Family papers, 1814-1940

 
Component identifier:
Series 12
Content Summary:

This series contains papers of other relatives of Watson, namely, his grandfathers James Watson (d. 1847) and James Ewan (1811-60), his mother Margaret Watson nee Ewan (d. 1887), his brother Captain Herbert Frazer Watson (1881-1937) and his son James Frederick Watson (1921-40)

The James Watson papers relate to the administration of his estate, 1848-55. The James Ewan papers mainly comprise manuscripts, including an unpublished history of New South Wales, The geography of the Australian colonies (1851), a guide to Sydney (1854), a satirical account of social conditions in Australia prior to 1850, a chronological table, and a copy of The Australian Witness (1853), which Ewan edited.

The Margaret Watson papers include a photograph, cuttings, correspondence (1870-85) and letters, telegrams and cards of sympathy on her death. Correspondents include James Ewan, Lady Sophia Cecil, Elizabeth Watson, Florence Fairfax, Elizabeth Frazer, G.H. Reid and Sir Henry Parkes.

The papers of Herbert Watson consist of letters that he wrote to his brother, including one from Gallipoli in November 1915, photographs, cuttings, a passport and letters of sympathy on his death. The papers of Jim Watson comprise meteorological records kept at Gungahleen in 1930, essays and articles on physics and meteorology, and cuttings and a copy of an obituary.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The original consignment of Papers of Frederick Watson were purchased from his daughter Pauline Watson in 1989. Further papers were donated by his granddaughter, Patricia Ritter, in 2018.

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Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2898873).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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