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Journals of James Mitchell (as filmed by the AJCP), 1820-1823

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Two journals covering the voyages to Australia, and Mitchell's travels in New South Wales and Java in 1820 and 1822.
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Papers of Phillip Parker King, 1826-1830

(5 large volumes in MS box + 1 volume of photocopies)
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Collection comprises five volumes of journals, reports and other papers.

Papers of Frederick A. Edelsten (as filmed by AJCP), 1867-1868

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Diary kept by Frederick Edelesten on the voyage from London to Adelaide, while travelling in South Australia and Western Australia, and on the return journey from Adelaide to London, July 1867 – October 1868.
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Legacy : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia, Mixed dates

Brochures, posters, pamphlets.
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Material relating to the activities of the charity Legacy.
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Killen, James (Sir) : programs and invitations ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia, n.d.

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Material in the Programs and invitations ephemera collection includes invitations to official events, dinner invitations honouring visiting dignitaries, dance cards, award presentations, openings, commemorative and sporting programs. Some programs and invitations may also include menus.
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Posters of Wildflower Exhibitions held at Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia, 1972-2014

(24 posters)
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Collection of posters advertising the Kings Park Wildflower Festival held annually at Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia. The Botanic Garden and Parks Authority receives funding from the State Government of Western Australia.
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TaikOz : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia, 1997-

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Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items for Australian performing arts organisations, Australian artists performing overseas, professional productions performed in Australia (including those featuring overseas performers) and overseas performances of Australian plays, music, etc.
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Papers of Sir Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron of Nelson, 1895-1939

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Correspondence, notes, laboratory notebooks, a notebook kept on his Australian tour in 1925, newspaper cuttings and photographs. Subjects include: scientific research in New Zealand; visits to Australia and New Zealand; Rutherford's biography; academic appointments; family news; and research and teaching.
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Small business : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia, 31 October 2019-01 August 2020

Pamphlet, card
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Small business advertising, information and thankyou cards.
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Leanne Benjamin in three Royal Ballet productions by Leslie E. Spatt, 1993-1994

photographs : silver gelatin ; 19.1 x 24.5 cm or smaller.
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Collection shows Leanne Benjamin as the principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, performing in Don Quixote and with Christopher Saunders in Gloria, plus one other unidentified performance.
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Lee, Michele (author, playwright) : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia, 2008-

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Michele Lee is an Asian Australian artist, of Hmong background. She writes primarily for theatre but also live art, screen and prose. For her play writing and audio writing, she has won AWGIES and Premier's Awards and been nominated for those awards too, as well as Green Room Awards. Her works have been programmed by Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Griffin Theatre, Hothouse Theatre, Queensland Theatre, Monash University, St Martin's Youth Arts Centre, Arts House, Radio National, Next Wave Festival, Darwin Festival and You Are Here Festival. She has assessed and judged plays for major awards.
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Len Evans Wines' dinner menu collection, 1975-1983

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24 printed souvenir dinner menus from Len Evans Wines Pty Ltd with annotated wine tasting notes, collected between 1975 to 1983.
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Papers of the Vessey Family (as filmed by the AJCP), 1861-1879

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The material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes: Letters 1861-68 of Rev. George Vessey of Melbourne to his family referring to opening of Baptist Chapel in Collins Street, church services, the distribution of tracts, and the 1865 constitutional crisis; Diary 1869 of Leonard Vessey 1847-80 kept on voyage to Australia on the Canaan; Letters 1869-79 of Leonard Vessey to his parents describing his voyage to Australia, impressions of Sydney, Hill End and Bathurst, roads in Blue Mountains, New South Wales politics, and his work as a surveyor in Southern Tablelands and South Coast of New South Wales; Photographs of Leonard Vessey and surveyors at Hill End 1872.
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National Parks (W.A.) : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia, [1970?]-

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The ephemera collection contains documents of everyday life generally covering publications of fewer than five pages. These may include: advertising material, area guides, booklets, brochures, samples of merchandise, postcards, posters, programs, stickers and tickets.
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Salvation Army : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia, Undated

Booklet
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Information about The Salvation Army and it's programs.
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Letters from John Hawkesworth to Dr. Burney, c. 1771-c. 1773

0.03 metres (1 folder)
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Five letters to Dr. Burney, presumably Charles Burney, relating to Burney's introduction to Lord Sandwich of John Hawkesworth, and his subsequent editing of the Account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere.
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Papers of George Wakefield, 1853-1887

0.06 metres (2 folders)
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31 letters from George Wakefield, doctor and surgeon, to his family in the United Kingdom, written from Ballarat and Kerang; together with several legal documents, some photographs and a list of paintings.
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Letters of Robert Salisbury, 1871-12-29

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Two letters written to his father from Spottiswoode, 29 Dec. 1871. Describes experiences in Australia since his arrival in 1854, including his visits to the goldfields and associations with John MacKinlay.
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Letters of Robert Salisbury, 1871-12-29 0.06 metres (2 folders)

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Papers relating to the shipwreck of the Charles Eaton, 1966-1967

0.18 metres (1 archives box)
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The collection itemised below consists of copies of papers lent by Rear Admiral A.L.P. Mark-Wardlaw, Loseberry, Claygate, Esher, Surrey, and of correspondence 1966-1967 with him and correspondence with Mr. James Witherspoon Wm. Cochran-Carr (1934) Limited, Fenham Brickworks, Two Ball Lonnen, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4.

Letters written by Francis Irvine of Sydney to his father Alexander Irvine Scotland., 1820-1821

0.03 metres (1 folder)
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The following letters were written by Francis Irvine of Sydney to his father Alexander Irvine in Drum, near Aberdeen, Scotland: 1. 1820 Sept. 5, attacking the policy of Governor Macquarie and describing life in Sydney (4 ff.); 2. 1820 Nov. 1, giving news of his family and describing his prospects (3 ff.); 3. 1821 Mar. 20 giving further news of life in Australia (1 f.).
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Letters of the White Family written from Charters Towers, 1874

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Letters of Harry White and his wife Annie White at Charters Towers, Queensland to Harry's family in Liverpool, England. The letters refer to family news, the death of Harry's sister in England, the Charters Towers and Ravenswood goldfields, Chinese gardeners on the goldfields, attacks by Aborigines, Harry's various jobs and Annie's work as a dressmaker, tropical storms, 'no home comforts in this part of the world'.
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Papers of Sir William Thomas Denison (as filmed by the AJCP), 1846-1864

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The Australian Joint Copying Project filmed correspondence of Sir William and Lady Caroline Denison.
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Letter books of Thomas Tourle, 1839-1845

0.03 metres (4 folios)
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43 letters, 27 May 1839 to 8 July 1845, from Thomas Tourle to his family in England. They cover the voyage out from Plymouth to Sydney, Tourle's travels around N.S.W. looking for suitable land, his comments on the colony's social and business life and his settling at New England in 1841.
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Letter books of Thomas Tourle, 1839-1845 0.03 metres (4 folios)

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Letters of Josiah Godber, 1817-1824

0.03 metres (1 volume + 1 folder)
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MS 4199 comprises eight original autograph letters signed. Six letters are from Josiah Godber, transportee, to his wife Rebecka at Ripley in Derbyshire, one written on the 'Retribution' hulk at Sheerness, one written from the ship 'Tottenham' taking him to Australia and the other four from Sydney dated from December 1817-August 1822. There is also a letter (4 p.) from George Brassington, a friend and fellow transportee of Godber, written from H.M. General Hospital, Sydney, July 1823, informing Mrs Godber of her husband's death on 19 November, 1822. Another letter is written by William Kirkland, Mrs Godber's landlord, (1 p.) in March 1824, serving notice that if Mrs Godber did not quit her home in Ripley the rent would be increased to 12 pounds a year (1 folder).
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Letter from Ann Collick to Eleanor Willoughby, 1855-02-02

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A letter from Ann Collick to her friend Eleanor Willoughby, describing the voyage made by Ann and her husband John to Australia from England, the countryside around Oatlands near Hobart and their new life there. Writes of plans for starting a farm of their own.
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Letter from Bennelong to Mr Phillips, 1796-08-29

(1 volume in SB-000478)
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The author of this letter is Bennelong, a leader of the Wangal people. In December 1792, Bennelong and Yemmerrawanne became the first Indigenous Australians to travel to England. In the letter Bennelong mentions his wife and another Indigenous man named Carroway, and passes on his thanks to Mr and Mrs Phillips for looking after him. The manuscript records the earliest known piece of writing by an Indigenous Australian, and is the only contemporary copy of a dictated letter which appears to have been copied verbatim by an unknown scribe. Dated Sydney Cove, New South Wales, 29th August, 1796. Signed 'Bannelong'.
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Letter from Bennelong to Mr Phillips, 1796-08-29 (1 volume in SB-000478)

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Letter from Colonel Samuel W. Blackhall to Richard Grenville, the Duke of Buckingham, 1869-03-20

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Letter relates to the Kanaka trade.
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Letters of Jane and David Cannan, 1853-1856

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MS 401 comprises letters from Jane and David Cannan to relatives in England relating their journey to Australia, social engagements and life in the new colony of Victoria and a trip to Tasmania.

Letters relating to Australia, 27 December 1847-29 December 1849

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Letter, 1847 Dec. 27, Grampians from Mrs Mary Muirhead to her brother, William, describing life in Australia ; Letter, 1849 Nov. 28, London, from Dr. G. H. Adams to Tho(ma)s describing a voyage to and from Australia ; Letter 1849 Dec. 29, London from Dr. G. H. Adams to Tho(ma)s describing his stay in Australia.
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Letters from Richard Bowler of Brill, 1835-1843

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Series of 8 letters from Richard Bowler of Brill, a transportee to Tasmania, 1st June 1835 to 24th April 1843, to his brother (John Bowler) in Brill, Bucks., England.
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Records of Campbell & Company (as filmed by the AJCP), 1840

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Letter 1840 from Campbell Co to Henry Dangar, Neotsfield, Hunter River, New South Wales, concerning his account and usual charges on transactions in the colony, also mentioning that his arrangement with Campbell Co about his wool was satisfactory.
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My life: a record of events and the experience of John Henry Chatterton (as filmed by the AJCP), 1835-1921

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Autobiography based on diaries kept on Chatterton's visit to Australia and letters he wrote to his family in England 1835-1855.
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Letter of Thomas Birkby, May 31, 1836

(2 folders + 2 volumes)
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Letter, 31st May, 1836, to his father, written for Birkby by William Hutchinson - re (a) Voyage to Port Jackson, 1834. (b) His work with the Surveyor-General, as overseer at the Surveyor's farm at Cataract and Nepean Rivers, and as overseer of a farm in Sydney (c) Description of conditions of employment in the Colony, wages, the price of provisions, tobacco, clothing and livestock. He describes the country, its insects, birds and reptiles. He devotes several paragraphs to the treatment of the convicts and lists their allowances of clothing and food.
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Letter of Thomas Birkby, May 31, 1836 (2 folders + 2 volumes)

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Letters, 1853-1880

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Fifteen autographed signed letters written by Hampton from the Victorian goldfields, 1853-1880. They deal mainly with the technicalities of alluvial mining.
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Letters of William Sandover, 1876

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The letters were written by Willian Sandover to his relatives in Adelaide during his journey to Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Launceston, Hobart Town and Sydney. They give an interesting description of these cities in 1876.
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Letters of Rose Paterson., 1873-1888

(2 security binders)
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39 letters from Rose Paterson to her younger sister, Nora Murray-Prior, discussing, among other subjects, the young A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson and the Yass district.
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Papers of P. Bower., 1834-1884

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The collection was assembled by Bower, containing: I. Letters of Edward Murray, a convict transported to Tasmania, 1834. II. Letters and journal of Sarah Harrison, who emigrated to Melbourne in 1884. The journal describes her journey from Hyde (near Stockport, Cheshire) in April, arriving in Melbourne in July 1884. III. Transcripts for items I and II.
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Letter of Reverend Stephen Rabone

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One letter from Wesleyan missionary Reverend Stephen Rabone to his parents, written 3 October 1835 at Hobart, Van Diemens Land. The letter includes a description of convict chain gangs, their dress, their punishment and Rabone's compassionate horror at their treatment; a description of agriculture in the Hobart region; discussion of fellow missionary Reverend Nathaniel Turner's offer to teach Rabone some Tongan prior to Rabone taking up a mission at Tonga; a description of Governor George Arthur and how he visited Turner and Rabone's chapel several times; and mention of his wife, Eliza's, pregnancy.
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Letter of Reverend Stephen Rabone (1 packet)

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Letters and poems of Kenneth MacKenzie, 1940-1944

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The collection comprises approximately 477 letters and 60 poems written by Kenneth MacKenzie to Jane Lindsay, Lionel Lindsay, Norman Lindsay and Rose Lindsay, from Sydney (1940-1944), Dubbo and Liverpool (April-May 1943) and Cowra (1943-1944).
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Letters of Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean Rene Constant Quoy to Louis de Freycinet, 1826-1831

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Group of thirteen letters written between 15 February 1826 and 11 November 1831 sent from a range of locations by the two scientists to Louis de Freycinet, predominantly during the first Pacific voyage of Dumont d'Urville on the Astrolabe. Of note in the correspondence is a description of the discovery of the fate of the La Perouse voyage of 1788. Correspondence mostly written by Gaimard with the active participation of Quoy.
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Letters of the Lord family, 1830-1844

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Consists of seven letters (one incomplete) chiefly written to Charlotte Lord. Four of these letters are from Charlotte's brother William S. Noyes, writing from Tasmania, and commenting on conditions in Tasmania and New Zealand. Also included in the collection is a letter from John Lord (Charlotte's husband) to Mrs Papineau, governess of their two children, in London, 1830.
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Letters of the Lord family, 1830-1844 (1 folder)

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Records of the Free Church of Scotland (as filmed by the AJCP), 1851-1854

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Letters from Australia and New Zealand to Rev. John Bonar, convenor of the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland, January 1851-November 1854. Bound in a single volume, including copies and extracts, the letters are arranged chronologically with an index at the beginning of the volume. The volume contains a few other items including reports from Auckland and Otago on the Presbyterian Church, extracts of minutes, a completed questionnaire and a few other printed items.
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Records of All Hallows College, Dublin (as filmed by the AJCP), 1842-1877

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Thesis by Patrick F. Murray entitled 'Calendar of the Overseas Missionary Correspondence of All Hallows College, Dublin, 1842-77' (MA thesis, University College, Dublin, 1956). As well as the calendar itself, the thesis includes a history of the College and of each overseas diocese, arranged by geographic area, such as Australasia, then alphabetically by diocese.

Pamphlet of an Ex-Canterbury Resident (as filmed by the AJCP)

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Printed pamphlet entitled Letters from New Zealand by an ex-Canterbury resident, published in London, and dedicated to John Bull, Esq., Junior. It consists of ten letters and is mainly a philosophical comment on the New Zealand way of life but with important notes on particular features such as the importance of the discovery of gold, the need for railways, and Maori agitation. There is very little personal detail although the last letter on the botanic system of medicine relates his own experiences.
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Letters of David Watson (as filmed by the AJCP), 1852-1857

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Typescript copies of letters 1852-57 of David Watson to various family members in Scotland. They were written from Leith, London, Plymouth, Melbourne, Forest Creek, Geelong and Sydney. Subjects include: his voyage to Australia; impressions of Melbourne, Sydney and Blue Mountains, Forest Creek and Ballarat diggings; economic conditions in Australia; Union Bank; churches in the colonies; and his travels in Western District of Victoria.
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Papers of Gregory Bateman (as filmed by the AJCP), 1858-1895

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Includes: letters of Gregory Bateman to his brother Rev. Stafford Bateman, written from Liverpool, Melbourne, Kerang, Bendigo and Moama. They describe Bateman's journey to Australia on board the Marco Polo in 1858, life in Australia and family news; papers relating to Bateman's death in 1895 and his estate.
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Papers of Bunbury Family, 1824-1872

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The Bunbury Family Papers contain 215 letters written by Hanmer Bunbury to his wife Sarah, Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury to their parents and letters received by Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury. The letters described Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury's voyage to and life in Australia.