Guide to the Papers of Mitchell Family (as filmed by the AJCP), 1885-1967

Summary

Collection number:

M2760 - M2761

Creator:

Mitchell Family

Extent:

29 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:

1. Letters of Eliza Lund and Oliver Mitchell to their family. They refer to mining disaster at Bulli in April 1887, clearing of bushland in New South Wales, and family news.

2. Papers 1888-1958 of Ernest Lund Mitchell, describing his life in Australia as a photographer, economic problems in Western Australia, opposition to Ben Chifley, and oil exploration at Exmouth Gulf.

3. Letters of Lena Mitchell (wife of Ernest Mitchell) to family in England.

4. Family letters 1957-67 sent to Olive Wilkinson (grand-daughter of Oliver and Eliza Mitchell).

Biographical / Historical:

Oliver Mitchell (d.1929), his wife Eliza Lund (1852-1923) and their children Alice (b.1882) and Ernest (1876-1959) travelled to Australia in 1885. The family returned to Yorkshire but Ernest Mitchell came back to Australia in 1899. After an early career selling goods from a cart he became an itinerant photographer in New South Wales and Southern Queensland before he became an established photographer in Perth by 1914. During this time he married Lena. He became the official photographer to the Governor of Western Australia.

In 1926 he bought a farm in partnership with Bob Strachan, 'Roselm', which he later moved to and worked on after Strachan's death. Ernest retired to Claremont and died in 1959.

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-vn17694] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Filmed at the private residence of Mrs Olive Wilkinson. West Yorkshire, England.

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.

These letters are the property of Mrs Olive Wilkinson and Mrs Dorothy Laycock. Requests for permission to quote material and copy items should be addressed to:Mrs Olive Wilkinson Mansfield 14 Mansfield Road Burley in Wharfedale llkley LS29 7LQ West Yorkshire.

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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