Series 08: Street family, papers of the Ogilvie family, 1824-1896

MLMSS 1686 ADD-ON 2203/Box 17

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1824-1896

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William Ogilvie, naval officer, along with his wife Mary and their children sailed for Sydney on the ship 'Grenada', arriving in 1825. They settled at 'Merton' on the Upper Hunter River, NSW.
Edward David Stewart Ogilvie, pastoralist and member of the Legislative Council, was born at Tottenham, Middlesex, England, in 1814, son of William and Mary Ogilvie. He arrived in Sydney on the ship 'Grenada' in 1825. In 1840 Edward Ogilvie, his brother Frederick Ogilvie and a party of men ventured up the Clarence River, NSW, the first white men to explore the area. Edward took up land on both sides of the river, later naming the property 'Yulgilbar'. In 1847 he was appointed local magistrate. In 1854 he travelled to Europe and while in London published work under the pseudonym 'An Australian Squatter'. In 1858 he married Theodosia Isabella de Burgh at Dublin, Ireland. They returned to 'Yulgilbar' in 1859 and between 1860 and 1866 Yulgilbar Castle was built on 'Yulgilbar'. Ogilvie took his wife and eight daughters to England in 1884 and Theodosia died at Torquay in 1886. Ogilvie died in 1896, survived by two sons and eight daughters. He left a life interest in 'Yulgilbar' to his sixth daughter, Mabel Harriet Lillingston, wife of Charles A. G. Lillingston.

A. Correspondence, 1863-1896
B. Diaries, 1875
C. Printed material, 1824-1884

A. Correspondence, 1863-1896
1863,1881; Letters received by Edward D. S. Ogilvie, being letters sent by his wife Theodosia Ogilvie, 1863; and letters sent by Maude, Edward Douglas, Theodosia, and Flora Ogilvie, 1881 (Call No.: MLMSS 1686 ADD-ON 2203/17)

1896; Letter sent by Jessie Ogilvie, being Ms. letter and typescript transcript of letter sent by Jessie Ogilvie, daughter of Edward D.S. Ogilvie, to her sisters in England after the death of their father (Call No.: MLMSS 1686 ADD-ON 2203/17)

B. Diaries, 1875
1875; Diary of William Frederick Ogilvie, being Letts's diary with daily entries by William F. Ogilvie, son of Edward D. S. Ogilvie (Call No.: MLMSS 1686 ADD-ON 2203/17)

C. Printed material, 1824-1884
1824; 'New South Wales & Van Diemen's Land Act Passed 4th Geo. 4th 19th July 1823', being bound volume inscribed 'This last token of regard and affection given to his Father before we left England in 1824 by our dear friend Robert Porter. I give to My Son Edward to be preserved as a memorial of both his father & his Father's friend. Mary Ogilvie' (Call No.: MLMSS 1686 ADD-ON 2203/17)

1884; 'Rules of Lawn Tennis and Badminton, 1884', being bound volume inscribed 'E.D. Ogilvie 1884' (Call No.: MLMSS 1686 ADD-ON 2203/17)

This collection was listed as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.