Folder of Correspondence, 16 April 1839 - 16 June 1846 and undated.

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Matthew Henry Moorhouse Dyson (London and Adelaide) to his father Joseph Dyson (Huddersfield). (90p.) (Some crossed and faint letters)

Subjects include: Preparations to go to South Australia; news of the formation of a company to establish a colony in New Zealand by Earl of Durham and others; initial impressions - 'the appearance of the country is pleasing … the town is a large place for a young colony like this'; crops that do well; vegetation; mission school for native children at Creation; native dances; new Governor proclaimed (29 May 1841); economic problems caused by Colonel Gawler's extravagances; politics; poor harvest caused by bad weather (6 January 1843); too many lawyers in the Colony; 'we have no poverty stalking in the streets as with you, and labor is in demand'; Governor refuses to sell land known to contain minerals; going to manage Mr Moorhouse's vineyard at Encounter Bay; sending home birds and native instruments; prices of commodities

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