Diocese of Sydney, New South Wales, 1837-1849

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File Box 15

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Some of the papers relate to South Australia, including a circular of the South Australian Church Society (1834), correspondence of George Morphett (London) and Bishop Charles Blomfield, and records of the South Australian branch of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (1839). The correspondents include Reverend R.K. Sconce (Sydney), Reverend Henry Porter (Sydney), James Macarthur (London), J. Macquoid (Sydney), Reverend Frederic Barker (Chesterfield), Robert Campbell (Sydney), Reverend William B. Clarke (Parramatta), Judge William Burton (London), Reverend E. Gifford Pryce (Lower Hawkesbury, Monaro, Cooma), Reverend Charles Woodward (Port Macquarie), Reverend J. McConnell (Clarence River), Reverend A.C. Thomson (Port Phillip) and Reverend William Cowper (Sydney).

The New South Wales correspondents include Reverend Edward Smith (Queanbeyan), Reverend Jennings Smith (Paterson River), Reverend Charles Brigstock (Yass), Reverend J.C. Grylls (Sydney), Reverend J.K. Walpole (Richmond) and Bishop William Broughton (Sydney).

Other papers include financial papers, legal documents, newspaper cuttings, extracts from the journal of Reverend John Gregor at Moreton Bay (1843), a list of books donated to the Theological Library at Sydney (1839), documents of the Church of England Lay Society for New South Wales, records of the Port Phillip branch of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, records of the Australian Diocesan Committee, and a list of the clergy in New South Wales (1842).

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