Unnumbered letters from Henry and Frank Rymill to Harry R. Graham, July 1879-October 1910
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- File 6
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- Most of the letters were written by Henry Rymill, except when he was ill or on holidays when Frank Rymill would write in his stead. The letters were addressed to 'Cousin' until 1882, when Rymill switched to 'Nephew'. The subjects include Harry Graham's visit to South Australia (1879), Malcolm Graham's activities in South Australia, Graham's accounts and those of his sister Louisa, the death of William Sanders (1880), South Australian Mining Association meetings, the closure of the Burra Mine, Burra dividends, the sale of Burra Mine (1889), Canowie and Curnamona Stations, wool shipments, lambing, shearing, financial transactions, the Melbourne International Exhibition (1881), Henry Rymill's visit to England (1881-82), agricultural shows, land purchases, the collapse of the Commercial Bank of South Australia (1886), the 1886 Colonial Exhibition in London, the purchase of Warcowie Station (1886), Graham's defeat in the 1886 General Election and his victory in the 1892 General Election, silver mania in the eastern colonies (1888), the visit of Frank Rymill to the United States and Japan (1888), industrial disputes in Australia (1892), Frank Rymill's visit to England (1892), economic conditions in the colony, meetings of the Canowie Pastoral Company, Baratta Station, the visit of Graham to South Australia (1901), relations between the Rymills and Graham and R.B. James and J.F. Hayward, Rymill's losses from Canowie, the subdivision of the Canowie estate (1909), the illness of Malcolm Graham (1909) and family news. There are references to Sir Henry Ayers, John Beck, John Darlington, Charles B. Fisher, Thomas Goode, Edward Hamersley, J. Frederick Hayward, John Regan and the Sanders Family.
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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