Papers 1801-78 of Addington Family. Includes correspondence of Lord Sidmouth, referring to: colonial appointments; land grants; convicts; the administration of Java; journey of George W. Evans over Blue Mountains; logs kept by Francis Addington on HMS Wolverene 1876-78 and HMS Sappho 1878-79.
(45 MS Boxes + 8 Large Folio-Boxes + 2 security binders)
Abstract Or Scope
It comprises correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, diaries, photographs and cuttings of Rohan Rivett, Sir David Rivett (father), Nancy Rivett (wife) and Rhyll Rivett (daughter).
12.6 metres(81 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box + 7 sound/av carriers)
Abstract Or Scope
A very large proportion of the material comprised publications and the collection is very strong in art exhibition catalogues, theatre and concert programs, travel and tourist literature, Russian and Japanese language material, and newspaper cuttings. Much of the published material was of no biographical interest and duplicated material held in the Library's general collections. As a result, almost half of the material received in 1990 was discarded by the Library.
Papers 1847-1851 of Sir Phipps Hornby concerning British and French interests in the Pacific. Correspondents include William Miller and George Pritchard.
Correspondence, initially between James Hoey, who migrated to Victoria in 1852 with his brother Thomas, and the Brown Family, describing life in Melbourne. Maggie Brown travelled to Australia in 1854 to marry James Hoey and their letters to the family in Scotland relate domestic news and tell of conditions on the goldfields at Bendigo and Eaglehawk, where Thomas and James Hoey began prospecting in 1856 with their brother-in-law John Buckie. Jane Hay Brown arrived in Australia in 1859 on the Royal Charter to care for her sister Maggie, who died later that year. All correspondents refer to activities of fellow Scots in Australia.