Barker family papers, 1825-1915

MLMSS 921

fonds

1925-1915

422074

Photocopy : MLMSS 921

1 volume of textual material - photocopies

Thomas Barker (1799-1875), flour manufacturer, pastoralist and parliamentarian, was born in London the son of James Barker and his wife Mary, nee Shuldham. He was trained in England as an engineer and in 1813 arrived in NSW, where he worked as an engineer and millwright. He established a flour milling business in about 1826. At later times he operated a cloth- mill, a woollen- mill and returned to flour milling with his brother, operating as Barker & Co. until 1860. Thomas Barker had extensive rural land holdings. He was a nominated member of the old Legislative Council (1853-1856) and an elected member of the NSW Legislative Council for the seat of Gloucester and Macquarie (1856-1857).

ca.1878-1914; Correspondence of various members the Barker family. Accounts of the establishment by Thomas Barker of the flour mill, 1825. Family trees of the Barker-Schuldham family. Cutting, c.1879, from Sydney Morning Herald
1825; Accounts of the establishment by Thomas Barker of the first flour mill in Sydney in 1825
ca.1879; Family trees of the Barker-Schuldham family and a cutting from the Sydney Morning Herald

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-274B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.