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The collection contain 12 groups of correspondence: 1. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his wife Sarah Bunbury, 1840-1857 (41 letters); 2. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his father Sir Henry Bunbury, 1840-1850 (52 letters); 3. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his step-mother Lady Bunbury, 1840-1844 (5 letters); 4. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his father-in-law R. C. Sconce, 1839-1840 (7 letters); 5. Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to George Repton, 1842-1843 (3 letters); 6. Letters of Sarah Bunbury to her father R. C. Sconce 1840-1846 (54 letters); 7. letters of Sara Bunbury to her mother and to Sir Henry and Lady Bunbury, 1840-1850 (8 letters); 8. Letter of Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury, 1840-1843 (18 letters); 9. Letters of Rev. R.K. Sconce to R. Hanmer Bunbury, 1844-1846 (4 letters); 10. Miscellaneous letters to R. Hanmer Bunbury, 1824-1856 (7 letters); 11. Miscellaneous letters to Sarah Bunbury, 1843-1870 (17 letters); 12. Miscellaneous documents, including bapmistal certificate of Bunbury.

The Bunbury Family Papers contain 215 letters written by Hanmer Bunbury to his wife Sarah, Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury to their parents and letters received by Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury. The letters described Hanmer and Sarah Bunbury's voyage to and life in Australia.