John Garland - papers, 1878-1921, with papers of Isobel Garland, 1921-1949

MLMSS 3946

fonds

1878 - 1949

442668

1 box - 0.05 Meters

John Garland (1862-1921), barrister and parliamentarian, was born at Scotland, son of Robert and Isabella Garland. He was educated in Scotland graduating from the University of Edinburgh with a Bachelor of Laws in 1886. Garland travelled to Australia in 1887 and was admitted to the NSW Bar in 1888.He was appointed King's Counsel in 1910. He was elected a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly for the seats of Woollahra (1898-1901) and Tamworth (1903-1904). He was appointed to the NSW Legislative Assembly (1908-1921) by Sir Charles Wade. He was appointed Minister of Justice and Solicitor General (1909-1910, 1916-1919) and Attorney General (1919-1920). [ref:ADB vol.8]
John Garland married Isobel, nee Chisholm, on 21 December 1896.

I. JOHN GARLAND, 1878-1921
1879-1921; Correspondence including: letters sent (8) to his mother, Isabella Whyte Garland; letters received (35) from political figures including J.H. Carruthers, W.A. Holman, C.G. Wade, G.H. Reid, W. Irvine and A. Cocks (Call No.: MLMSS 3946/1)
1878-1908; Miscellaneous invitations, student cards and speech notes (Call No.: MLMSS 3946/1)
1898-1919; Legal papers (Call No.: MLMSS 3946/1)
1901-1908; Invitations (Call No.: MLMSS 3946/1)
25 Oct.1916; Referendum edition of the Sydney Mail (Call No.: MLMSS 3946/1)

II. ISOBEL GARLAND, nee CHISHOLM, 1921-1949
1921-1949; Miscellaneous papers (Call No.: MLMSS 3946/1)

This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
This collection includes pictorial material. For location and description see Pic.Acc. 5127 in Pic. Source File.