Falkner John Blaxland photographs, drawings, print and realia relating to the Blaxland and Norton families, 1790-ca. 1970

PXE 1216
ARCH 11
MIN 481
MIN 482
ON 476
R 1150

fonds

1790-ca. 1970

Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Objects, Photographs, Prints, Drawings, Watercolours, Badges

913725

44 photographs - 40 x 28.5 cm and smaller
1 photograph - ambrotype in case
1 negative - glass
1 watercolour - 7.2 x 6 cm
1 architectural drawing (1 folder) - 53 x 73 cm
36 buttons - gold - diameter 2.5 cm and smaller
2 metal tokens - diameter 2.5 cm and smaller
1 print - 19.5 x 14 cm
3 drawings - 40 x 32.5 cm and smaller
Approximately 130 photographs (in 1 album) - 15 x 19.5 cm
1 gun - length 123 cm
1 ammunition pouch - 23 x 8 cm

Dr Falkner John Blaxland was a medical doctor and a descendant of Gregory Blaxland.

MIN 481
Portrait of Matthew Henry Marsh of Salisbury Court, Uralla, ambrotype in leather eichmeyer case, ca. 1860. Metal clasp for case has broken off

MIN 482
Miniature portrait of Falkner John Blaxland by Daysi M. Brookes, watercolour, framed, ca. 1960

ON 476
Group portrait, glass negative. Includes Charles Moore, W. Blaxland, John Blaxland, D. N. Joubert, M. Pennington, Rev. J. Turner, Mrs Charles Blaxland, Mrs John Blaxland. Note: two prints are filed atPXE 1216 / Box2

R 724
Smooth-bored muzzle-loading gun: metal barrel and ram rod with wooden stock and shot pouch / Falkner John Blaxland collection

R 1149
Two sets of crested gold buttons believed to have belonged to John Blaxland of Newington in 2 blue leather cases.

R 1150
Two gambling tokens of an English spade guinea ("proclamation coins"), 1790. Obverses show right-facing portraits of King George III with the legend GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA. The reverses show a crowned, spade-shaped shield bearing the arms of England ,Scotland, France, Ireland and Hanover. The larger token bears the legend "B. BROS. REX FD CLX HOCKLEY B.I.R.M. 1790" while the smaller token has "N.C.R. ET CO DG L.T. REX"

ARCH 11
Architectural drawing of a house for Miss Gillespie, Railway Street, Wahroonga, NSW, 1922. Vernon & Mills, Architects. Dr F.J. Blaxland purchased this house from Miss Gillespie

PXE 1216 /BOX 1
Portraits of John and Gregory Blaxland by Herbert Beecroft, crayon

Drawing of the Norton coat of arms

PXE 1216/BOX 2
Portrait of Jacob Bobart (1599-1680), German botanist, first head gardener of Oxford Botanic Garden by D. Leggan, print, 1800

Album of family photographs

Loose family photographs including portraits of Dr Falkner John Blaxland, Dr Herbert Blaxland and Elizabeth Betts

Access via appointment - Applies to MIN 481, MIN 482, ON 476, and R 1150

Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of creator plus 70 years.
Copyright restrictions may apply: Artistic works in this collection where the creator died before 1955 are all out of copyright. Artistic works where the creator died after 1955 are in copyright for the life of the creator plus 70 years.
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Pic.Acc. Update Record - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4995 as part of the eRecords Project, 2012-2013
ARCH 11 transferred from PXD 1165, 24 November 2023

Crossing the Blue Mountains - State Library of New South Wales (11 May - 12 August, 2013). Applies to: R 724