Savage family papers, 1833-1914

MLMSS 1203

fonds

1833-1914

422163

Microfilm : CY 3016, frames 1-163 (MLMSS 1203)

(2") box
1 box of textual material

Robert Savage (1818-1888) arrived in Australia, 1838, and settled in the Nangeela Valley, Western Victoria, as a pastoralist, 1839. He was responsible, either wholly or in part, for the invention of various agricultural implements. He was a member of the Land Tenure Reform League of Victoria and published a tract entitled Political Economy for the Land Tenure League, 1873

I. Correspondence, 1859-1914: Robert Savage - letters by, 1872-1884, and letters to, 1859-1881. Annie Sarah Savage - letters by, 1913-1914, and letters to, 1861-1867. Miscellaneous letters, 1870, 1892. II. Personal papers of Savage and Caldwell families, 1833-1892, including baptismal certificate, marriage certificate, miscellaneous papers of the Savage family, and of Robert Caldwell. III. Papers relating to Robert Savage's inventions: 'Improvements in Reaping and Reaping and Binding Machines' (1873); 'Letters patent for improvements in reaping and reaping and binding machines' (1873); 'The Australian Earth Scoop and Elevator: Savage's Patent' (printed, 1884?). IV. Miscellaneous Items, 1885: Contract between N.S.W. Government and Thorsten Nordenfelt, civil engineer, for supply of guns, carriages and ammunition, 1885. Family tree of Robert and Annie Savage prepared in Mitchell Library, with MS notes and newscuttings. (Call No.: MLMSS 1203, Items 1-6: Issue microfilm CY 3016)

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-325B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Copied onto microfilm, May 1994.
Available for reference

Keyword subjects:
Family archives -- Victoria
Family -- Victoria -- History