People:James Calvert, husband of Louisa Atkinson, member of Ludwig Leichhardt's 1843-44 expedition to Northern Australia, farmer at Cavan, near Yass, NSW

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Containers:
Box 21 (MS 8363)
Component identifier:
File 22
Content Summary:

Includes information on Cavan, Calvert's property at Wee Jasper; information on his partner William Castles; his relative Joseph Barrington Dawson and other members of the Dawson family (Australian Agricultural Co.) and information from Dawson descendants.

Includes information on Leichhardt and the 1843-44 expedition; the fate of Leichhardt including letters to editor by J. Calvert; and Calvert's association with Angora goat industry.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers of Patricia Clarke were donated to the National Library under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme (now the Cultural Gifts Program (CGP)) in 1990, 1994 and 1997. Further donations were received via CGP in 2006 and 2011.
Subjects:
History
Literature

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Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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