From page beginning, 'On the 4th November 1897 I commissioned H.M.S. Royal Arthur at Portsmouth' to page headed 'Family of Cornish continued' and ending 'The Trustees for my two sons Vernon and Edward of their mother's estate in Australia in 1909…', [c. 1894-05-29 - 1928]

Component identifier:: File
Content Summary:: Includes comments on trouble in Samoa, April 1899; Australian reaction to the Boer War; photographs of the Royal Arthur at anchor in Picton Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, n.d. and Farm Cove, Sydney Harbour [n.d.]; a record of the trip conveying Lord Hopetoun from Fremantle to Sydney to inaugurate Commonwealth of Australia, and photographs of events held in Sydney for Commonwealth celebrations, 1901. Also includes letter from Rev. C.R. Dicken [no address] to Mrs Guillemard, 18 September 1863 re death of his cousin and her husband, Rev. T. Campbell and family, drowned while landing at Dunedin, New Zealand. (c 55p.)
Processing information:: M2591

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Parent Restrictions:: Available for Access.
Parent Terms of Access:: 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.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia