Sydney Burdekin Estate pictorial material and realia, 1862-1945

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1862-1945

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Objects, Prints, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Drawings, Medals, Textual Records

119440

Photographs
Objects
Prints
Architectural and Technical Drawings
Drawings
Textual Records - (typescript)

Sydney Burdekin was the 4th son of Thomas Burdekin who arrived in Sydney in 1828, establishing a branch of Burdekins & Hawley, ironmongers & general merchants, and acquiring a vast amount of real estate in Sydney and other parts of the colony, left to his widow & sons after he died. Sydney Burdekin himself held several pastoral runs in N.S.W. & Queensland, was a barrister and politician, M.L.A. and Mayor of Sydney 1890-1891
Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol.3 1851-1890

1. Sydney streetscenes and buildings, mainly in Oxford Street & surrounds, 1909 / photographed by The Crown Studios, Sydney
2. Scenes of Burdekin House, Macquarie St., Sydney and other pictorial material belonging to the Sydney Burdekin Estate, ca. 1862-1945
3. Scenes of Egypt, India and aerial views of army camps in Turkey during World War I / compiled by the Burdekin family, ca. 1916-1919
4. Sydney Burdekin [brass nameplate]
5. M. Burdekin, April 10th, 1886 [silver presentation beaker / made by J. Aldwincle & J. Slater, London]
6. [Salver] presented to Sydney Burdekin by the Government of N.S.Wales in acknowledgment of the assistance rendered to the Military Authorities in connection with the Encampment Campbelltown, 1891 / [made by Martin Hall & Co., Sheffield]
7. [Silver trowel] presented to the Mayoress of Sydney, Mrs Sydney Burdekin by William Meeks contractor, on the occasion of the laying of foundation stone of the engine house, Centennial Hall, 24th July 1890 / [made by Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham]
8. N.S.Wales Industrial Home for Blind Women presented to Mrs Sydney Burdekin, Mayoress of Sydney ... on her laying the second memorial stone of the new building, Albert Rd, Strathfield, 24th March 1891 [silver trowel / made by Samuel Hardy, Hardy Brothers, London]
9. [Plaque presented] to Mrs Sydney Burdekin from the council clerks of New South Wales, 1890
10. [War medals awarded to 2.Lieut.S.Burdekin, 1914-1919]
11. The Metropolitan N.S.W. Police / [whistle made by] J. Hudson & Co., 13 Barr St., Birmingham
12. [Pair of silver rimmed spectacles & case belonging to Burdekin family]
13. [Small studded leather purse belonging to the Burdekin family]
14. Porcelain ware belonging to Burdekin family, 1891
15. [Key] presented to Alex. Hay on opening of Council Chambers, Berry, 16. 1912 / made by A. Saunders & Co.
17. Broughton Hay [printing block including detail of entrance, Burdekin House]
18. [Plaque] presented 1945 by Beaufort Burdekin, in memory of his grandparents after whom the explorer Leichhardt named the river on it's discovery, 2nd April 1845 / [made by W. J. Sanders
19. [Hardwood pen holder sent to B. Burdekin from the Royal Exchange, 15 December 1941]

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Transferred from Manuscripts (Burdekin family papers) Location Number: MLMSS 147 Mitchell Library