Guide to the Journal of Thomas Mellersh (as filmed by the AJCP), 1836-1838

 

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Summary

Collection number:
M466
Creator:
Mellersh, Thomas (York, Western Australia)
Extent:
1 item
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:
Daybook kept by Thomas Mellersh while farming at 'Woodlands', York, 1836-37, and a journal kept on his voyage from Swan River to Mauritius and England, 1838. (1 vol.)
Biographical / Historical:

Thomas Mellersh, who came from Hambledon (probably in Surrey rather than Hampshire), sailed from England to the Swan River on the James Pattison in 1834. His fellow-passengers included the governor, Sir James Stirling, and Lady Stirling, who were returning to the colony, and Mellersh subsequently managed a flock of sheep owned by Lady Stirling. He received a large grant of land near York, east of Perth, where he bred sheep and grew wheat. In 1838 he sailed to England, leaving a tenant to manage his property. He returned to Western Australia on the Westmoreland in 1840 and resumed his life as a farmer. He was one of the founders of the York Agricultural Society.

Mellersh returned to England in 1849, but retained his ownership of properties in Western Australia and took a strong interest in the colony. Along with Stirling, Captain James Mangles, Captain Henry Sanford and other former colonists, he was a member of the Western Australian Association set up in London in 1860. In 1863 he took part in discussions about the continuance of convict transportation to Western Australia.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Available for access.
Conditions Governing Use:
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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