Letters of R. Hanmer Bunbury to his father Sir Henry Bunbury, 1840-1850 (52 letters)
- Containers:
- Box 1
- Component identifier:
- File 3-5
- Content Summary:
- The letters deal with the voyage to Australia in 1841, impressions of Melbourne, C. J La Trobe, purchases of land and stock, family news, explorations in Victoria conflict with Aborigines, financial matters, flora and fauna, property at Mt. William, Sir George Gipps, farming, appointment as Superintendent of Water Police at Williamstown in 1842, B. Boyd, servants, crime, sale of Shipping at Pt Phillip, prices, bushrangers, closure of banks, Bishop W.G. Broughton, kangaroos, appointment as Harbour Master in 1844, land regulations, proposed separation of Pr. Phillip from N.S.W., explorations in Grampians, horse races, balls, plans of returning to England, gold discoveries, Rev. R. Sconce, migration of labourers from Van Diemen's Land, Bishop C. Perry, 1851 Great exhibition.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers of the Bunbury Family were acquired by Mr Graeme Powell, AJCP Officer, London in 1986.
- Names:
- Bunbury Family
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1574404).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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