Guide to the Papers of the Faithfull Family, 1825-1946

Summary

Collection number:

MS 1146

Creator:

Maple Brown, J. I. F. and Faithfull Family

Extent:

8.37 metres and (38 Archive boxes + 3 small folio boxes + 1 large folio box + 1 small phase box + 1 packet in folio smalls box)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

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

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The MS 1146 collection includes station records for Springfield and some records of other family holdings, including Kilburn. The family papers include some relating to George Faithfull, Reginald Faithfull, William Pitt Faithfull, G.E. Faithfull, A.L. Faithfull and Frederick Faithfull Gibson. There are various records of E.R. Deane, a surveyor, relating to his work in the Goulburn district (38 boxes, 4 fol. boxes, 1 elephant fol. item).

Biographical Note:

William Pitt Faithfull (1806-1896), pastoralist, was the eldest son of William Faithfull (1774-1847). He acquired a grant of land near Goulburn in 1828 and founded the Springfield stud, breeding merino sheep. Springfield is claimed to be the oldest registered merino flock in Australia in the possession of the one family.

In 1844 William Pitt Faithfull married Mary, daughter of Thomas Deane and they had nine children, including George Ernest (1846-1910) and Reginald (1850-1992). Springfield was left to their youngest son, Augustus Lucian (1855-1942), and later passed on to Lucian's daughter, Florence who married Irwin Maple-Brown (1899-). Jim Maple-Brown is the current owner.

E.R. Deane was the nephew of Mary Deane who married William Pitt Faithfull.

For a copy of the family tree see Appendix 1 (not included here)

Source:Springfield, the story of a sheep station, Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 1987.

Provenance:

The papers were donated in several instalments between 1964 and 1988 to the National Library by Mrs. Florence Maple-Brown (nee Faithfull) from Springfield near Goulburn, N.S.W.

Arrangement:

This list was made in October/November 1993 by Barbara Ross and supersedes all other lists. It lists the material exactly as it was found by her in the boxes at that date and reproduces the number identifications - file 1, 2, Plastic Bag A, B etc. - as put there previously. Because of numerous attempts at sorting, the lists previously made bore little or no relation to the actual contents of the boxes as they stood in October 1993.

Those boxes which were numbered differently are listed below

MS 1146 Box 15 (formerly Box 13a)

MS 1146 Box 16 (formerly box 14a)

MS 1146 Box 18 (formerly Box 14)

MS 1146 Box 19 (formerly Box 17)

MS 1146 Box 21 (formerly Box 18)

MS 1146 Box 23 (formerly Box 19)

MS 1146 Box 24 (formerly from Box 19 and 20)

MS 1146 Box 25 (formerly Box 20)

MS 1146 Box 26 (formerly Box 21)

MS 1146 Box 28 (formerly Box 22)

MS 1146 Box 31 (formerly Box 23)

MS 1146 Box 33 (formerly Box 24-27, 28); note: This box is actually labelled Box 24 - 27 and Box 28, which may indicate that its contents were previously, possibly whilst at Springfield, in boxes labelled 24- 28

MS 1146 Box 34 (formerly Box 28)

MS 1146 Box 35 (formerly unnumbered)

MS 1146 Box 36 (formerly unnumbered)

MS 1146 Box 37 (box formerly unnumbered)

MS 1146 Box 38 (box formerly unnumbered; also items of box formerly labelled "1A" added September 1969. Files 110-116.)

Related

Separated Material:

Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Section and printed maps and survey plans have been transferred to the Map Section.

See the Appendix of Separated and Redistributed Materials for information about these materials (under Related Documentation tab).

Indexed terms

Names:

Maple Brown, J. I. F.

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn728434).

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 Faithfull Family, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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