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423623
  • Title
    Walter Lawry - papers, ca. 1810-1825
  • Creator
  • Call number
    A 402
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1810, 1813, 1816-1825
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    423623
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : CY 765 (A 402)
  • Physical Description
    1 volume - 0.04 Meters
    Textual Records - (manuscript)
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Walter Lawry was a Methodist missionary who came to Australia as chaplain on the convict ship, Lady Castlereagh in 1818. He was instrumental in the development of the Methodist Church in Australia having established a Methodist church at Parramatta and services in Bathurst. In 1819 he married Mary Clover Hassell, daughter of Rowland and Elizabeth Hassall. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.2, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1967
  • Scope and Content
    Correspondence from Walter Lawry mainly to his parents in Cornwall about his activities and travels. Includes letters to friends; description of his journey to Australia; the purchase of a house at Windsor; his marriage to Mary Hassall Nov. 1819; comments on religious and political disputes; the building of a Chapel
  • General note

    D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover
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