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Correspondence of John Lee (as filmed by the AJCP), 1840-1865

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The material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes correspondence from Charles Lee Smith and his brother John Lee Smith, Charles Rumker, John S. Roberts, Phillip P. King, George Witt, Bessie N. Parkes and William Stratford Lee.

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Records of Balfour Darwin Ltd (as filmed by the AJCP), 1902-1940

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Daybooks 1908-1940 Australia and New Zealand containing orders for steel drills, files, saw blades and miners' picks, and giving shipping details. Firms include Eagle and Globe Steel Co. Ltd. (Melbourne and Sydney), Toowoomba Foundry Co. Ltd. and Australian Agricultural Co.

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Collections held by the Derbyshire Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1821-1934

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Dickson Family: correspondence 1863-81, mainly from James Dickson and James R. Hamilton to Dr Frank Dickson. The letters from James Dickson to his father relate to his departure from England and prospects of work in Dunedin, New Zealand. Letters from James R. Hamilton concern James Dickson's death and estate and his own business affairs.

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Records of Australian Scheme for Graduate Employment in Indonesia, 1951-1965

Papers of Dermot Casey, 1840-1976

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Papers relating to the family of Dermot Casey, including personal and business correspondence, documents, family history material, his military service during World War I and photographs. Many of the papers relate to Dermot Casey's grandfather Cornelius Gavin Casey, a surgeon who arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1833. In 1834 Cornelius Gavin Casey was posted to the penal settlement at Port Arthur, and went on to work in various districts around Tasmania. When his wife Letitia died in 1863 he left the colony for Victoria with his 16 year old son Richard Gardiner Casey. A substantial part of the collection comprises the papers of Richard Gardiner Casey, who became a pastoralist and businessman, served as a member of the Queensland parliament and was Chairman of the Victoria Racing Club.

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Journals and Letters of Reverend Robert H. Codrington (as filmed by the AJCP), 1867-1882

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Three journals 1872-1875, describing Codrington's travels in Melanesia, life among the Mota people, slave trading, and island legends, customs and crafts. The killing of Lieut. James H.C. Bower of HMS Sandfly in 1880 is described in the third journal.

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Papers of John Clunies-Ross (as filmed by the AJCP), 1824-1854

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The papers consist primarily of autobiographical writings of Clunies-Ross referring especially to his relations with Alexander Hare and the visit of HMS Beagle to Cocos in 1836.

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Collections held by the Glasgow University Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1808-1961

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Correspondence 1861-1902 of physicist Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. Subjects include India-Australia cable connection.

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Papers of the Stanley Family (as filmed by the AJCP), 1832-1893

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The material filmed by the Australia Joint Copying Project includes:

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Collections held by the Cumbria Archive Service (as filmed by the AJCP), 1819-1899 (1938-1946)

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Scott family papers: 20 letters 1819-52 written to Miss Scott of Sandgate Hall, Penrith, by M.J. (Mrs John) Wood of Sydney and her daughter Mary, who married a Mr Lowe of Bathurst. The letters contain comments on conditions in the colony, and on family, church and political affairs.

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