Cumbria Record Office - collections held by the Cumbria Record Office relating to Australia and New Zealand [M983] 1790-1938

M 983

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432405

Microfilm : M 983
Photocopy : Detailed Contents List.

microfilm reel 35 mm

Collection includes: 1) Letters, 1819-1852, to Miss Scott, England, by M.J.(Mrs John) Wood of Sydney commenting on conditions in Victoria and on family, church and political affairs. 2) Correspondence, 1938-1939 between Dr J.W. Crerar, England and Alexander Morrison, Town Clerk, Adelaide, on municipal elections in Australia by secret ballot. 3) Charts of Swan River 1827 and of the Vasse district, W.A. (1833?); letters 1829-37 from Georgina Molloy (nee Kennedy) to family in England describing the Swan River Settlement, Augusta and Cockburn Sound, and including notes on the excursion to the Vasse in 1833. 4) 4 letters from John Gibson, Parramatta, to his mother in England 1854-1858. 5) McMorrans scrapbook. 2 v. of photographs. 6) Letters of Stephen Magden to his family in England, 1854-76; letters of Samuel and Margaret White of Ipswich, Qld. to the Magdens 1866-69. Include news of conditions on the gold diggings in Vic. and Qld. Letter from Robson and Mary Unwin, describing conditions in Adelaide, 1886. 7) Conveyance, 23 June 1905, re premises in Whitehaven. 8) (i) "A general chart exhibiting the discoveries made by Captn James Cook..." by Lieut. Henry Roberts (ii) "A new and complete chart of the world; displaying the tracks of Captn Cook.." by T. Bowen. (ii) Obituary from the Carlisle journal of 28 Mar. 1871 of Francis Jollie

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 39, p. 30
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M983
Microfilm copy of originals held by Cumbria County Office, The Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8UR, England
Descriptive list available (10 p.)
Detailed description in 'Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific' edited by Phyllis Mander-Jones, p. 408-9