Henry Marjoribanks Chester 'Autobiography, 1906' and 'Parodies: Ode to New South Wales 1868. A ministerial sketch 1869. The New Land Act 1868'

B 1416
A 3803
MAV/FM4/2565
Status: unavailable

fonds

1868-1906

932446

1 volume of textual material - typescript, photocopies

B 1416
Autobiography covers writer's childhood and service in the Navy, 1832-October 1850 and after a short summary of the period December 1865-1867 goes on (page. 10) to his residency at Somerset as P. M. 1869-c. April 1870
(Request Microfilm: CY 837, frames 10-104)

B 1416
The same typed in M.L. 1953 from the preceding

The same photostat of MS. copy made by Charles L. Chester, son of Henry Marjoribanks Chester

A 3803
Differs only by 2 insets and a crossed out part as noted in all copies
(Request Microfilm: CY 837, frames 1-59)

First name of writer supplied by his son

Includes an account of the punitive expedition undertaken in April 1870, in the frigate Blanche, against the Mount Ernest natives of Prince of Wales Islands in consequence of their murdering the crew of the Speerweer in about October 1869 (pages 13-15), and a short historical sketch of the settlement states when writer arrived in 1869 and progress to April 1870 (pages 10-16)

The subject of a Ministerial sketch and of the New Land Act is E. L. Lamb, Queensland Minister for Lands

Typescript copies made for Dr Chester

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-125A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011