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Title
Volume 71: Macarthur family papers relating to wool and sheep, 1820-1936
Call number
A 2967
Level of description
file
Date

1820-1936
Type of material
Textual Records, Objects
Reference code
1222973
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
0.04 metres of textual material (1 volume) - : manuscript, printed, wool specimens
Scope and Content
Miscellaneous manuscripts and other items relating to sheep and sheep breeding, 1820-1936, including sales of sheep, returns of sheep at Camden and Richlands, 1840-1882, and observations by James and William Macarthur.

Contents include: Specimens of wool from merino sheep, 1878, and photographs of pure Camden merinos bred by W. Campbell, Member of Legislative Council Victoria [1880?]; notes and observations by James Macarthur relative to merino sheep and the production of fine wool, during a journey through part of the Netherlands and Germany (24 November 1829 to 14 March 1830) [with further notes dated London 16 April 1830]; Catalogue of pure merino ewes and rams to be sold at Ercildoune on Wednesday October 30 1878 (Ballarat ; James Curtis, printer, [1878?]); observations on the preparation of wool, by William Macarthur, with plan of sheep washing adopted at Camden [undated; watermark 1828]; printed catalogue of sheep, pigs and pony stallions at the property of Mrs E. H. Woodhouse, Rockwood, near Campbelltown, NSW, April 1882; Preliminary catalogue of 1410 pure merino rams and ewes to be sold by public auction by Mort & Co., 17, 18 and 19 July 1883 (Mort & Co.'s ninth annual sale of stud sheep, July 1883); entry paper for wool for the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London; extract from an address by Nr N. W. Kater to the Rotary Club, [1936]; newscuttings.
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners - Applies to manuscripts
Out of copyright: Applies to printed material
Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years - Applies to manuscripts
Approval for publication required:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
General note

Microfilm copy available at CY 2794

Specimens of wool possibly relate to a letter from W. Campbell to Sir William Macarthur, 25 July 1877 (A2964 pp. 266-269).
Alphanumeric designations

Macarthur family papers 1789-1930 [First collection] : vol. 71
Creator/Author/Artist
Macarthur, John, 1767-1834
Macarthur, William, Sir, 1800-1882
Macarthur, James, 1798-1867
Macarthur Onslow, Sibella
Name
Macarthur family
Macarthur-Onslow family
Subject
Merino sheep--Breeding.
Sheep industry--Australia.
Wool--New South Wales.
Wool industry--New South Wales.
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