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Papers of Sir Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet (as filmed by the AJCP), 1832-1870

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Correspondence dealing with Australian exploration, gold and other mineral discoveries, collecting of fossils and appointment of geologists.
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Volume I, 1851-1870 13 items

 

Volume II, 1861-1867 6 items

 

Papers of William Huskisson (as filmed by the AJCP), 1797-1833

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Political papers comprising correspondence on naval, financial and colonial matters, including appointments, proposals for settlements in New Zealand, land grants, and activities of Henty Family in Van Diemen's Land. Correspondents include Lord Bathurst, R. Therry and Thomas Henty.
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Papers of James J. Macintyre (as filmed by the AJCP), 1825-1867

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Autobiographical account of life in Mexico, Scotland, England and New South Wales, and manuscripts of The Physical and Historical Geography of Australia and Walks on Deck and Rambles on Shore during a Voyage of Circumnavigation of the Globe.
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Papers of Charles Meryon (as filmed by the AJCP), 1818-1892

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The material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes: letters covering Meryon's schooling, English lessons, reading, his interest in a naval career, the death of his mother, his naval service, attendance at the Naval School at Brest, friends, his life at Toulon, experiences in the navy, travels including to New Zealand, financial difficulties, training and artwork, ideas for a novel, experiences during the 1848 Paris revolution, his illnesses and internment at the asylum at Charenton St Maurice (1858-59) and various sketches.
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Papers of Frederick Robinson Goderich, 1st Viscount (as filmed by the AJCP), 1831-1832

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The papers all date from Goderich's second period at the Colonial Office. They mainly contain requests for appointments in the Australian colonies. Correspondents include Sir Richard Bourke, Ralph Darling, Judge John Stephen and Capt. W. Windeyer.
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Papers of Jeremy Bentham (as filmed by the AJCP), 1790-1820

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Selections from papers mainly relating to Bentham's interest in penal reform, his opposition to the transportation of convicts to Botany Bay, and his unsuccessful attempts over many years to persuade the Government to adopt his scheme of penitentiary houses (panopticons).
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Letters of Walter Bently Woodbury (as filmed by the AJCP), 30 January 1852-01 September 1858

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Letters written from Australia and Java, to his mother Ellen Woodbury (later Ellen Lloyd). They contain news of life in Australia, gold diggings in Victoria, establishment of photographic business in Melbourne, travels in Java, and photographs of East Indies.
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