Letterbook, 1852-1854

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File NeC 9555

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Correspondence concerning the Australian colonies, New Zealand, Ceylon, Mauritius, St. Helena and Hong Kong. It deals inter alia with the appointment of a successor to Sir Charles Fitzroy, changes in the N.S.W. Constitution, proposed translation of Bishop G.A. Selwyn to Sydney, transportation, the Church in the colonies, the establishment of a steamship service to Australia, the appointment of a Governor of Victoria, economic conditions in Tasmania, the Victorian goldrushes, the appointment of Sir George Grey to the Cape of Good Hope, and the affairs of the New Zealand Company. Among the correspondents are Sir Charles Fitzroy, Sir William Denison, C.J. La Trobe, Sir Charles Hotham, Sir Henry Young, Sir George Grey, Reverend J. Woolley (Sydney) and Lord John Russell. (266 ff.)

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