (Dunedin) to Rev. R. Temple, 7 September 1881 (Item 8027)

Receipt of credit note; inquires about true state of affairs at Glansevern.

Louisa Mackenzie (Melbourne) to [unknown], 24 March 1875 (Item 8048)

Receipt of money.

Edward Humphreys (London) to F. Podgson, 1874 (Item 8156)

Despatch of power of attorney; management of property.

Edward Humphrey to [unknown], n.d. (Item 8157)

Property; Christchurch Assembly Ball; investments; requests book. (incomplete)

A.C. Humphreys-Owen to J.C. Studholme (Christchurch), 21 October 1878 (Item 8167)

Sends duplicate of draft for £4,000; settlement of £8,000 in favour of E. Humphreys; need for second trustee in New Zealand.

A.C. Humphreys-Owen to Edward Humphreys, 22 December 1887 (Item 8170)

Provisions of trust created after father's death. (draft)

Sir Edward Owen (Penang) to Anne Owen, 18 September 1830 (Item 8475)

Allegations of piracy in Malay seas; activities on East Indies Station; Prince of Wales Island; overgrown government establishment; cultivation of spices; gold ornaments.

A. Chodouski (Christchurch) to Rev. H. Adler, 27 August 1891 (Item 8559)

Introduces Edward Humphreys.

E.W. Coventry (Christchurch) to Miss Coventry (London), 3 September 1891 (Item 8560)

Introduces Edward Humphreys.

T.L. Ward (Christchurch) to V.C. Elves (Northampton), 2 September 1891 (Item 8651(a))

Introduces Edward Humphreys.

Baldwyn Davies (Blackstone) to Jones, 26 March 1933 (File)

Thanks for book; preparations for Easter Eisteddfod; most of entrants from South Wales; dominance of Labour Party in Queensland; Welsh politicians in Queensland; Welsh pioneers at Blackstone. In Welsh.

Print of Brisbane Women's Hospital, [1937] (File)

Baldwyn Davies to Jones, 18 December 1933 (File)

Article by Davies on jubilee of Church in Blackstone; good work of Labor Government; public works; Welsh-born politicians in Queensland; death of mother; resignation of president of St. David's Society. Includes sketch of Blackstone. In Welsh.

W. Roberts (Pt. Adelaide) to Jones, 19 November 1939 (File)

Biographical details; years in Patagonia; family news.

W. Roberts to Jones, 29 April 1943 (File)

Death of wife; work as watchman; hopes to visit Wales after War; can no longer speak Welsh but can sing hymns.

Bishop R. Thomas (Gladstone, S.A.) to T.G. Jones, 16 March 1928 (Item)

Hopes for Welsh revival; visit to Britain to seek ministers and funds for Willochra Diocese; wishes Welsh colony could be established in Australia.

T.G. Jones (Aberystwyth) to Bishop R. Thomas, 14 June 1928 (Item)

Disappearance of divisions within Wales; disestablishment of Church in Wales; stagnation in South Wales; University College. (copy)

W.R. Williams (Young, N.S.W.) to T.G. Jones, 27 July 1930 (Item)

Inquires about portraits of Lord Aberdare and Lord Abergavenny painted by grandfather W.E. Jones.

Draft of journal kept by Evans on voyage from London to Australia on Shannon, 1881-08-20 - 1881-11-08; 1882 (File (e))

Includes detailed account of storm.

1882 pocket diary, with brief entries referring to activities in Tasmania (January) and return voyage to England (Feb-May).

J.G. Evans (Tasmania) to Howse, 19 January 1882 (File)

Wretched voyage to Australia; theism of Rev. C. Strong of Melbourne; Dr G. Morrison of Geelong College; opportunities for wealth in Tasmania, Huon River. (incomplete)

Col. T. Wood to J.Jones (Brecon), 5 June 1828 (File 6562)

Delay in sending off Brecon convicts to N.S.W.: arrangements for sending out wives and families free of charge.

Col. T. Wood to J. Powell, 11 June 1831 (File 6935)

Believes Hayward would have good prospects as solicitor in N.S.W.

Bishop W.J. Simkin (Stafford) to Bishop J. Morgan, 19 June 1948 (Item)

Thanks for stay at Llandaff; first time he has felt at home since he left New Zealand.

Diary of James Brogden on a visit to New Zealand, (116pp.), August 1871 - December 1872 (File 1)

Very detailed diary, written for his family, describing the journey from Liverpool to New Zealand via America and Hawaii, travels throughout New Zealand including Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Thames goldfields, Waikato River, Lake Taupo, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill, negotiations with Vogel Government on railway contracts and criticism of Brogden's contracts in Parliament, meetings with Sir George Bowen, General W. Feilding, and Maori chiefs, surveys of railway routes, and return voyage to England with visits to Melbourne, Ballarat, Sydney and Albany.

Original manuscript of lectures delivered by Senior at Oxford entitled 'Colonization'. (58pp.), 1850 - 1851 (File B.29)

Lord Howick to Senior, 14 March 1837 (File C118)

Favours public works rather than emigration as answer to Irish agrarian problems; people of N.S.W. would oppose assisted emigration.

Lord Howick to Senior, 18 May 1837 (File C120)

Rejects widespread view emigration is only cure to Irish problem.

Senior to Lord Howick, 30 May 1837 (File C121)

Irish poor; emigration not complete answer but important factor.

J. Ward to Senior, 7 July [1834] (File C489)

Transportation problems suggests police surveillance for those who cannot afford bail.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, 11 August 1831 (File C498)

Senior's pamphlet and Whately's proposed pamphlet on transportation; proposed Political Economy Club.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, n.d. (File C501)

Transportation; emigration; problems of freeing slaves.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, n.d. (File C511)

Is writing second letter to Lord Grey on transportation.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, n.d. (File C513)

Tithe question; article in Globe supporting transportation.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, 11 February 1834 (File C516)

Marriage laws; poor law; Whately's letters on transportation.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, n.d. (File C528)

Has sent pamphlet on transportation to Sir Robert Peel.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, 30 September 1835 (File C544)

House of Lords reform; poor law reform; some paupers should be sent as apprentices to colonies; compares problem to transportation.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, 21 September 1837 (File C575)

Poor laws letter to Lord John Russell on transportation.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, n.d. (File C577)

Plan to colonize New Zealand; Sir George Gipps and N.S.W.; Senior's views on Report on Irish Poor.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, 14 December 1837 (File C582)

Reply from Lord John Russell on Whately's views on transportation.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, 29 March 1838 (File C589)

Letter on transportation sent to Royal Commission; disapproves of scheme of Lord Howick of punishing men at home and then sending them to N.S.W. to be reformed; Irish Poor Law.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, 13 May 1838 (File C592)

Irish Poor Law Bill; transportation; Molesworth Committee.

Senior to Archbishop R. Whately, 22 May 1838 (File C593)

Debate on Irish Poor Law Bill; news of transportation report.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, 24 December 1839 (File C604)

Irish education; Glasgow penitentiary; imprisonment cheaper than transportation.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, 7 March 1846 (File C656)

Debate on Van Diemen's Land; Whately's works on transportation sent to W.E. Gladstone.

Senior to Archbishop R. Whately, 12 March 1846 (File C658)

Dr Willis' book; views of Lord Lyttelton on transportation differ from those of Lord Stanley; sugar duties.

Archbishop R. Whately to Senior, 8 October 1846 (File C661)

Senior's article on Ireland; D. O'Connell and Sir Robert Peel; acceptance by Government of Whately's views on secondary punishment.

Lord Monteagle to Lord Clarendon, 21 October 1848 (File C838)

Emigration and Ireland.

Archbishop R. Whately to Lord John Russell, 12-Sep (File C866)

Russell's letter on penal colonies in Australia; transportation and emigration.

Memorandum supporting petition of landowners and others interested in New Zealand opposing convict boys from Parkhurst Prison being sent to N.Z., April 1843 (File D49)

Rev. S.A. Brooke (Berlin) to Mrs M.C.M. Simpson, 19 February 1864 (File E480)

Personal matters; injury to brother Edward in battle in New Zealand.

Rev. S.A. Brooke to Mrs M.M. Simpson, 19 April 1864 (File E484)

War between Prussia and Denmark; Garibaldi; criticism of colonists in New Zealand.

Papers concerning estate of James Hughes (d. 1885), c. 1885, 1885-1888 (File 111-126)

Includes items 115-122;

Correspondence of Ollivier, Brown and Dean (Wellington) De Bernady Bros. (London), and Capt. T. Hughes (Aberdovery) on estate and sale of land at Wellington. (1885-1888)

Power of attorney granted by Capt. T. Hughes and J. Hughes (Warrington) to E.B. Brown (Wellington), (copy) (08/11/1886)