422354
- TitleLetters by Harriet King, 1826-1829 to her husband Phillip Parker King; with transcript and notes by Dorothy Butler Walsh, 1967
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 1793
- Level of descriptionfonds
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1967 - Type of material
- Reference code422354
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 2482
- Physical Description2 volumes of textual material
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Harriet King accompanied her husband to Australia in 1817 when he was engaged in survey work of the coastline. Three of their sons were born at Parramatta, N.S.W. before their return to England in 1823. In 1826 she returned to New South Wales to manage Dunhevid, their farm at St Mary's, while P.P. King was commanding an expedition to South America. Harriet Maud, daughter of their youngest son Arthur, married W.B. Walsh. D.B. Walsh, a daughter of this marriage, published a selection of letters with the Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, Victoria, in 1967, under the title The Admiral's wife - Scope and ContentVolume 1
a: Letters, 17 June 1826 - 25 Feb. 1829. Describe events in England prior to sailing, the voyage to Australia in 1826, and the first years at Dunheved.
Volume 2
b: Transcript, and notes on, the above, 1967 - Description source
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