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Letters from Richard Bowler of Brill, 1835-1843

0.09 metres (1 volume + 1 folder)
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Series of 8 letters from Richard Bowler of Brill, a transportee to Tasmania, 1st June 1835 to 24th April 1843, to his brother (John Bowler) in Brill, Bucks., England.
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Records of Campbell & Company (as filmed by the AJCP), 1840

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Letter 1840 from Campbell Co to Henry Dangar, Neotsfield, Hunter River, New South Wales, concerning his account and usual charges on transactions in the colony, also mentioning that his arrangement with Campbell Co about his wool was satisfactory.
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My life: a record of events and the experience of John Henry Chatterton (as filmed by the AJCP), 1835-1921

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Autobiography based on diaries kept on Chatterton's visit to Australia and letters he wrote to his family in England 1835-1855.
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Letter of Thomas Birkby, May 31, 1836

(2 folders + 2 volumes)
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Letter, 31st May, 1836, to his father, written for Birkby by William Hutchinson - re (a) Voyage to Port Jackson, 1834. (b) His work with the Surveyor-General, as overseer at the Surveyor's farm at Cataract and Nepean Rivers, and as overseer of a farm in Sydney (c) Description of conditions of employment in the Colony, wages, the price of provisions, tobacco, clothing and livestock. He describes the country, its insects, birds and reptiles. He devotes several paragraphs to the treatment of the convicts and lists their allowances of clothing and food.
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Letter of Thomas Birkby, May 31, 1836 (2 folders + 2 volumes)

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Letters, 1853-1880

0.03 metres (1 folder)
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Fifteen autographed signed letters written by Hampton from the Victorian goldfields, 1853-1880. They deal mainly with the technicalities of alluvial mining.
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Letters of William Sandover, 1876

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The letters were written by Willian Sandover to his relatives in Adelaide during his journey to Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Launceston, Hobart Town and Sydney. They give an interesting description of these cities in 1876.
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Letters of Rose Paterson., 1873-1888

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39 letters from Rose Paterson to her younger sister, Nora Murray-Prior, discussing, among other subjects, the young A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson and the Yass district.
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Papers of P. Bower., 1834-1884

0.06 metres (2 folders)
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The collection was assembled by Bower, containing: I. Letters of Edward Murray, a convict transported to Tasmania, 1834. II. Letters and journal of Sarah Harrison, who emigrated to Melbourne in 1884. The journal describes her journey from Hyde (near Stockport, Cheshire) in April, arriving in Melbourne in July 1884. III. Transcripts for items I and II.
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Letter of Reverend Stephen Rabone

(1 packet)
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One letter from Wesleyan missionary Reverend Stephen Rabone to his parents, written 3 October 1835 at Hobart, Van Diemens Land. The letter includes a description of convict chain gangs, their dress, their punishment and Rabone's compassionate horror at their treatment; a description of agriculture in the Hobart region; discussion of fellow missionary Reverend Nathaniel Turner's offer to teach Rabone some Tongan prior to Rabone taking up a mission at Tonga; a description of Governor George Arthur and how he visited Turner and Rabone's chapel several times; and mention of his wife, Eliza's, pregnancy.
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Letter of Reverend Stephen Rabone (1 packet)

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