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Title
John William Croker - letter received from Marshall Waller Clifton, 13 January 1846
Creator
John Wilson Croker, 1780-1857
Call number
MLDOC 1004
Level of description
fonds
Date

1846
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
423909
Physical Description
1 folder - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

In 1840 Marshall Waller Clifton was appointed chief commissioner of the Western Australian Land Company's planned settlement at Australind, now a suburb of Bunbury.The company virtually ceased operations in 1843 and Clifton was retrenched. He was a member of the W.A. Legislative Council from 1851 to 1858.
Scope and Content
Autograph letter signed by Marshall Waller Clifton to J.W. Croker from Australind, Western Australia, 13 January 1846. Clifton expresses his disappointment at not receiving the governorship of the Colony of Western Australia, and discusses general conditions of administration in the colony.
Finding Aids
Read transcription here: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a463.html
General note

Digital order no: Album ID : 824007
Creator/Author/Artist
Clifton, Marshall Waller (1787-1861)
Name
Western Australian Company
Subject
Western Australia--Emigration and immigration.
Western Australia--History--1829-1851.
Place
Australind (W.A.)
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