Papers of the Brown family (as filmed by the AJCP) [microform] : [M858-863], 1829-1899

Bib ID:
1856072
Format:
Manuscript and Microform
Author:
Brown family
Online Version:
National Library of Australia digitised item
Related Online Resources:
Finding aid at National Library of Australia
Access Conditions:
Available for reference.
Description:
  • Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
  • 6 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Summary:

Correspondence between James Hoey (husband of Maggie Brown) and the Brown family in Scotland. Includes news of conditions on the goldfields at Bendigo and Eaglehawk. Correspondence between Jane Hay Brown who arrived in Australia in 1859 and family and friends. Journal of Andrew Hamilton (husband of Jane), 1852 describing voyage to Australia and journey to the diggings in Ballarat. Hamilton correspondence, discussing family and business affairs. Letters of Robert Hoey. Family photographs.

Biography/History:

The Brown family lived in Glasgow in the early 1850s, when the head of the family was Mrs Margaret A. Brown. Her children included Jane Hay Brown, schoolteacher, Jessie, Maggie and James W. Brown, a Presbyterian minister. The Hoey family were old friends of the Browns. James and Thomas Hoey migrated to Victoria in 1852.

Notes:
  • Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
  • National Library of Australia holds microfilm master.
  • Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M858-863.
  • Also available on computer disk. See National Library of Australia Manuscript Section MS 9645
  • Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-743505683
  • Microfilm copy of originals held by the National Library of Scotland.
Cited In:
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 21, p. 23.
Index/Finding Aid Note:
Descriptive list available (59 p.).
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Related Records:
two-level-child

This belongs to the Miscellaneous Series (Australian Joint Copying Project)..
This collection contains 521 records.

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