Guide to the Papers of Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt (as filmed by the AJCP), 1852-1960

Summary

Collection number:

M404

Creator:

Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield Shirley

Extent:

6 items

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 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:

Items filmed by the Australia Joint Copying Project include: Address presented to Sturt, signed by Justices of the Peace in Melbourne (n.d.); address presented to Sturt, signed by fellow Melbourne magistrates 1858; commission 14 October 1863 appointing Sturt to Major in the Victorian Volunteer Force; letters patent 4 September 1855 appointing Sturt as Resident Magistrate at Melbourne; extract of marriage entry 14 February 1852 of Sturt and Mary Frances Grylls; typescript chart showing the relationship between Evelyn and Charles Sturt.

Biographical / Historical:

Evelyn Pitfield Shirley Sturt (1816-1885), the brother of the explorer Charles Sturt, was born in Dorset, England. He was educated at Sandhurst Military College, but did not join the Army. In 1836 he emigrated to New South Wales on the Hoogly. In 1837 he was appointed commissioner of Crown lands at Yass. He resigned in 1839 and overlanded sheep and cattle from Bathurst to Adelaide. He first occupied land near Willunga, then took up a station in the Mount Gambier district. In 1849 he was appointed a police magistrate in Melbourne and in 1850 he became superintendent of the Melbourne Police. In 1853 he was re-appointed magistrate for Melbourne, a potion that he held for twenty five years. He took part in the inquiry into the Bentley Hotel affair in Ballarat (1854) and was a member of the royal commission into the Burke and Wills expedition (1861).

Sturt was dismissed as part of the Black Wednesday retrenchments in 1878. He and his wife visited England in 1878-81 and then settled in Brighton, Victoria. He died while returning from another trip to England.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn716677] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

The Hon. Mrs Mary Anna Marten. Dorset, England

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 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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