Guide to the Prospectus, notices, town-lots, land purchases and other documents, 1794-1961

Summary

Collection number:

MS 7746

Extent:

0.45 metres and (1 folio volume + 1 binder)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Prospectus, notices, town-lots, land purchases and other documents, National Library of Australia, MS 7746, [item number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

MS 7746 comprises early Australian and New Zealand documents. Included are monetary documents, ca. 1840-1897, such as promissory notes, bills of exchange and a proof of the first pound note from the Union Bank of Australia; military commissions; documents relating to land such as grants and a surveyor's report relating to the District of Lancefield in Victoria; theatre programs, song lyrics and poetry; appointments to various government positions; passenger tickets for a family travelling on the "Westminster" in 1857; legal documents such as wills, law lists, summonses, warrants and protection orders; handbills advertising a variety of events; playbills for theatrical productions including one dating from 1794 titled "Shipley's satirical auction"; a sketch of Kororareka, published in 1860; church documents such as appeals, appointments and addresses; mining documents such as surveys and leases; philatelic items such as first day covers, mainly relating to Antarctica and dating from the 1950s, postage stamps, and postcards from the late 1800s; and, a eulogy to Captain James Cook, May 1794.

Biographical Note:

People and organisations represented in the album include: New Zealand Banking Company; Commercial Bank of Van Diemen's Land; Lara Maim; Roger Therry; Governor Ralph Darling; George Millett; Robert Palk; Western Australian Missionary Society; Ephia Taika; Mary Ann Blackwell; Canterbury Association; Sir George Grey; John and Talbot Franklin; Charles Hotham; Clemence Sconce; William Hobson; Co-operative Supply Association Limited, Melbourne; Para Para Iron Coal Company; Leviathan Gold Mining Company; Deptford Mechanic's Institute; Peter Lalor; Thomas Simpson Conway; Jane Goodall; Alexander Brooke Smith; Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia, Melbourne, 1866; Sir George Farmer; Otoo, Otaheitean chief; Walter Buller; Dalgety and Company Limited; S.S. "London"; Waiatarua Lake Reserve; and, Hawkes's Bay Rugby Football Club, 1894.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

Acquired as part of the collection of art dealer and collector Sir Rex Nan Kivell.

References:

References used in the creation of this finding aid include:

Australian colonial currency and promissory notes by Michael P. Vort-Ronald, second edition, 2012.

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1881257).

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Prospectus, notices, town-lots, land purchases and other documents, National Library of Australia, MS 7746, [item number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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