• Title
  Series 1: Emmeline Leslie papers concerning the Leslie family
• Call number
  MLMSS 6930
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1805-1911
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings
• Reference code
  403340
• Issue Copy
  Partly Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.72 metres of textual material (6 boxes), some files contain clippings - manuscript, typescript, printed
  
• Scope and Content
  WILLIAM LESLIE (1770-1857)
  MLMSS 6930/1/1
  1830, undated; Letters received. Correspondents include his son William Leslie and his daughter-in-law Matilda Leslie nee Robinson. Note that two of William's letters are addressed to both his parents.
  1843; Letters sent to his sister
  
  JANE LESLIE nee Davidson (1783-1861)
  MLMSS 6930/1/2
  1823-1855, undated; Letters received. Correspondents include her husband William Leslie, her son William Leslie and Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur
  
  1821-1859, undated; Letters sent. Correspondents include Margaret Essie and Annie ? See also letter from Jane Leslie to Rose Robinson in the papers of Matilda Rose Leslie.
  Undated; Miscellaneous material: Birth and death dates of the Davidson family; Drawings by her son Thomas Leslie
  
  WILLIAM LESLIE (1814-1880)
  MLMSS 6930/1/3
  1826-1867, undated; Letters received. Correspondents include his father William Leslie, his mother Jane Leslie, his son William Douglas Leslie, his sister Mary Anne Leslie, his aunt Ann Coats, James Bissett, William Dent, A. Campbell and Patrick Davidson.
  MLMSS 6930/1/4
  1827-1847, undated; Letters sent. Correspondents include his mother Jane Leslie, his sisters Catherine and Mary-Anne, Patrick Davidson and Duncan Davidson. Also includes a letter from Patrick Davidson to Duncan Davidson.
  
  MATILDA ROSE LESLIE (wife of William Leslie the younger);
  MLMSS 6930/1/5
  1848-1861; Letters received. Correspondents include her son William Douglas Leslie, William Leslie the elder, Jane Leslie and Walter Leslie.
  1848; Letters sent. One letter to her mother, Rose Robinson and also includes a letter from Jane Leslie to Rose Robinson.
  
  PATRICK LESLIE (1815-1881)
  MLMSS 6930/1/6
  1823-1845; Letters received. Correspondents include his parents, William and Jane Leslie and his brother William. Also includes letters addressed to all three brothers Patrick, Walter and George from their parents Jane Leslie (in the form of a journal) and William Leslie.
  1870; Letter sent to his cousin, Catherine, Lady Turing.
  1844; Statement by Patrick Leslie refuting the charges made against him by his uncle, Walter Davidson, when acting as his agent in New South Wales.
  
  WALTER LESLIE (1818-1891)
  MLMSS 6930/1/7
  1838-1846; Letters received. Correspondents include his parents William and Jane Leslie, Patrick Leslie, Mary-Anne Leslie, Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur. Also includes letters addressed to both Walter and his brother George from their parents. See also the letters of Patrick Leslie which include letters addressed to all three brothers Patrick, Walter and George from their parents.
  1841-1843; Letters sent to G.S. Macdonald and Charles Rolleston (from Walter & George Leslie) regarding squatting rights on Canning Downs.
  
  GEORGE LESLIE (1820-1860)
  MLMSS 6930/2/1
  1838-1860, undated; Letters received. Correspondents include his parents William and Jane Leslie, Patrick Davidson, John G. Cattley, George Engstrom, C.A. Aylmer, Emma Master, Hugh Gordon. See also the letters of Patrick Leslie and Walter Leslie for letters addressed to George and his brothers from their parents.
  
  MLMSS 6930/2/2
  1849-1860; Letters sent. Correspondents include Kate Leslie, George Mant, The Times, Sir Charles Fitzroy, Sir Donald Blair, Peel River Sand & Mineral Co., MB & District Separation Association. Also include one page with summaries of letters sent, May 1849.
  
  MLMSS 6930/2/3
  1852-1855; Journals. Includes journal of a voyage from Plymouth to Sydney, 1852-53 and a voyage from Sydney to Aden, 1855. Also includes additional journal entries for 9-10 March 1852 and 13-14 June 1852.
  
  MLMSS 6930/2/4
  1845-1854; Material relating to Canning Downs. Includes: 'Returns of Stock belonging to Messrs. W. & G. Leslie, 7 Feb. 1845'; 'Rough notes of George Leslie's report of Encounter with the Stranger Blacks on Canning Downs, 1850'; Three account sheets relating to the sale of Canning Downs to Gilbert Davidson, 1854.
  
  MLMSS 6930/2/5
  1850-1860; Miscellaneous material. Includes: Notes by Judge David Forbes concerning 'Estimated revenues of Queensland', 1850; Accounts from Sydney and English hotels and tradesmen, 1852-57; C.A. Aylmer - Peel River Board Resolutions 15 May 1858; financial papers of Anderson & Leslie, 1856; George Leslie - notes on financial transactions, undated; extract from the diary of George Fairholme concerning the bushranger Wilson, undated, with copy of a letter from George Leslie to Sir David Blair, Sept. 1854.
  
  EMMELINE LESLIE (1828-1911)
  MLMSS 6930/3/1-6 and MLMSS 6930/4/1
  1839-1911, undated; Letters received. Correspondents include George Leslie, Ludwig Leichhardt, Anna Josepha King, Phillip Parker King, Mary Fitzroy, Anna Maria Macarthur, Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur, her brothers Charles, George, John and James Macarthur, her sisters Mary Wilson, Emma Macarthur, Elizabeth King and Catherine Leslie, Philip Gidley King the younger, her father-in-law William Leslie, her brothers-in-law William and Thomas Leslie, George Mant, PD Anderson, Alexander Davidson, C.A. Aylmer, William Fanning, Crawford Pasco and George Keong. Note that these letters are arranged partly in a chronological order and partly in their original subject bundles such as 'Letters from and about my family', 'Letters concerning the last days and death of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur', 'Letters to E.M. de Falbe from her brother John McArthur', 'Property', 'Transactions and correspondences E. Leslie 1860 to 1865 and from 1871 on as E. de Falbe', 'E. Leslie's affairs after 1860 and before marriage settlement' and 'Letters on NSW Affairs'.
  
  MLMSS 6930/4/2
  1862-1905; Letters sent. Correspondents include P.D. Anderson, Muriel Hanbury, Messrs John Gore & Co. Also includes a letter book titled 'Copies of E.F.'s letters 66-67' - most are written by Patrick Leslie & C.A. Aylmer as Trustees of Mrs Falbe's Marriage Settlement to George Mant and from Mant to the Trustees.
  
  MLMSS 6930/4/3
  1805-1879; Letters sent and received by other people. Correspondents include Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington, David Wilkie, John A. Macarthur, Jane Macarthur, Hugh Gordon.
  
  MLMSS 6930/4/4-5
  1854-1909; Journals and Reminiscences. 1. Notes of a voyage from Brisbane to Sydney, 1854. 2. Letts Rough Desk Diary for 1875 - transcript. 3. Two exercise books containing notes and newscuttings collected for Reminiscences.
  
  MLMSS 6934/4/6: Microfilm copy at CY 4052
  1843-1860; Commonplace Books (3) mainly containing poems. 1. 'Emmeline McArthur September 1843'. 2. 'Emmeline MacArthur & E.M. Leslie - Treasures and Trifles 8th November 1847'. 3. 'Trifles and Treasures - Emmeline M. Leslie Canning Downs Sept. 20th 1848'. The last entries are dated 1860.
  
  MLMSS 6930/5/1-4
  1840-1901, undated; Miscellaneous material. Includes: Notes of Captain William Hobson's meeting at Hokianga, New Zealand in 1840 from the original taken on the spot by Mr Shortland; Arthur Macarthur's account of Anna Maria Macarthur's death, 1853; Anderson and Mant's attested accounts, 1863-64; 'Note torn up accidentally, 28 Sep. 1862'; 'E.M. Falbe's Character by Handwriting', 1882; 'Character in French'; Material concerning Arthur Macarthur; 'Extracts from my mother's writing'; Notes and other material relating to the Macarthur family (list included); 'Macarthur History'; Macarthur geneaolgy; 'An authentic tale of a faithful Chinaman by E.M. Falbe; 'Old newspapers relating to New Zealand and New South Wales', 1848, 1872, 1879, 1901.
  
  M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 6930
  1833-1869; Maps. 1. 'A general chart for the purpose of laying down a ship's track on her voyage from England to the East or West Indies or the Pacific Ocean. Additions to 1852 - by J.W. Norrie, Hydrographer etc., 1833.' First published in 1833 by Norrie, this chart has additions to 1852 and is by Charles Wilson. It was used to plot the tracks of Emmeline Leslie's various voyages betewen Australia and England between 1851 and 1869. 2. 'Sketch map of the North Island of New Zealand shewing native tribal boundaries, topographical features, confiscated lands, military & police stations etc., drawn by T. W. Palin, Defence Office, Wellington, 1869. Annotated by Emmeline Leslie with reference to the Leslie family's holdings on the Waikato and nearby.
  
  MLMSS 6930/5/5
  WILLIAM DOUGLAS LESLIE (son of the 11th Laird of Warthill)
  1852, undated; Letters. Letter from his grandmother Jane Leslie and letter to his sister? Amy.
  
  TRANSCRIPTIONS
  MLMSS 6930/6
  1812-1905; Transcripts of many of the above letters and items, including some additional material.
• Copying Conditions
  Reproduction Restricted
• Finding Aids
  Transcript available online (partial transcript) - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2007/D00007/a126039.htm
• General note
  
  A sketchbook, ca. 1847, by Emmeline Leslie, has been transferred to PXA 915/1 (CY 4052).
  A De Falbe Family photograph album, undated, has been transferred to PXA 915/2-53.
  
  This collection was listed as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
  Digital order no:a126039
  Microfilm copy available at CY 4052 : Commonplace books, 1843 - 48, at MLMSS 6930/4/6.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Anderson, P.D.
  Aylmer, C.A.
  Davidson, Patrick, 1809-1881
  Fanning, William
  Fitzroy, Mary, Lady, 1790-1847
  Gordon, Hugh
  Keong, George
  King, Anna Josepha, 1765-1844
  King, Philip Gidley, 1817-1904
  King, Phillip Parker, 1791-1856
  Leichhardt, Ludwig, 1813-1848
  Leslie, Catherine, 1818-1894
  Leslie, Emmeline, 1828-1911
  Leslie, George Farquhar, 1820-1860
  Leslie, Jane, 1783-1880
  Leslie, Patrick, 1815-1881
  Leslie, Walter
  Leslie, William, 1770-1857
  Leslie, William, 1814-1880
  Macarthur, Arthur, 1830-1871
  Macarthur, Hannibal Hawkins, 1788-1861
  Macarthur, James, 1813-1862
  Macarthur, John, 1827-1904
  Mant, George
  Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
  Pasco, Crawford
  Shortland, Willoughby, 1804-1869
  Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
  
• Name
  Canning Downs
  Davidson, Walter Stevenson, 1785-1869
  Goomburra
  Hobson, William, 1793-1842
  
• Subject
  Aboriginal Australians--Queensland.
  Immigrants--New South Wales--Correspondence and records.
  Leslie family--Correspondence.
  Macarthur family.
  Maori (New Zealand people)--History--19th century.
  New South Wales--History--1788-1851.
  Politicians--New South Wales--19th century.
  Queensland--History--1824-1900
  Travelers--New South Wales--Diaries.
  Voyages and travels.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Private Lives: Families of N.S.W. - State Library of New South Wales (1 January, 2001 - 3 February, 2002)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3151616

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