Guide to the Journal of Henry Harding (as filmed by the AJCP), 24 March 1853-09 July 1853

Summary

Collection number:

M674

Creator:

Harding, Henry

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.

For 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:

Journal March-June 1853 of a voyage from London to Melbourne on the immigrant ship Ida describing day-to-day events on the ship and weather conditions.

Biographical / Historical:

Pioneer of the Australian cheese industry. In 1853 Harding accepted a contract with Thomas Mort to establish a cheese factory at Bodalla on the south coast of New South Wales. He was a Wesleyan lay preacher and acted as assistant surgeon on the emigrant vessel Ida. He travelled to England in 1856 but returned to Australia and acquired a large property in Victoria.

Henry Harding (1829-1899) was the son of Joseph Harding (1805-1876), a Somerset cheesemaker known as 'the father of Cheddar cheese'. Henry Harding emigrated to New South Wales in 1853 but returned to England in 1856. In 1860 Thomas Sutcliffe Mort acquired the Bodalla estate on the south coast of New South Wales and by the 1870s butter and cheese were the main products of the estate. Mort engaged Harding as his cheesemaker and together they introduced many of the latest processes to Australia. Harding left Bodalla in 1890.

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-vn2107062] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

The private residence of Mr. Sidney G. Harding; London.

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.

For 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:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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