Documents largely concerning John Pascoe Fawkner, collected by Sir William Dixson, 15 April 1826- ca. 1856

DLADD 214

fonds

15 April 1826- ca. 1856

954311

Microfilm : CY 816

1 folder of textual material - manuscript

John Pascoe Fawkner, pioneer, was born 20 October 1792 at Cripplegate, England. Arriving at Port Phillip, Victoria, on 19 October 1803, Fawkner moved with his family to Hobart, Tasmania, in February 1804. On 5 December 1822 he married Eliza Cobb and in 1835 moved to Victoria. He immediately established a store and hotel, and, along with John Batman, is credited with being one of the founders of Melbourne, Victoria. In 1851 her was elected to the first Victorian Legislative Council. He remained in the Legislative Council until his death on 4 September 1869. Fawkner was survived by his wife and his adopted daughter Eliza Ann Fawkner. On 5 August 1874, Eliza Ann Fawkner married William Goldsmith Wiseman. Wiseman died on 27 May 1879. Eliza Ann later married George Springhall

Item 1
Launceston Police Office - Court license book, 15 April 1826-31 March 1831, including references to Batman and Fawkner etc

Item 2
Launceston Police Office - Statement of fines received at this office during the quarter ending 31 March 1829, showing the sums paid to the informers and to the Government, by John Brooks, James Allen, John Fawkner and George Burgess

Item 3
Launceston Police Office - Office memorandum book, January 1831-May 1832, including references to John Fawkner and John Mitchel

Item 4
Vessels leaving the port of Launceston from 26 December 1833 to 31 October 1835; including references to Batman, Fawkner and other founders of Melbourne

Item 5
Memorial, dated Hobart Town, 7 October 1836, from John Pascoe Fawkner to Governor Bourke, describing the settling of Port Phillip and asking for favourable consideration for his part in it

Item 6
Settlement by John Pascoe Fawkner Esquire in favour of Mrs Fawkner, dated 30 March 1842

Item 7
Grant to John Pascoe Fawkner of land, by purchase, in the Parish of Jika Jika, County of Bourke, dated 5 April 1842

Item 8
Account of the life of John Pascoe Fawkner, written in the third person and addressed to W. Gibbons, Journal of Australasia. Undated but later than 1856

Item 9
Further information laid against Mr Bell by Alexander Cumberbeach for not paying him certain sums on account of fines paid by John Fawkner and others

Item 10
Plan showing the parishes of Kerrie, Buttlejorrk, Bolinda and Darraweit-Guim in Victoria

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.

Previously known as Tasmanian Archival Estrays