Collections held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland relating to Australia [M387-388] 1823-1935

MAV/FM4/1719-1720
Status: unavailable

fonds

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

432533

microfilm reels 35 mm

Material describing the goldfields, sheep farming, voyages to Australia, economic and trade conditions, the attitude of colonists to Irish political prisoners and family news. Contains mainly letters from settlers and residents in Australia, 1823-1905; journals, 1848-1865; a copy of an article on Frederick Chidley Irwin 1935, an account of the life of Dr John Patterson (1789-1858) and letters and notes on the genealogy of the Lutton family; map of Molong, N.S.W. 1899 showing goldfields; map of Melbourne ca. 1850

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 the microfilm masters.
Available for reference.
Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; A270
Australian Joint Copying Project 'Handbook', Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 381, pp.144-145.
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series: M387-388.
Microfilm copy of originals held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.
Descriptive list (3 pp.) is available at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/16. Also appears at the beginning of reel MAV/FM4/1719.
Detailed description in 'Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific' edited by Phyllis Mander-Jones, p.583.
Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/78