Guide to the Collections of the Norfolk Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1786-1985

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Summary

Collection number:

M981, M2315 - M2317

Creator:

Norfolk Record Office

Extent:

81 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)

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Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Extracts from the Barton Collection, comprising a copy of the will of Rev. Robert Knopwood of Van Diemen's Land 1834, and notes on the Hoyle and Wall Families of Gloucestershire and New Zealand, written in 1965.

Rolfe Family papers. Letters 1877-88 of Charles W.N. Rolfe of Alpha Station, near Beaufort, Queensland, to his family in Norfolk.

Rolfe (Heacham) manuscripts. Three printed items about emigration to Australia, especially by females, 1834-35.

Petre Papers 1812-73 concerning land and dwellings at Swanton Abbott, Norfolk, formerly owned by Thomas Freeman. His granddaughter Eliza Graver (nee Eglington) was living in Adelaide in 1862. Papers include certificates of baptism and marriage at Reepham, Norfolk of Freeman's descendants, and letters and documents 1849-74 relating to money paid to Charles Edward Wodehouse of Rockhampton, Queensland.

Freeman correspondence. Letters 1875-1907 to William P.B. Freeman, Norwich artist and photographer, and his family from relatives in Victoria. Correspondents include Ellen Bryant of Castlemaine, Alfred Freeman of Carlton, David G. Freeman of South Yarra, and Ellen de Carle Freeman.

Yarmouth Borough records 1839-44. Death certificate of Priscilla Tubby of Hobart and papers relating to her estate.

Norwich, Town Clerk, Deeds 1900-01. Papers, including birth and marriage certificates, connected with sale of land in Norwich owned by Rose Allison of Brewarrina, New South Wales, Alice Crotch and John Rout, both of Norwich.

G. Colman Green's typescript account of a journey to Australia on the Afric December 1912-February 1913.

Document from the Cubitt Collection, being a petition dated October 1786 requesting that prisoners from the Great Yarmouth gaol be sent to Botany Bay. Personal details of eight prisoners are given.

Two letters 1873, one from Christchurch, concerning sale of property in New Zealand belonging to Mr Howes.

Printed pamphlet containing letters from emigrants in Canada and South Australia, collected in the Parish of Banham, Norfolk.

Papers 1833-37 of William Henry Bulwer relating to his appointment as Parliamentary Agent for Australian Colonies. Includes a petition by inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land against Lieut.-Governor G. Arthur and papers on jury system in Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales.

Papers 1872-77 of Press Family of Great Yarmouth, including logbooks, correspondence and other business papers relating to voyage of barque Frederica from Yarmouth to Melbourne.

Travel diaries 1898-1908 of Edward E. Field covering his travels to Australia and New Zealand on the Oruba, Wodonga, Talune, Waikaro, Hauroto, Moaua, Corinthe, Taiynan and China.

Papers 1914-18 of Sir Henry Rider Haggard referring to his visit to Australia and Empire Settlement Scheme.

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.