Sir Henry Parkes - Papers, 1685-1932

A 871-1052
MLMSS 6426/Box 1X
SAFE 3/138 (A 998)

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1685-1932

Textual Records, Clippings, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings, Cartographic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Posters, Objects, Ephemera, Paper money

404818

Photocopy : CYA 871 - CYA 934 (Ref.1 - open access): 76 xerox copyflo volumes of the original 64 manuscripts. Microfilm copies are also held at Ref. 1, open access. Many letters are indexed in the Manuscripts Index Catalogue (on cards).
Microfilm : Ref.1/MAV/FM6/330 (74 microfiche): A.W. Martin's Index to Sir Henry Parkes' correspondence, ca. 1803-ca. 1896 (MLMSS 4312), with notes on the use of the Index. (Another copy is available at the stack location MAV/FM6/330).

12.2 metres of textual material (182 volumes) - manuscript, typescript, printed, clippings, ephemera
0.01 metres of textual material (1 envelope) - paper currency

Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896), journalist and parliamentarian, was born at Warwickshire, England, youngest child of Thomas Parks and his wife Martha, nee Faulconbridge. After limited formal education Parkes was apprenticed as a bone and ivory turner. In 1836 he married Clarinda Varney and after his business failed Parkes and his wife departed England for Australia in 1839. Parkes took up various manual positions before establishing a business in 1845 as an ivory turner and importer of fancy goods. This business expanded and was in financial difficulty by 1850. He became involved in literary and political activities in Sydney and contributed articles to journals and newspapers, sometimes under the pseudonym 'Faulconbridge'. In 1850 he was involved in the establishment of the Empire newspaper and was editor-proprietor until 1958 when he was again in financial difficulty and was made bankrupt. In 1861 Parkes travelled to England as an Emigration Commissioner for which he was paid by the government. On his return in 1863 he became an importer but was again made bankrupt in 1870. He wrote and published a number of works and was extremely active in various political organisations. He was appointed a member of the old Legislative Council (1854-1856) and was elected a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly in the first parliament after responsible government in 1856. He was elected an MLA in the seats of Sydney (City), 1856; Cumberland, 1858; East Sydney, 1859-1861; Kiama, 1864-1870; East Sydney, 1869-1870; Mudgee, 1872; East Sydney, 1872-1877; Canterbury, 1877-1880; East Sydney, 1880-1882; Tenterfield, 1882-1884; Argyle, 1885; and St Leonards, 1885-1895. Parkes was appointed Colonial Secretary (1866-1868) and Premier and Colonial Secretary (1872-1875, 1877, 1878-1883, 1887-1889, 1889-1891). He was Secretary for Lands (1888). Parkes was active in the anti-transportation movement, established the Australian League (1850) and was prominent in the movement for Federation. Parkes was appointed K.C.M.G. in 1877 and G.C.M.G. in 1888. Parkes first wife Clarinda died in 1888 and in 1889 he married secondly Eleanor Dixon. After her death in 1895 he married thirdly Julia Lynch.[ref:ADB 5]

CONTENTS:

VOLUME 1:
Correspondence, A, [1803-1896]

VOLUME 2:
Correspondence, A-B, [1803-1896]

VOLUME 3:
Correspondence, B, [1803-1896]

VOLUME 4:
Correspondence, B, [1803-1896]

VOLUME 5:
Correspondence, B, [1803-1896]

VOLUME 6:
Correspondence, B-C, 1852-1895

VOLUME 7:
Correspondence, C, 1855-1895

VOLUME 8:
Correspondence, C, 1853-1896

VOLUME 9:
Correspondence, C, 1856-1895

VOLUME 10:
Correspondence, C-D, 1861-1895

VOLUME 11:
Correspondence, D, 1846-1895

VOLUME 12:
Correspondence, D-E, 1840-1896

VOLUME 13:
Correspondence, E-F, 1854-1896

VOLUME 14:
Correspondence, F-G, 1854-1896

VOLUME 15:
Correspondence, G, 1858-1895

VOLUME 16:
Correspondence, G-H, 1823-1896

VOLUME 17:
Correspondence, H, 1854-1894

VOLUME 18:
Correspondence, H, 1854-1895

VOLUME 19:
Correspondence, H-J, 1851-1895

VOLUME 20:
Correspondence, J-K, 1852-1896

VOLUME 21:
Correspondence, K-L, 1858-1895

VOLUME 22:
Correspondence, L, 1861-1895

VOLUME 23:
Correspondence, L-M, 1860-1896

VOLUME 24:
Correspondence, M, 1849-1895

VOLUME 25:
Correspondence, M, 1850-1896

VOLUME 26:
Correspondence, M, 1853-1896

VOLUME 27:
Correspondence, M-N, 1850-1895

VOLUME 28:
Correspondence, N-O, 1850-1896

VOLUME 29:
Correspondence, O-P, 1851-1896

VOLUME 30:
Correspondence, P, 1825-1896

VOLUME 31:
Correspondence, P-R, 1853-1895

VOLUME 32:
Correspondence, R, 1866-1895

VOLUME 33:
Correspondence, R, 1858-1895

VOLUME 34:
Correspondence, R-S, 1854-1896

VOLUME 35:
Correspondence, S, 1852-1894

VOLUME 36:
Correspondence, S, 1871-1894

VOLUME 37:
Correspondence, S, 1861-1895

VOLUME 38:
Correspondence, S, 1861-1895

VOLUME 39:
Correspondence, S-T, 1858-1895

VOLUME 40:
Correspondence, T, 1857-1896

VOLUME 41:
Correspondence, U-W, 1856-1896

VOLUME 42:
Correspondence, W, 1861-1896

VOLUME 43:
Correspondence, W, 1855-1896

VOLUME 44:
Correspondence, W-Z, 1858-1896

VOLUME 45:
Correspondence, mainly from Sir Henry Parkes, 1849-1877

VOLUME 46:
Correspondence, to and from Sir Henry Parkes, 1860-1896

VOLUME 47:
Correspondence, mainly to Sir Henry Parkes, 1856-1894

VOLUME 48:
Correspondence, mainly to Sir Henry Parkes, 1855-1895

VOLUME 49:
Correspondence, A-B, 1854-1896

VOLUME 50:
Correspondence, C, 1850-1896

VOLUME 51:
Correspondence, D-E, 1845-1896

VOLUME 52:
Correspondence, F-G, 1845-1895

VOLUME 53:
Correspondence, H-J, 1841-1895

VOLUME 54:
Correspondence, K-L, 1835-1896

VOLUME 55:
Correspondence, M, 1849-1896

VOLUME 56:
Correspondence, N-P, 1842-1895

VOLUME 57:
Correspondence, R, 1856-1896

VOLUME 58:
Correspondence, S, 1846-1895

VOLUME 59:
Correspondence, T-V, 1858-1896

VOLUME 60:
Correspondence, W-Y, 1850-1896

VOLUME 61:
Correspondence from Sir Henry Parkes, [1803-1896]

VOLUME 62:
Correspondence from Sir Henry Parkes, [1803-1896]

VOLUME 63:
Correspondence, family and relatives, [1803-1896]

VOLUME 64:
Correspondence, family and relatives, [1803-1896]

VOLUME 65:
Correspondence, incomplete letters received, ca. 1860-ca. 1895

VOLUME 66:
Volume of invoices of goods imported, 1865

VOLUME 67:
Telegrams, mainly received by Sir Henry Parkes, 1866-1888

VOLUME 68:
Published papers relating to the Order of St Michael and St George:
statutes, history, persons honoured, 1868-1891

VOLUME 69:
Letter from Robert Stevenson McEachern (Melbourne, Victoria) to Sir Henry Parkes titled 'On Fertilizing the Deltas of Riverina by Irrigation', 20 November 1874

VOLUME 70:
Volume of welcomes and invitations etc., ca. 1850-1894

VOLUME 71:
Autobiographical notes, ca. 1846-ca. 1895

VOLUME 72:
Papers concerning the release of the prisoner Francis Gardiner (bushranger), 1873-1874

VOLUME 73:
Volume of acceptances to invitations by Sir Henry Parkes, and invitations to Sir Henry Parkes to functions, ca. 1862-1888

VOLUME 74:
Papers regarding the 'Admiral's Precedence', 1889-1891

VOLUME 75:
Volume of papers relating to banking in New South Wales, ca. 1893

VOLUME 76:
Scrapbook of cheques and other financial records, 1852-1895

VOLUME 77:
Papers regarding the 'Colony of Australia', 1887

VOLUME 78:
Letters of complaint and application to Sir Henry Parkes, ca. 1855-1896

VOLUME 79:
List of business for the consideration of the Council of Education, 17 April 1866-5 October 1868

VOLUME 80:
List of business for the consideration of the Council of Education, 19 October 1868-15 February 1869

VOLUME 81:
List of business for the consideration of the Council of Education, with other papers concerning education, 23 February 1869-ca. 1893

VOLUME 82:
Papers regarding New South Wales education, ca. 1859-ca. 1894

VOLUME 83:
Drafts of Governor's Speeches, ca. 1870-ca. 1889

VOLUME 84:
Papers regarding the Faulconbridge Art Union, 1885-1886

VOLUME 85:
Papers regarding government and administration, ca. 1856-ca. 1890

VOLUME 86:
Papers regarding Federation, 1874-1895

VOLUME 87:
Papers regarding Jamberoo, Russell, and Ashfield properties, with subdivision and house plans, ca. 1865-ca. 1884

VOLUME 88:
Papers regarding dinner held at Parliament House, 23 May 1887, for the surviving members of the first New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1856-57), 1887

VOLUME 89:
Papers regarding the mail service, ca. 1858-ca. 1889

VOLUME 90:
Papers regarding railways and tramways, ca. 1872-ca. 1892

VOLUME 91:
Papers regarding medical matters of New South Wales, 1867-1888

VOLUME 92:
Papers regarding naval and military matters, 1866-ca. 1891

VOLUME 93:
Newspaper cuttings, 1856-1889

VOLUME 94:
Copy of Northern Gold Fields report by J. Buchanan sent to W. B. Dalley and Henry Parkes, 16 June 1861-20 August 1861

VOLUME 95:
Poems - sonnets, newspaper cuttings, 1832-ca. 1896

VOLUME 96:
Papers regarding the New South Wales police department, 1857-ca. 1895

VOLUME 97:
Business letters; and correspondence of Frederick Walker, Commandant, Native Police, 1851-1855, ca. 1863

VOLUME 98:
Autograph letters of Governors, Sir John Young, 1866-1867

VOLUME 99:
Autograph letters of Governors, the fourth Earl of Belmore, 1868-1869

VOLUME 100:
Autograph letters of Governors, Sir Hercules Robinson, 8 June 1872-3 October 1873

VOLUME 101:
Autograph letters of Governors, Sir Hercules Robinson, 8 October 1873-30 October 1874

VOLUME 102:
Autograph letters of Governors, Sir Hercules Robinson, 25 September 1874-13 July 1877

VOLUME 103:
Autograph letters of Governors, Sir Hercules Robinson, 14 July 1877-19 December 1879

VOLUME 104:
Autograph letters of Governors, Lord Augustus Loftus, 14 May 1879-22 April 1881

VOLUME 105:
Autograph letters of Governors, Lord Augustus Loftus, 13 May 1880-1 July 1883

VOLUME 106:
Autograph letters of Governors, Lord Carrington, 26 November 1886-17 May 1888

VOLUME 107:
Autograph letters of Governors, Lord Carrington, 19 May 1888-31 March 1892

VOLUME 108:
Autograph letters of Governors, Lord Carrington, August 1889-1 March 1890

VOLUME 109:
Autograph Letters of Governors, seventh Earl of Jersey, 9 January 1891-27 January 1893

VOLUME 110:
Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1850-ca. 1900

VOLUME 111:
Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1850-ca. 1900

VOLUME 112:
Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1850-ca. 1900

VOLUME 113:
Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1850-ca. 1900

VOLUME 114:
Writing and speeches, ca. 1859-ca. 1887

VOLUME 115:
Writing and speeches, ca. 1860-ca. 1885

VOLUME 116:
Writing and speeches, ca. 1854-ca. 1880

VOLUME 117:
Autograph letters to Sir Henry Parkes, ca. 1833-ca. 1895

VOLUME 118:
Autograph letters to Sir Henry Parkes, ca. 1861-ca. 1892

VOLUME 119:
Scrapbook of invoices, letters, cards etc., 1883-1884

VOLUME 120:
Autograph letters received by Sir Henry Parkes, ca. 1845-ca. 1899

VOLUME 121:
Autograph letters received and other papers mainly regarding Federation, 1889-1894

VOLUME 122:
Scrapbook regarding Sir Henry Parke's 74th birthday, 1887-1889, predominant 1889

VOLUME 123:
Scrapbook regarding Sir Henry Parke's 75th birthday, 1890

VOLUME 124:
Scrapbook regarding Sir Henry Parke's 79th birthday, 1894

VOLUME 125:
Scrapbook of programmes, invitation cards, letters etc., 1883-1884

VOLUME 126:
Papers (letters, invitation cards, menus etc.) regarding visit to Europe, 1882

VOLUME 127:
Papers regarding visit to Brisbane, Queensland, 1889

VOLUME 128:
Scrapbook of trip to the United States of America and England, 1882

VOLUME 129:
Horse-cab accident of 18 May 1890, list of letters of sympathy and cards, 18 May-December 1890

VOLUME 130:
Horse-cab accident of 18 May 1890, letters and messages of sympathy, 18 May-December 1890

VOLUME 131:
Horse-cab accident of 18 May 1890, letters and messages of sympathy, 18 May-December 1890

VOLUME 132:
Letters and telegrams received mainly from the New South Wales Governor, Lord Carrington, mainly concerning Sir Henry Parkes' horse-cab accident, 18 May-November 1890

VOLUME 133:
Horse-cab accident of 18 May 1890, letters and messages of sympathy, 18 May-December 1890

VOLUME 134:
Horse-cab accident of 18 May 1890, cards; letters, some from abroad, 18 May-December 1890

VOLUME 135:
Autograph letters of Tennyson, Browning etc. to Sir Henry Parkes, 1881-1894

VOLUME 136:
Appointments

VOLUME 137:
Copies of letters sent, 1891-1893

VOLUME 138:
Letters from Sir Henry Parkes, April-September 1871

VOLUME 139:
Miscellaneous papers, 1868-1895

VOLUME 140:
Miscellaneous papers, 1685-1895

VOLUME 141:
Diary, 19 October 1858-14 April 1859

VOLUME 142:
Engagement book, 1882

VOLUME 143:
Sir Henry Parkes diary, 1872

VOLUME 144:
Sir Henry Parkes diary, 1881

VOLUME 145:
Sir Henry Parkes diary, 1883

VOLUME 146:
Sir Henry Parkes diary, 1885

VOLUME 147:
Sir Henry Parkes diary, 1889

VOLUME 148:
Sir Henry Parkes diary, 1891

VOLUME 149:
Sir Henry Parkes diary, 1892

VOLUME 150:
Newspaper cuttings, letters, telegrams etc. regarding Argyle (Goulburn and District) elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1885

VOLUME 151:
Copy letterbook, March-July 1864, 16 December 1871

VOLUME 152:
Copy letterbook, October 1884-July 1885

VOLUME 153:
Autograph letters and telegrams to Sir Henry Parkes including nine letters from Lord Carrington, 1889-1890

VOLUME 154:
Autograph letters to Sir Henry Parkes on Federation, 1891

VOLUME 155:
Accounts, 1865, 1870

VOLUME 156:
Papers regarding Dalley & Parkes, emigration agents, 1861-1862

VOLUME 157:
Letters and invoices received, 1864-1865

VOLUME 158:
Papers regarding Luncheon to Contemporaries of the Advent of Constitutional Government at Hampton Villa held on 10 August 1891, 1891

VOLUME 159:
Papers relating to a banquet held for Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, in London held on 28 April 1882, March-June 1882

VOLUME 160:
Manuscript of 'The Beauteous Terrorist and Other Poems, by a Wanderer' (Sir Henry Parkes), 1885

VOLUME 161:
Papers regarding visit to Hobart, Melbourne, and Ballarat, April-May 1891, December 1891

VOLUME 162:
Notebook, 1861-1864, 1870

VOLUME 163:
Manuscript of 'An Emigrant's Home Letters' by Henry Parkes, July 1896

VOLUME 164:
Printed volume 'An Introduction to the Latin Language' by Joshua Toulmin Smith, 1833

VOLUME 165:
Stock list, [1839-1896]

VOLUME 166:
Scrapbook of letters, sympathy cards etc. on the death of Lady Eleanor Parkes, 17 July-August 1895

VOLUME 167:
Illuminated address received from the Municipal Council of Paddington, 29 May 1890

VOLUME 168:
Illuminated address received from the residents of Glen Innes, August 1887

VOLUME 169:
Illuminated address received from the Loyal Orange Institution of New South Wales, 10 June 1890

VOLUME 170:
Illuminated address received from the Municipal District of Broughton Creek and Bombaderry, November 1888

VOLUME 171:
Illuminated address received from the Municipality of Nowra, 3 October 1881

VOLUME 172:
Illuminated address received from the Loyal Orange Institution of New South Wales, September 1884

VOLUME 173:
Illuminated address received from the Independent Order of Good Templars, Grand Lodge of New South Wales, 15-18 April 1881

VOLUME 174:
Family correspondence, mainly letters from Sir Henry Parkes, 1838-1906

VOLUME 175:
Family correspondence, mainly letters to Sir Henry Parkes, and other papers, ca . 1815-ca. 1906

VOLUME 176:
Papers regarding Jamberoo mining leases, 1875-1888

VOLUME 177:
Papers regarding the Parkes Fund, 1887-1896

VOLUME 178:
Newspaper cuttings from the 'Sydney Morning Herald' and 'Daily Telegraph' regarding Sir Henry Parkes' speeches on free trade, Federation etc., 16 June 1891-25 July 1895

VOLUME 179:
Miscellaneous papers, 1699-1932

VOLUME 180:
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1850-1895

VOLUME 181:
Illuminated address received from the Municipalities of Nowra, Numba and Central Shoalhaven, 23 November 1888

VOLUME 182:
Family correspondence, mainly letters to Varney Parkes, 1865-1908

This collection was listed in 2005 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
The preservation microfilming of selected volumes from this collection has been kindly funded by the Henry Parkes Foundation, Sydney, NSW.
The digitisation of this collection has been funded by the Henry Parkes Foundation, Sydney, NSW, 2019.
See also the Allan William Martin index to the correspondence of Sir Henry Parkes, 1803-1896, located at Mitchell Library call no. MLMSS 4312

Dead Central - State Library of New South Wales (25 May, 2019 - 3 May, 2020)