Edward Humphreys (Christchurch and Dunedin) to A. Humphreys-Owen, 1862-1892

Component identifier:: Item
Content Summary:: Voyage to Australia; travels in Victoria; G. Macfarlane; purchase of sheep run; family news; Otago goldfields; Hawdon and Campbell families; financial difficulties; visit to England in 1878; misleading advice of emigration agents; isloted life on station; British politics; social events; Dr Hocken; J. Studholme; land investments in New Zealand's Vogel Government; land legislation; election as M.P. in 1889 and defeat in 1891; election to City Council in 1891; formation of Labour Party; ill-health and operations; return to England for surgery in 1891. (67 letters, some incomplete)
Processing information:: M1657

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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia