Guide to the Papers of Sir Arthur Hodgson (as filmed by AJCP), 1838-1889

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Summary

Collection number:

M675, M789-M790

Creator:

Hodgson, Arthur, Sir

Extent:

31 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:

The material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes: Shipboard journals, noting details of navigation, weather, daily routine of passengers. The journals were kept during the following voyages: London-Sydney on the Royal George 1838; Sydney-West Indies aboard the Walmer Castle 1848; England-Australia on the Thomas Arbuthnot 1849-50; Account books 1853-73; records of financial transactions 1839-47; tallies kept on Queensland properties 1842-47 of killing, shearing and bales of wool produced, and provisions distributed to station workers; Addresses and articles describing various voyages; drafts for addresses on the mutiny on the Bounty, the 1878 Paris Exhibition and forests and historic trees of Great Britain; printed item Australia Revisited 1874-1889 (28 p.) with manuscript amendments and additions, giving Hodgson's impressions of the colony and its agricultural and economic prospects; Newspaper cuttings, mainly on agriculture; biographical notes on Hodgson by Mrs Spurway; map of holdings in the Eton Vale area, Queensland; four pages from a letter-journal of Rev. Edward Hodgson 1840, with several references to members of the Macarthur Family.

Biographical / Historical:

Sir Arthur Hodgson (1818-1902) was born at Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and educated at Eton. After serving in the Royal Navy, he emigrated to New South Wales in 1839. He leased a station in the New England district and in 1840, with his partner Gilbert Eliott, took up Eton Vale, the second run in the Darling Downs. He married Eliza Dowling, the daughter of Sir James Dowling in 1842. He struggled to make a living in the early years, but by the 1850s the property was on a secure footing and was the centre of Darling Downs society. He was the general superintendent of the Australian Agricultural Society in 1856-61.

Hodgson fought hard for the separation of Moreton Bay and the Northern District from New South Wales. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1868-69 and served in the ministries led by Robert Mackenzie and Charles Lilley. In 1870 he and his wife settled in England and in 1873 he acquired an estate near Stratford-upon-Avon. His income from Eton Vale rose steadily and he became a leading figure in Warwickshire society. He became deputy-lieutenant and high sheriff of Warwickshire in 1881. Hodgson visited Queensland several times and he represented Queensland at international exhibitions in London, Paris and Vienna. For these services he was knighted in 1886.

In Hodgson's later years Eton Vale was managed by his son Edward D. Hodgson (1857-1896). Another son, Francis H. Hodgson (1848-1930) was an Anglican priest in England. Selections from his papers were filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project (reel M729).

Access and use

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.