Illuminated address presented to Michael Nasan Chapman; photographs of statesmen and politicians collected by Joseph Jackson, 1871-1907

V/114
MPG/168
ML 1265

fonds

1871 - 1907

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings

52550

1 drawing - illumination - 58.5 x 67.5 cm
1 photograph - reproduction of photoprint - 50 x 63 cm

Joseph Jackson (26 November 1874 – 23 August 1961) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1922 until 1956. He was variously a Nationalist, United Australia Party, Independent and Liberal member of parliament.

Jackson was born in Wellington, New South Wales and educated to elementary level in rural state schools. His father was an alluvial gold prospector and Jackson worked in rural occupations until he founded a substantial retail business at the Peak Hill gold rush after 1889. He moved to Sydney in 1904 and established a chain of retail stores. Jackson purchased Faulconbridge, the home of Sir Henry Parkes and donated a large tract of land (Jackson Park) to form a Prime Ministers' Corridor of Oaks. Jackson was a noted collector of Australiana. He was awarded an OBE in 1957. Jackson was an alderman on Sydney City Council in 1918-1922, 1924-1927 and 1930-1935. He was the Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1931.

Reference:
Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/ (accessed October 14, 2011)

V/114
Illuminated address presented to Michael Nasan Chapman, Sydney 25 July 1871

MPG/168
Reproduction of photoprint of the Conference of Colonial Prime Ministers, April 1907

ML 1265
Mounted albumen photoprint of politicians on a ferry, August 1892

Access via appointment - Applies to ML 1265 only

Out of copyright: Created before 1955 (photographs)
Out of copyright: 100 years after creation (illuminated address)
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

There is a photocopy of a typescript family history, the Jackson family in Australia, compiled by Joseph Jackson in 1934 in the papers of Joseph Jackson. Location number: MLMSS 2183 Mitchell Library

There is a list on the file of additional printed book material acquired at the same time.

2 items transferred to mounted files MPG/146 and V/114, January 2006

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.748 as part of the eRecords Project 2011-2012