Guide to the Collections held by the Gloucestershire Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1771-1950

Summary

Collection number:

M2290

Creator:

Gloucestershire Record Office

Extent:

43 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:

Records 1837-40 and 1914 of Parishes of Bisley, Dursley and Dymock. Subjects include emigration to Australia and Canada, Poor Law Commission and World War I.

Account 1854 by H. Edwards of a voyage to Australia on the Ganges.

Journal 1836-38 of George E. Stranger, surgeon on the Sara and Elizabeth.

Papers 1886-97 of Fijian official Sir John Thurston.

Letters 1864-67 of Anne Sherwood written from Richmond River and Casino, New South Wales, to her sister Theodosia Hale, referring to family news, farming, Australian fauna, and Indigenous Australians.

Papers 1852-67 of Austin Family, including an account of a voyage to Australia on the Castle Eden.

Correspondence 1844-79 of Eagles Family. Subjects include estate of Rev. J. Eagles and relations between W.G. Eagles of Melbourne and his family in England.

Papers 1846-60 of Col. C. Bridge concerning services in Maori War.

Papers 1878-87 of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1878-80, referring to defence of Australian colonies; governorships of Victoria and New Zealand; Victorian constitutional crisis; Australian Federation; and reform of the Victorian Constitution. Correspondents include Lord Normanby and Sir George Bowen.

Papers 1895-1950 of Newman Family woolbrokers.

Papers 1839-40 relating to Joseph Mercer, including extracts from a diary kept by Mercer on a voyage in 1839 from Liverpool to Adelaide on the Lady Lilford.

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-vn2298950] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Gloucestershire Record Office, Gloucester, England. For further information see Gloucestershire Archives (http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/).

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

Contact:

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