John B. Thurston papers [M691], ca. 1840-1897

MAV/FM4/3579
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fonds

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

432568

1 microfilm reel of textual material - positive

Thurston arrived in Australia in 1855 and farmed in NSW until 1860 when he became Collector to the Linnean Society, Sydney. In 1869 he became acting British consul for Fiji and in 1872 became Chief Secretary and Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Cakobau Government. He was Governor and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific from 1887 until his death in 1897

1) Manuscript biographical notes and obituaries; collected and compiled by members of the Thurston family. 2) Diary of a voyage from Sydney to England 1854-55 on the ship "Arabian", with descriptions of Australia and New Zealand, and a diary Feb. Mar. 1863 of a trip to the Swan river and Mauritius, with a short description of the Swan River settlement. There is also an account of a "Ramble on Rotumah', 1865, and various other notes on that island. 3) Commonplace book, 1840s to 1860s, and a diary of his voyage from Rotuma to Fiji on the brig "John Wesley" in 1865. 4) Diary and notebook 1874, chifly re the cession of Fiji. 5) Diary 1894, with comments on law cases and Bishop Patteson's murder

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
Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; B856
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 154, p. 73
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M691
Microfilm copy of originals held by the National Library of Australia at NLA MS 1914
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