Letters of Sarah Bunbury to her father R.C. Sconce (54 letters), 1840-1846

Component identifier:: File 6
Content Summary:: The letters deal with the voyage to Australia, C.J. La Trobe, family news, Rev. R. Sconce, Bishop W.G. Broughton, prices, economic conditions in Melbourne, farming, bushrangers, landscape, sharks, flora and fauna, shipping, Bunbury's appointment as Superintendent of Water Police, Georgiana McCrae, Sir George and Lady Gipps, plan of house at Williamstown, Oxford Movement, visit of H.M.S. Beagle and Fly, conflict with aborigines, social events, dismissal of Judge J. Willis in 1843, visits of Lady Franklin, thoughts of returning to England, shipwrecks, travels in Victoria, servants, land regulations, and her visit to Sydney in 1846.
Processing information:: M1911

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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia