Old Catalogue
Manuscripts, oral history and pictures catalogue
Adlib Internet Server 5
Try the new catalogue. Start exploring now ›

Details



Print
441494
  • Title
    John B. Thurston - Correspondence with his sister, Eliza Thurston, and other family papers and photographs, 1843-1937
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PMB 1142
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [2001]
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    441494
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : PMB 1142
  • Physical Description
    microfilm reels 35 mm
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Thurston arrived in Australia in 1855 and farmed in N.S.W. 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
  • Scope and Content
    Thurston's correspondence with his sisters, Eliza West Morton, 1880-1896, and Emily Burrows, 1882-1889; letters received on the death of Thurston, 1897; biographical notes on Thurston; letters from H. C. Thurston to Emily Burrows, 1880-1887; letters received by Emily Burrows, 1872-1907; letters from Eliza West Morton to Baba, her niece, 1922-1923; letters from Amelia Thurston to Baba, 1903-27; further family correspondence and related papers, 1894-1937; press cuttings, 1876-1939; Thurston genealogical papers; sketch, photographs and ilustrations, 1857-1928
  • General note

    PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1142
    Available for reference
    Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University by W.& F. Pascoe, [2001]. 2 microfilm reels
    Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
    Descriptive list available (9 p.)
  • Creator/Author/Artist
  • Name

Share this result by email