Guide to the Papers of the Deane Family, 1847-1960

Summary

Collection number:

MS 610

Creator:

Deane Family

Extent:

1.92 metres and (12 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of the Deane Family, National Library of Australia, MS 610, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

Henry Deane's papers include: correspondence and printed material relating to his work as Engineer-In-Chief in charge of Commonwealth railway construction, notably the Transcontinental (Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta) railway; newspaper clippings and photographs covering his career and other interests, notably botany, concerning which there is also a quantity of correspondence (with J. H. Maiden and Baron von Mueller, among others) and notes and specimens relating to his work on Australian fossil flora and native timbers.

Mathilde Deane was a research student and amateur writer. Her papers include: correspondence connected with her historical and private research; copies and extracts of despatches and other documents concerning 19th century Australia; newspaper clipping, photographs and publications relating to travels with her father, family affairs and other interests, notably Theosophy.

Biographical Note:

Date	Event
1847, 26 March	Date of birth, London
1880	Joined railway service of New South Wales
1890	Appointed Engineer in Chief. The introduction of steam tramways in Sydney and the building of the first Hawkesbury railway bridge were undertaken during his term of office
1906	Retired from service with New South Wales Railways
1906-08	Practised as consulting engineer in Sydney
1908	Appointed controlling engineer for the survey of the Transcontinental (Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta) railway
1912	Became Engineer in Chief in charge of Commonwealth railways construction branch, and supervised the building of the Transcontinental railway
1914	Retired from Government service and returned to Melbourne to practise as consulting engineer
1924, 12 March	Died

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

The papers were presented to the Library by Mathilde Deane of Reigate, Surrey in 1958 and 1963. Correspondence concerning Henry Deane's work in the fields of botany and palaeontology has been indexed (see Appendix 1)

Arrangement:

Note that there are two parts to the collection: Papers relating principally to Henry Deane (Series 1-9), and Papers relating principally to Mathilde Elizabeth Deane (Series 10-15).

Related

Related Documentation:

1. Supplementary finding aid (Type: pdf, Size: 103.24 KB)

   Appendix I – Correspondence Index

Other Finding Aids:

All correspondence in the collection has been name-indexed; please refer to the attached Correspondence Index (Appendix I) under the Related Documentation tab.

Indexed terms

Names:

Deane Family

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn723334).

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], Papers of the Deane Family, National Library of Australia, MS 610, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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