Millett family album of photographs, genealogical notes, cards and invitations, ca. 1865-1945, 1993, 1996, and 2009

PXA 1218

fonds

ca. 1865-1945, 1993, 1996, and 2009

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs, Ephemera

888229

1 album (170 photographic prints and 9 items of ephemera and textual material) - chiefly albumen and gelatin silver - album 29 x 22.5 cm
1 photographic print - albumen - 10 x 14 cm
1 volume of textual material (87 pages) - printed

William Halse Millett (1840-1877), born in Penzance, England, arrived in Australia on the ship 'Hollander' in 1857. He was a merchant seaman who was awarded the Albert Medal in gold for gallantry in 1867. He was killed in 1877 when the steamer 'Yarra Yarra' sank while entering the port of Newcastle, N.S.W.

Reference:
Compiled from the collection

ITEM 1
An album of brown leather, stamped with the letters "W.H.M. V.A." on the front cover, containing carte-de-visite, cabinet and photographic portraits including the Millett, A'Beckett, Murphy, and Deloitte families from Australia, Penzance and Hong Kong. It includes portraits of William Halse Millett and the actress Maude Millett.

Inside front cover contains a copy of the citation for the Victoria Albert (VA) medal awarded to William H. Millett.

Attached to the front page of the album - "The Antill family - traced to Doris Ruth Antill - (Millett)" (2 pages), stamped John Millett, 8 Aug. 1996.

Page 22 contains a portrait of George Washington Robbins and Hobson's Bay Pier portable steam hoisting winch (pier donkey engine) used on the Melbourne waterfront ca. 1858-1900. Printed caption on back says "first ship discharged by steam was Queen of East, George Heely, Master, in March 1858".

Back page and cover of album contains an invitation, menu and entree card to a luncheon at Government House, Canberra (1996), a wedding invitation (1993), and "William Halse Millett - a gallant and forgotten hero" by Brian Millett, submission to the 2009 Public Record Office Victoria History Competition (10 pages).

ITEM 2
Photograph of ship's crew / Hartitzsch & Manning [?], ca. 1870

ITEM 3
Roots of the mighty oak : an historical record of the ancient and honourable families of Ancketill, Anketell, Antill c803 AD to 1990 AD / as researched by Robert G. Antill. Culburra, N.S.W. : R.G. Antill, 1990. Stamped 'John Millett'.

Out of copyright: Created before 1955 (applies to photographs only)

Photographs may be inscribed on reverse. This was not checked at time of cataloguing, March 2010

Front cover of album is stamped "W.H.M. V.A.". Album is annotated in pencil and ink and in a later hand in pen