Mackenzie family - papers, ca. 1875 - ca. 1890, mainly concerning their former residence, Canley Grange, at Canley Vale, N.S.W.

MLMSS 6077

fonds

ca. 1875-ca. 1890

Textual Records, Photographs, Drawings

106881

1 folder - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Photographs
Drawings

In 1872 Sir Henry Parkes built a mansion, Canley Grange, near the railway line between Fairfield and Cabramatta, named after his birthplace in Warwickshire, England. In 1881 he sold it to Hambrook Murchison Mackenzie whose family resided there into the 1890s.

Include a letter from Sir Henry Parkes to Hambrook Murchison Mackenzie, 29 Apr. 1881, expressing a willingness to sell and consider a price for Canley Grange; surveyor's maps and descriptions of two pieces of land at Canley Vale, N.S.W., 26 July 1881, by Francis W. King, Surveyor; and photographs of the residence and of nearby Lansdowne Bridge

This collection formerly belonged to the Royal Australian Historical Society and was later transferred to the Powerhouse Museum