William Barker Boydell family papers, 1835-1840

MLMSS 3489

fonds

1835-1840

913963

1 box of textual material

William Barker Boydell, 1818-1878, arrived in Sydney on 2 June 1836 on the ship Camden. he purchased an estate on the Allyn River, a branch of the Paterson River. He called the estate 'Caergurle' and engaged in agriculture and viticulture. In 1844 he married Mary Phoebe, daughter of William Grant Broughton, first Church of England Bishop of Australia. His elder brother Charles also settled in New South Wales.
Mary Phoebe Boydell nee Broughton arrived in Australia in 1829. She returned to England in 1834.

Series 01: William Barker Boydell, 1836-1840
Correspondence, 1836-1840. Correspondent being his sister Harriette Boydell, 1836-1840

Series 02: Mary Phoebe Boydell nee Broughton, 1835
Diary, 1 January 1935-31 December 1835, describing daily her family and social life in Canterbury, Kent, England.

This diary is part of her series of diaries, 1834-1838 catalogued at MLMSS 756, and 1839-1841 catalogued at MLMSS 4010

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