Seven albums of newspaper cuttings, photographs, letters, poems, menus and concert, theatre and sports programs kept by Lord and Lady Kintore in South Australia, November 1890-April 1895

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Series 1

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7 items

Content Summary:

The cuttings are mostly from the South Australian Register and the Advertiser. Apart from general articles on Australia, the subjects include Australian governorships, parliamentary proceedings, vice-regal social events, freemasonry, reviews of defence forces, visits by Kintore to Northern Territory and Broken Hill (1891), Lady Kintore Cottage Homes, visits to Adelaide of Lord Jersey (Jan. 1891), Lord Charles Scott (June 1891), Lord Glasgow (May 1892), Sir William Robinson (July 1892), Sir William Jervois (August 1892), death of Duke of Clarence (Jan. 1892), collapse of Broken Hill strike (November 1892), ministerial changes, visit of Kintore to Britain in 1893-94, death of Sir Robert Duff (March 1895), and departure of Kintore from South Australia (April 1895).

Most of the letters are concerned with social events. However, there is the letter of resignation of the Playford Ministry (17 June 1892) and correspondence with C. Kingston and Lord Ripon concerning the appointment of a successor to Kintore (July 1893). Correspondents include G.M. Waite, Sir Julian Pauncefote (Washington), W.R. Creswell, Sir George Dibbs, C. Kingston, J.H. Symon, Sir Henry Ayers, Lord Kimberley, Bishop G.W. Kennion and Justice J.P. Boucaut.

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