Letters of R. Hanmer Bunbury to his wife Sarah, 1840-1857 (41 letters)

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Box 1

Component identifier:

File 1-2

Content Summary:

Most of the letters were written when either Bunbury or his wife were visiting Sydney. They refer to preparations for their departure from England, family matters, friends, travels in Victoria, Government House at Parramatta, meetings with Sir Charles Fitzroy, the Wynyard family and Bishop W.G. Broughton, church affairs, C. J La Trobe, growth of Williamstown, Victorian gold discoveries, gold discoveries, gold sales, robberies in Melbourne, journeys to goldfields, visit of Sarah Bunbury to England in 1852, shipping, increase in population and social problems, sale of properties, railway construction, recall of C. J La Trobe, preachers, and the departure of the Bunbury's from Australia in 1857.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of the Bunbury Family were acquired by Mr Graeme Powell, AJCP Officer, London in 1986.

Names:

Bunbury Family

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