Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - collections held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland relating to Australia and New Zealand [M1661-1666], 1798-1930

M 1661-1666

fonds

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

432667

Microfilm : M 1661-1666

microfilm reels 35 mm

Selections from a large number of collections, the main strength being letters and diaries of 19th century Irish emigrants to Australia and New Zealand. They include papers of Lord Castlereagh on the transportation of United Irishmen in 1798 and colonial appointments; the diary of Alexander Huey on a voyage to N.S.W. and N.Z. in 1809-11; papers of the Irwin family in W.A. 1833-38; papers of Richard Beechey on the Pacific voyage of H.M.S. Blossom in 1825-26; letters of H. Maguire at the Victorian goldfields 1852-66; papers on the Irish political exiles of 1848; papers of the Crawford family in Victoria and W.A. 1881-1934; letters of J.H. Twigg in W.A. 1891-1907; correspondence of Australian Governors with Lord Dufferin 1874-83; and the diary of a tour of Australia and N.Z. in 1929-30 by Lord and Lady Craigavon. John Lewin's letter to Alexander Huey of November 1812 is at D3320/2/5 and is on Reel M1663

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 250, p. 94
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M1161-1666
Microfilm copy of originals held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast
Descriptive list filmed on reel M1661 (24 p.)