John Allan papers, 1905-1914

B 1147/vols. 1-2

fonds

1905-1914

940053

Digitised

0.04 metres of textual material (2 vols.) - manuscript

John Allan, J.P., of Kimbriki, was one of the early pioneers of the Manning River Region.
As a young man, along with family members, he arrived in 1851 at the entrance of the Manning River aboard the ketch "Orient". On crossing the bar the vessel was grounded with all the goods having to be unloaded on to the beach.

The Allan family, consisted of parents, George, a chemist, his wife Mary, and sons John, and William - a vet (who administered medical assistance to the early settlers prior to any doctor living on the river). They settled at Kimbriki where they had purchased 200 acres from the Australian Agricultural Company, and later expanded their holdings with land at Cooplacurripa and at Trunkey, Liverpool Plains.

Reference:
Gow Newspaper Indexes
http://www.gownewspaperindexes.com.au/allan.html (Accessed 20/08/2013)

Volume 1
'Blacks of the Manning River District', New South Wales, 1851-1912
Published as a chapter in 'Peeps into the past : reminiscences of the blacks : pioneering days on the Manning' by F. A. Fitzpatrick, 1914

Volume 2
Reminiscences of England and the Manning River, 1851-1914, written by John Allan, 1928

Aboriginal Australian vocabulary scattered throughout volumes with a concentration in Vol. 1, pp. 49-53

Copyright status:: In copyright
Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years

Information transferred from Short Catalogue (typed) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Microfilm : CY 1272, frames 1 - 86 (vol. 1), frames 87 - 198 (vol. 2)

Mitchell Library bookplates inside the front cover of each volume