Kellick family correspondence together with other documents and printed ephemera pertaining to the Kellick family, 1848-1914.

MLMSS 8108

fonds

1848-1914

Textual Records, Ephemera

947425

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)

George Kellick was a printer by trade and eventually attained a senior position in the Government Printing Office in Sydney. His mother, Ann Kellick, nee Nichols was the daughter of First Fleet convict John Nichols. She married John Kellick who managed a shipping company and who built Kellick's Wharf at Darling Harbour and also had interests in a building business. He owned several properties in Phillip Street and the Macarthur Pyrmont Estate. By the 1850s, however he was in serious financial difficulty and his shipping business collapsed. George Kellick's brother William Kellick was a miner on the gold fields at Bendigo, Kiandra, Lambing Flat and the Lachlan.

References:
Compiled from the collection
Library correspondence file

This collection contains letters written by George Kellick whilst a young student at St James' Grammar School, Sydney to his parents. Other letters are written by William Kellick mostly addressed to George. These letters describe William's experiences on the goldfields of Bendigo, Kiandra (Snowy Mountains), Burrangong (Young) and the Lachlan (Forbes). They provide a first-hand account of the experiences of a miner, reflecting the ebb and flow of a miner's fortunes and existence. This collection also contains letters from Harry Stephenson, writing to his estranged wife Annie from the central Victorian goldfields at Heathcote. Annie became George Kellick's wife in 1874. Other letters cover topics such as the New Zealand gold mines, references to the sale of the family property at Phillip Street Sydney, letters written to George in his capacity as a printer, two of which cover philatelic matters, as well as letters about the schooling of Arthur Kellick who was George and Annie's son and a letter from a friend of Arthur's regarding the London Mine at Parkes.

1. Letter from George Kellick to his parents, 8 December 1848
2. Essay by George Kellick on Obedience, 16 March 1849
3. Letter from George Kellick to his parents, 7 June 1849
4. Letter from George Kellick to his parents, 3 December 1849
5. Letter from George Kellick to his parents, 7 December 1849
6. Letter from Joseph Mawle to George Kellick from Hobart Town, 4 July 1854
7. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick from Long Gully, Bendigo, 31 March 1855
8. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick from Epsom Flat, Bendigo, 18 July 1855
9. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick from Epsom Flat, Bendigo, 30 December
1855
10. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick from Epsom Flat, Bendigo, 6 March 1856
11. Letter from Henry McLennan (?) to George Kellick tending his resignation from the
Sydney Amateur Theatrical Society, c. 1856
12. Letter from Joseph Brignell to George Kellick tending his resignation from the Sydney
Amateur Theatrical Society, 17 July 1856
13. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick from Break O' Day Gully, Bendigo, 30
October 1857
14. Letter from Sampson Nicholls to George Kellick, Rouse Hill, 17 August 1858
15. Letter from Jack Campbell to George Kellick, no date
16. Letter from Rodd and Dawson to George Kellick, 26 June 1860
17. Letter from Rodd and Dawson to George Kellick, 7 July 1860
18. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Kiandra, Snowy River, 24 August 1860
19. Letter from Australian Mutual Provident Society to John Kellick, 9 March 1861
20. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Tipperary Gully, Burrangong, 29
September 1861
21. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Dead Horse Gully, Burrangong, 10
November 1861
22. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Dead Horse Gully, Burrangong, 8
December 1861
23. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Spring Creek, Burrangong, 17 March
1862
24. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Spring Creek, Burrangong, 30 March
1862?
25. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Spring Creek, Burrangong, 13 April 1862
26. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Petticoat Flat, Burrangong, 28 April 1862
27. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Petticoat Flat, Burrangong, 13 May 1862
28. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Petticoat Flat, Burrangong, 8 June 1862
29. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Petticoat Flat, Burrangong, 25 June 1862
30. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Three Mile Push, Burrangong, 20 August
1862
31. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Three Mile Push, Burrangong, 3
September 1862
32. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Three Mile Push, Burrangong, 15
September 1862
33. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Three Mile Push, Burrangong, 8 October
1862
34. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Three Mile Push, Burrangong, 26
October 1862
35. Letter from A. E. Seidler to George Kellick, Sixteen Mile, Burrangong, 17 November
1862
36. Letter from William Kellick to George Kellick, Lambing Flat, Burrangong, 8 January
1863
37. Letter from John Kellick to George Kellick, St Mary's, 24 May 1863
38. Albert Club subscription for George Kellick, 5 March 1863
39. Letter from Harry Stephenson to Annie Stephenson, Heathcote, Victorian Goldfields,
18 July 1863
40. Letter from Harry Stephenson to Annie Stephenson, Heathcote, Victorian Goldfields,
20 July 1863, also including newscutting concerning Henry Stephenson, Electoral
Registrar, 20 July 1863
41. Letter from Harry Stephenson to Annie Stephenson, Heathcote, Victorian Goldfields,
23 July 1863
42. Letter from Harry Stephenson to Annie Stephenson, Heathcote, Victorian Goldfields,
29 July 1863
43. Letter from Harry Stephenson to Annie Stephenson, Heathcote, Victorian Goldfields, 3
August 1863
44. Letter from Annie Stephenson to George Kellick, Balmain, 13 February, 1864
45. Letter from George Browning to George Kellick, Malau, Fiji, 23 February 1867
46. Letter from George Browning to George Kellick, Malau, Fiji, 23 September 1867
47. Letter from George Browning to George Kellick, Auckland, New Zealand, 1 April 1869

48. Letter from Edwin Abbott to George Kellick, The Lighthouse, Seal Rocks, 5 March 1878
49. Letter from Edwin Abbott to George Kellick, The Lighthouse, Seal Rocks, 18 March,
1878
50. Letter from Superintendent Electric Telegraphs to George Kellick, 22 August 1878
51. Letter from Alexander Oliver to George Kellick, 21 October 1879
52. Letter to Mr Furber, 13 January 1880
53. Letter from William Hattam Wilkinson, East Maitland, 7 September 1880
54. Letter from N. Watts to George Kellick, Bathurst Street, 27 September 1880
55. Letter from W. Davis to George Kellick, Arnott House, Wynyard, Sydney, 29 June 1881
56. Letter from George Kellick, from James Perry, 267 George Street, Sydney 22
November 1881
57. Letter from Alexander Oliver to George Kellick, Crown Law Office, 15 January 1883
58. Letter from James Kellick to George Kellick, 3 December 1883
59. Letter from on board the Yeoman to George Kellick, 15 July 1885
60. Printed card from Office of Titles, Sydney, to Cuthbert & Co, Solicitors, Melbourne, 13
March 1889
61. Receipt for letter to W. J. Wilson, Birmingham from George Kellick, 19 August 1895
62. Letter from Rev. A. A. Aspinal to George Kellick, Waverley, 18 March, c. 1897
63. Letter from Kingston, Jamaica to George Kellick, 1 December 1897
64. Letter from Thomas Craig to George Kellick, Arbitration Street, Circular Quay, 9
February 1900
65. Telegram from George Griffin to George Kellick, 1 March 1900
66. Historical notes regarding first election in Sydney, 21 January 1903
67. Form letter from A. Aspinal to George Kellick, Scots College, 21 June 1904
68. Envelope addressed to Arthur Kellick, Bondi, dated 2 June (?), 1905
69. Letter from 'Ern', friend to Arthur Kellick, Parkes, 25 August 1905
70. Letter to George Kellick from A. F. Basset Hull, Sydney, 8 September 1905
71. Telegram from Rockhampton Grammar School to Arthur Kellick, 8 December 1905
72. Telegram from Rockhampton Grammar School to Arthur Kellick, 9 December 1905
73. Receipt from Angus and Robertson for Miss Kellick, Castlereagh Street Sydney, 1
March 1907
74. Receipt from C. W. Lorking Tailor to Arthur Kellick, Pitt Street, Sydney, 31 January
1910
75. Receipt from C. W. Lorking Tailor to Arthur Kellick, Pitt Street, Sydney, 30 July
1910
76. Telegram to Arthur Kellick, 1 December 1910
77. Printed 'At Home' card from the Women's College, University of Sydney, 10 January
1911
78. Telegram envelope addressed to George Kellick, no date
79. Envelope addressed to Mrs G. Kellick, 17 March 1914

Papers have been arranged in chronological order and annotated with item numbers by Library staff.

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