Guide to the John Ireland and Bonham Carter family archive, 1820 - 2011

Summary

Collection number:

PIC/15650

Extent:

(22 boxes + 13 poster rolls + 11 oil paintings)

Language:

English and English

Availability:

Available

Background

Content Summary:

Ireland Archive (1850 onwards

Photographs of 19th century Melbourne writers, journalists and legal figures. 2 albums of cartes de visite complied by Sophie Ireland (Carr), wife of Richard Davies Ireland. A portrait of RD Ireland as a barrister, c1860. An album of photographs of Fiji, c1860, by De Coursey, son of RD Ireland. International postcards from 1904-1906. 2 small albums of photographs of early cars. WW1 photographs of Percy Ireland on leave in the UK. Glass plate negatives. A tin of tram tickets collected by Percy Ireland Will of RD Ireland's father, c1840. List of voters of RD Ireland's father to a Melbourne seat. Bonham Carter Archive (1820 onwards)

6 portraits. Frederica Markham Carter's diary (pioneering in New Zealand, 1860-1861). Frederica Markham Carter's address book (London). Extracts of political ideas by Frederica Markham Carter. Papers including correspondence, wills and deeds, mortgages. List of literary earning from publications by Frederica Markham Carter. 2 albums of cartes de visite compiled by Frederica Markham Carter. Loose photographs, taken in the late 19th century. Genealogical Material

The genealogical material comprises 24 family trees, primary and secondary material, and correspondence of the Ireland and Carter families in England, Ireland, Canada and Australia.

Biographical Note:

The Bonham Carter family are descendants of John Bonham Carter (1788-1838), a British Member of Parliament and barrister. The son of Sir John Carter, he assumed the name Bonham by Royal Licence when he inherited the estates of his cousin Thomas Bonham.

John Ireland (1930-2011) was a secondary teacher and headmaster with an interest in genealogy, who collected the family archive that had been passed down over four generations. Ireland was descended from the Bonham Carter family, who had been influential in the United Kingdomn for over 300 years.

The collection includes material from John Ireland's paternal great grandfather, RD Ireland, a leading criminal barrister in Melbourne, politician and Attorney-General in Victoria in the 1860s. RD Ireland is remembered for his defence of the Eureka Stockade rebels.

The Ireland and Bonham Carter families became linked when Richard Davies Ireland's son, de Courcy married the daughter of John Markham Carter in 1880. The Irelands also married into other leading families in Melbourne: Warburton Carr, E.M. Curr, the Gurners and the Rowes.

Provenance:

The collection was formed by the amalgamation in the 1880s of two separate collections of the Ireland and Carter families. It was added to by subsequent generations. The collection was purchased from Theresa Palligaro, a representative of the Ireland family, in March 2013.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in the order in which it was received as curated by Theresa Palligaro.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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