Letters to family from Australia, 02 October 1839-10 August 1843

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Subseries 93A

Content Summary:

40 Letters to his parents and family from Portsmouth, Union, Sydney, Colleroy, Clarence River

Subjects include: boarding Union; conditions on board; the Captain and other passengers; visit to Captain Fremantle on Clio at Rio; shooting birds; landing at Sydney; impressions of the harbour; George and Patrick Leslie's intentions to farm a station - relations with Davidson; the heat; problems finding lodgings in Sydney; Mr Maclay's house; visiting sheep stations; Jones, Davidson's partner - 'there seems to be something in the air of Australia that changes an honest man into a rogue'; staying at Jones house at Cockrabil; valuation of station at Colleroy, under £11000, 'Davidson's disappointment'; running the station; purchasing John Blaxland's property, 'Bow' ; bushrangers; received six government men for shearing; visited James MacArthur of Camden, and Patrick Leslie; food - Kangaroo tail soup, bread from own wheat; drought affecting cattle; plants in his garden; visit to Liverpool range to inspect land to rent; petitions to continue transportation to supply men to work on roads and for a representative assembly; wedding of Captain Wickham; wheat dried up in heat; finding new cattle run on Richmond river; Edward Hamilton appointed to Council, Henry Denison declined due to ill health.

(190p., some faint pages.)

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