Series 02: Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell journals, sketchbooks, financial records and miscellaneous correspondence.

SAFE/A 295/1 (Safe 1/309)
SAFE/A 295/2 (Safe 1/310)
SAFE/A 295/3 (Safe 1/311)

series

18--?

825680

MicrofilmAvailable on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading RoomRefer to Contents for location numbers

VOL. 6
Draft letter to Sir Charles Nicholson concerning the propagation by him of slander that he was the author of a pamphlet `Bourke's Statue this Appropriate Effusion of Unprofitable Brass is Unceremoniously Dedicated, by Ichneumon, Anxious to Instruct his Grandmothers in the Inductive Science of Sucking Eggs’; Draft letter to Sir George Murray concerning his work in Australia and relations with Governor Ralph Darling and Governor Richard Bourke; Draft petition to Her Majesty concerning pay rates and expenses incurred in various positions; Draft letter to Captain Robert Fitzroy concerning the Boomerang Propeller; Draft letter to Lord Fitzroy Somerset acknowledging the receipt of his silver medal; List of birds collected during the expedition; Draft letter to the editor of the Sydney Gazette suggesting the importation of various nationalities into Australia; Holograph letter to Mary Mitchell concerning his journey to the Lachlan River and the members of his party; Holograph letters to and from family members and friends concerning, financial matters, family affairs.
A 295-1 (Photocopy: CYA 295-1)

VOL. 7
Papers, plans and reports and draft letters concerning the Boomerang Propeller; Sketch of roads to Bathurst; Draft letter to Sir Richard Blunt asking him to arrange the patent for water steamers; Serenade to Miss Mary Blunt; Draft and printed verse and music (Death song: a parody; To a Sword; The two Managers; The Australian Immigrant; Napoleons Grave The spell that beams in woman’s eye; Lives on Port Jackson; Soliloquy on my fathers picture; Triumph of the Boomerang; The meeting of the East and West (two verses remain lost written on his arrival in Australia); Account of the vineyards near Cape Town; Draft letter to the French Consul with his map of Port Jackson to be transmitted to the Emperor of France; Draft poem (The Australian Immigrant of 1843); Memoranda signed from the Colony of New South Wales and `Farewell to Australia’; Holograph letters to and from family members and friends (Mary Mitchell, Livingstone Mitchell, Roderick Mitchell, John Mitchell, Mrs Linning) concerning family matters such as his marriage to Miss Mary Blunt, the construction of Craigend House, business matters such as his Fourth Expedition, botanical specimens collected by the Colonial botanist, prohibition from Sir Richard Bourke to sell his map and financial matters.
A 295-2 (Photocopy: CYA 295-2)

VOL. 8 (1801-1849)
School notebooks, 1805 (Copy book of proverbs and moral sayings, the principles of drawing, Arithmetic book); Sketchbooks with watercolours of England scenes; Expedition accounts for `Travels in Australia ‘including the journals of the three expeditions, 1831, 1835, 1836; Memorandum, no. 2 concerning relations with Aboriginal Australians during the expedition; Listing of Aboriginal languages; An account given for the Geological Society dated `Sydney 2 Sept. 1831’ of the Limestone Caves, Wellington Valley; Military operations in the Spanish Peninsula; Draft letter to Sir George Murray concerning his work in Australia, relations with Governor Ralph Darling and Governor Richard Bourke; Charts and maps; Holograph letter to Sir George Murray concerning positions and appointments to the Survey Dept.; Poetry (The meeting of the East and West a song of the Pacific); Draft letter in French to the Secretary of the Institute d’Afrique thanking the Society of electing him Vice-President; Holograph letters to and from family members and friends concerning, financial matters, family affairs
A 295-3 (Photocopy: CYA 295-3 (2 v.)

Microfilm copy available at:
CY 246, frames 1-319 (v. 6)
CY 247, frames 1-460 (v. 7)
CY 248, frames 1-530 (v. 8)