Ernest Matthew Bowman family papers, 1800 to 1917

MLMSS 9694

fonds

1800-1917

1362058

0.16 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript - typescript; printed ;

John Bowman (1763-1825) was a settler who secured a free passage to New South Wales on the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks. He arrived in the Barwell in May 1798 accompanied by his wife and two children. He was granted 100 acres (40 ha) at the Hawkesbury.

The Bowman family continued to make a mark on Hawkesbury affairs. John’s elder son George (1795-1878) was a pastoralist and politician who represented Northumberland and Hunter in the Legislative Council in 1851-56. William, the second son (1799-1874), was also a pastoralist with substantial holdings in the Bathurst area. The family’s pastoral interests also extended into the Talbragar River and Coolaburragundy River valleys. The property Queensborough, near Coolah, was one of these holdings, which was purchased by Ernest M Bowman.

Folder 1

Account from Trebeck Son & Co to E.M. Bowman to purchase Queensborough Station, 30 July 1894.

Letter to E.M. Bowman from J. Swanston, Queensborough Station, 18 January 1895.

Letter to E.M. Bowman from J. Swanston, Queensborough Station, 27 March 1895.

Letter to E.M. Bowman from J. Swanston, Queensborough Station, 25 September 1895.

Letter to E.M. Bowman from J. Swanston, Queensborough, 6 November 1895.

Letter to E.M. Bowman from J. Swanston, Queensborough Wool Shed, 8 November 1895.

Letter to E.M. Bowman from J. Swanston, Queensborough Station, 27 December 1895.

Letter to E.M. Bowman from J. Swanston, Queensborough Station, 17 January 1896.

National Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Fire Policy no 205292, 15 October 1897 to 15 October 1898. Dated 16 October 1897.

Letter to E.M. Bowman from J. Laing, 1 January 1914.

Letter to E.M. Bowman from J. Laing, 30 December 1914.

Specification for 5 miles or less wire fencing on Queensborough, undated.

11th report of the Australian Joint Stock Bank Limited with the accounts for the half year ended 30th June 1898.

Folder 2

Copy. Will of William Bowman late of Richmond, deceased. Office copy 16 August 1883.

Folder 3

Sworn affidavit of John Bowman before Samuel Marsen, Parramatta, 20 May 1800, with a typescript copy.

Folder 4

Supreme Court of New South Wales, Wednesday September 16th 1896. No 2 Jury Court, before Mr Justice Simpson and a jury of 4. Judgment. Bowman vs Bacon, Judges Summing up.

Bowman vs Bacon. Judge’s Notes on the Trial. No. 2060 1896.

In the Supreme Court of New South Wales, no. 2060 1896. Bowman vs Bacon, Memorandum for Rule Nisi.

Letter to E.M. Bowman from Australasian Pioneers’ Club, 30 March 1914, with a typescript of biographical details of William Tom, signed by Selina J.J. Webb, March 1914.

Folder 5

1. A. Copy. Agreement made in Sydney this Thirtieth day of April 1894 between Mrs V.C. Giles and R.C. Cooper, and Joshua Leonard Wigfull, through their agents Trebeck Son & Co hereinafter called the Vendors, AND, E.M. Bowman, of Wargundy, near Gulgong, hereinafter called the Purchaser, whereby the vendors agree to sell and the purchaser agrees to buy the vendors property Queensborough Station …
This copy consists of 2 typescript and printed pages with manuscript alterations; the 3rd page is manuscript in pen.
B. Copy. Same as above with alterations added, and with additional manuscript alterations.

2. E.M. Bowman receipt from Trebeck, Son & Co for 500 pounds as deposit on purchase of Queensborough, 30 April 1894.

3. Letter to E.M. Bowman from Trebeck, Son & Co asking if Bowman wished to add the property Booymurrah at Coolah to his land, 25 June 1894.

4. Map of Booymurrah which accompanied letter dated 25 June 1894.

5. Letter to E.M. Bowman from Trebeck, Son & Co re the property Booymurrah at Coolah, 10 July 1894.

6. Letter to E.M. Bowman from Department of Lands, Arthur J. Hare, offering improvement leases amounting to 13,900 acres, 12 September 1917.

7. Letter to J. Laing from P.E. Rogers re improvement leases mentioned in letter from Department of Lands, 20 September 1917.

8. Department of Lands, Sale of Improvement Leases, blocks 606, 609 and 171. 7 February 1900.

9. Department of Lands, Notification of Execution of Improvement Leases, blocks 642-645; 648; 651; 661; 662, 9 May 1900.

10. Letter to E.M. Bowman from Department of Lands, H. Curry, regarding survey fee, 14 February 1901.

11. E.M. Bowman from Coolah Shire Council, no. 480. Rates dated 8 May 1908.

12. Coolah Shire Council Notice of Valuation and Rates to E.M. Bowman, B Riding, 15 June 1908.

13. Coolah Shire Council Notice of Valuation and Rates to E.M. Bowman, A Riding, 15 June, 1908.

14. Letter to E.M. Bowman from N.E. Cole, Shire Clerk Coolah Shire Council, 10 August 1908.

15. New South Wales Treasury Leasehold Area rent receipt no 458 to E.M. Bowman, 10 July 1895.

16. Receipt no. 105254 to E.M. Bowman for deposit on land Lot 5 County of Napier, 5 June 1895.

17. Receipt no. 105264 to E.M. Bowman for balance of purchase money on Lot 5 County of Napier, 4 September 1895.

18. Receipt for ringbarking application fees, 8 November 1895.

19. New South Wales Treasury Leasehold Area rent receipt no 611 to Bank of New South Wales, purchaser E.M. Bowman, Queensborough, 10 July 1894.

20. New South Wales Treasury rent receipt no 22695 to Bank of New South Wales, for E.M. Bowman conditional lease 1423, 29 September 1894.

21. New South Wales Treasury Condition Purchase receipt no 2701 to E.M. Bowman, V.C. Giles has been crossed out, 1 September 1894.

22. Notice of delivery received of 2492 wethers to Laing on behalf of E.M. Bowman, signed Coolah, 30 December 1909.

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24. Letter to E.M. Bowman from J. Swanston, Queensborough Station, 30 December 1894.

25. Land Tax 1900, reg no 24840 (2 pages), 19 December 1900.

26. Supplement to the New South Wales Government Gazette no 854, 15 December 1893.

27. Supplement to the New South Wales Government Gazette no 798, 21 November 1893.

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Folder 1-4 arranged by cataloguer.¶Folder 5 arranged and numbered by Richard Bowman.