Richard Joseph Ernest Gormly notes and indexes of information on the Wagga Wagga district, 1823-1958, copied from newspaper and other sources by R.J.E. Gormly, together with scrapbooks of James Gormly, 1860-1920

MLMSS 672/Boxes 1-6
MLMSS 672/Folder 7X
MLMSS 672/Card indexes 8-9

fonds

1823-1958

Textual Records, Clippings

423012

Microfilm : five vols. of notes on New South Wales hotels, 1838-1900).
Microfilm : copied onto 32 microfiche. Card indexes re Wagga Wagga District's biography and history, compiled from newspaper cuttings and copied extracts. Approx. 800 cards). Another microfiche set is located at MAV/FM6/256.

6 boxes, 1 outsize volume and 2 card indexes of textual material - printed and manuscript

James Gormly (1836-1922), pastoralist and parliamentarian, was born at Ireland, son of Patrick and Mary Gormly. He arrived at Sydney in 1840 with his family who first settled in the Illawarra district before settling at Gundagai in 1849. Gormly settled at Wagga Wagga around 1854 and won a government mail contract which he sold out to Cobb & Co in 1872. He selected and acquired pastoral land in the Wagga district, moving back into Wagga Wagga in 1882. He was an alderman on Wagga Wagga Council (1883-1885) and Mayor (1884-1885). Gormly was elected to the NSW Legislative Assembly for the seats of Murrumbidgee (1885-1894) and Wagga Wagga (1894-1904) before being appointed to the NSW Legislative Council (1904-1922). Gormly's publications included Exploration and settlement on the Murray and Murrumbidgee, 1909, and The discovery of the Yass Plains, 1921.

Box 1
1838-1923; Papers include:
Item 1
'Notes from Goulburn Herald, July 1848-1890'
Items 2-5
'Notes from S.M.H., 1844-1898'
Item 6
'Notes from Border Post, Albury, 1856-1859, and Yass Courier, 1858'
Items 7-11 'Notes from Wagga Wagga newspapers, 1890-1923'
Items 12-16 'Notes on hotels, 1838-1900'

Box 2
Date unknown; Papers include:
Items 1-8
Notes on 'stations in Lachlan Pastoral district'
Items 9-15
Notes on 'stations in Murrumbidgee Pastoral District'

Box 3
1828-1890; Papers include:
Item 1
Notes from 'Wagga Bench Book, 1848-1858 and other miscellaneous notes'
Item 2
'Notes made from Parish and Country maps, 1828'
Item 3
'Land Grants, quit rents, letters received from Colonial treasurer, 1845-1855'
Items 4-5
'Notes from Government Gazette, 1856-1896'
Items 6-17
'Claims to leases and tenders accepted, Index to Lachlan and Murrumbidgee pastoral districts, Run holders, record of transfers, pastoral leases etc'
Item 18
'Licences to depart crown lands, Lachlan and Murrumbidgee districts - index'
Item 19
'Murrumbidgee Squatters and Settlers, 1825-1890'
Item 20
'Town of Wagga Wagga, land sales and maps'
Items 21-22
'Early history of the city of Wagga Wagga and its founders, 1847-1885'
Item 23
1958; 'Records of river heights, 1958'

Box 4
Items 1-3
Indexes to Hon. James Gormly's scrapbooks, B, C, D, E and H; index to his 'Exploration and Settlement in Australia', compiled by R.J.E. Gormly
Items 4-6
Scrapbooks of Hon. James Gormly, A, B, and C

Box 5
Items 1-2
1860-1920; Scrapbooks of Hon. James Gormly, D and E

Box 6
Items 1-2
1860-1920; Scrapbooks of Hon. James Gormly, G and H

Volume 7X
1860-1920; Scrapbooks of Hon. James Gormly

Card indexes 8-9
Ca. 7200 cards, date unknown; Card indexes on Wagga district's biography and history compiled from newspaper cuttings and copied extracts (copied onto 32 microfiche at MAV/FM6/532)

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (2-75B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Another microfiche copy of MLMSS 672/8-9 is located at MAV/FM6/256.
See also microfilm reel MAV/FM4/10865: James Gormly - Reminiscences, articles contributed to various newspapers, 1913-1919. 3 vols. ZML 991.7/G.

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