Guide to the Collections held by the Wiltshire Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 12 January 1787-15 November 1872

Summary

Collection number:

M935

Creator:

Wiltshire Record Office

Extent:

74 items

Language:

English

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)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Wiltshire Court of Quarter Sessions records of bonds and contracts for the transportation of criminals to Australia, 1787-1789.

The Board of Guardians records regarding minute books of the Melksham Poor Law Union relating to the sponsered emigration of young females and families to Australia, 1848-1858.

Records of the Wiltshire Emigration Society including registers, cash accounts, minute book and correspondence, 1850-1851.

Correspondence relating to the business affairs of Calcutta merchant John Palmer, 1825-1829.

Correpsondence of Thomas Bate, a clerk on HMS Iron Duke, addressed to his mother and aunt. Subjects include: stay at singapore, climate, involvement in action in the pacific region, stay at Penang, visit to Manilla, Hong Kong.

Papers of the Committee for Promoting the Emigration of Females to the Australian Colonies, 1835.

Diary of William Chafyn Grove on his voyage to Australia on the Vimiera and while travelling in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, October 1864 - November 1865.

Related

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-vn725608] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire.

For further information see Wiltshire and Swindon history centre. [http://www.wshc.eu/our-services/archives.html]

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)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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