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Title
Fitzgerald family papers, 1841-1965
Creator
Fitzgerald family
Call number
MLMSS 4821
Level of description
fonds
Date

1841-1965
Type of material
Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings
Reference code
889254
Physical Description
0.02 metres of textual material (1 envelope) - manuscript, typescript, printed, photocopies
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

The Fitzgerald family were Irish. Robert Appleyard Fitzgerald and his family settled in New South Wales in 1951. Fitzgerald family members became prominent citizens of New South Wales. The story of the Fitzgerald family crest is written up in the book Memoirs of my mother (1962), by Marguerite Mary Fairfax, 1962, a descendant of the Fitzgerald family. Her story seems to be based on the manuscript entitled Crom - A - Boo.
Scope and Content
The collection includes a letter by Robert Appleyard Fitzgerald to C. S. McDouall, 1841; newscuttings, 1933, a manuscript of the Fitzgerald family crest entitled Crom - A - Boo, 196-; and a family tree of the Fitzgerald family, William Fitzgerald, 17-- - 1965, 1965-

This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.5716.
Description source

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
Creator/Author/Artist
Fitzgerald, Robert Appleyard
Fairfax, Marguerite Mary
Fitzgerald, William
Subject
Women authors, Australian.
New South Wales--Genealogy.

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