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Collections held by the National Army Museum (as filmed by the AJCP), 1807-1981

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Diaries and commonplace book 1854-1855 of Francis M. Lind (b.1822). The diary describes the voyage from Calcutta to Sydney via Singapore, Adelaide and Melbourne. The commonplace book contains notes and cuttings concerning the meetings of New Zealand chiefs at Auckland following the murder of Te Kopi.

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Records of Stanbrook Abbey (as filmed by the AJCP), 1847-1890

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Letters 1847-55 of Bishop J.B. Polding referring to donations for an Australian seminary and books, vestments for the Australian mission, and plans to establish a Benedictine convent in New South Wales.

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Papers of William James Linton, 1835-1897

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The correspondence includes letters written to William James Linton by members of his family and friends and letters to his eldest son William Wade Linton, written by him or other members of the family.

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Papers of Marcia Voce, 1984-2005

Papers of the Sanford family (as filmed by the AJCP), 1851-1883

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Correspondence 1851-1854, between W.A. Sanford and H.A. Sanford, and with their family in England. Some of the letters describe conditions in Fremantle. Letters 1851-1855, 1883, received by W.A. Sanford in his position as Colonial Secretary and after his return to England. They deal with education, the churches, customs, immigration, convicts and aborigines. Correspondents include Governor Charles Fitzgerald, Rev. James Brown, W. Cowan and M.W. Clifton, Dr. W. Harvey, Captain E.Y. Henderson, John W. Sillifant, Ellen Layton, Mr Rochester, Jane Tiphett, Thomas Brown, Rev. W.B. Brown, Waller Clifton, W. Hams and H. Campfield.

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Papers of Albert J. Weston, 1829-1893

Papers of the Donnithorne Family (as filmed by the AJCP), 1825-1881

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Papers and estate records of the Capell Family, Earls of Essex [DE/Cp]. It is not known why the Donnithorne papers are among the archives of the Capell Family.

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Papers of John Kinross, 1848-1908

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The papers include letters to Kinross, to his wife Joanna and to members of the Menzies family. A second group of correspondence includes letters to Kinross from William Grant, Rev. A. C. Geikie, Rev. Robert Steel, George Mackie, J. Cameron, Rev. J. D. Lang, W. M. Manning, M. W. McCallum, Sir John Hay, M. Mackay, David Waugh, James McCulloch and George Fullerton. There are also various documents relating to the Presbyterian Church at Kiama and to St. Andrew's College at the University of Sydney, some sermons, essays, newspaper cuttings and diaries, one of which includes details of services and baptisms from 1868 to 1878.

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Records of the Artists' Society of Canberra, 1927-1999

Papers of Admiral Sir George Seymour (as filmed by the AJCP), 17 March 1834-17 March 1866

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Journals, diaries, order books, memoranda, letter-books and family correspondence mainly referring to naval and political events in the Pacific 1844-1848, in particular Anglo-French relations in Tahiti and the Sandwich Islands and the possible annexation of the Sandwich Islands by the United States. Correspondents include Sir George and Lady Seymour, Francis Seymour, Lord Haddington, General W. Miller and Queen Pomare.

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