Barbara St John papers and pictorial material related to the St John, Beauchamp and Fairfax families, ca 1630, 1847-1867, 1912-1958, ca 2012

MLMSS 9949
R 2201
MIN 534
MIN 535

fonds

ca 1630-ca. 2012

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Objects, Watercolours

1008809

0.32 metres of textual and graphic material (2 boxes)
2 watercolours - on ivory miniatures in wooden frames with brass hangers - 5.2 x 7.2 cm (oval) in a wooden frame 10 x 13 cm
4 candlesticks - Ivory miniature in wooden frame - 19 x 17 cm diameter

Barbara St John was born in 1920, the daughter of Harry Beauchamp St John and Mary Katherine (nee Fitzharding). Barbara St John's grandfather, George Beauchamp Fleming St John, arrived in Brisbane Australia in September 1865 and later settled in Sydney, where his son Harry was born in 1886. The family moved to Mulwayla where George was Customs Agent at Yarrawonga Customs House on the Murray River.

References: Compiled from the collection

Papers and pictorial material compiled by Barbara St John and her daughter Helen Fairfax relating to the St John, Beauchamp and Fairfax families, ca. 1630-ca. 2012. Barbara St John was born in 1920, the daughter of Harry Beauchamp St John and Mary Katherine (nee Fitzharding).

BOX 1
Folder 1
'Great Victoria' Steamship ticket No. 359, 1865
Miners Right No. 6049 issued to G.B. St John, Rockhampton, 1867
Royal Visit Invitation issued to Miss B.M. St John to view ceremonies connected with the establishment of the Seat of Government, Canberra, 1927
Two Royal Visit Invitations to Garden Party at Government House, 1954, issued to Miss B.M. St John and Mr. H. Beauchamp St John
Invitation to Garden Party at Government House, 1958, from The Governor and Lady Woodward, to Miss B.M. St John to meet Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

Folder 2
Harry St John's passenger ticket on the 'Orient' for a voyage from London to Sydney, 19 January 1912
Licence to marry in the Church of England for Barbara St John's parents, 3 March 1919
Barbara St John's Intermediate and Leaving Certificates, 1935 and 1937
Certificate entitling Barbara St John to marry, 17 April 1936
Letter from John Howard to Barbara St John, 30 January 2012

Two photograph albums containing family and holiday photographs compiled by Harry and Mary St John, ca. 1912-ca. 1934

BOX 2
Three black bound school books belonging to Barbara St John, Williams Street Girls Junior High School, 1934, S.C.E.G.S. Forbes Street Darlinghurst, 1936, Candidate for Botany, 1936

R 2201
Minature altar ivory candlesticks hand turned on his own lathe by the Rev. George St John (1798-1877), Malvern Wells Church England. Ivory objects housed under glass in round frame, 19 cm. diameter., ca. 1865

MIN 534
Minature watercolour portrait on ivory of Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke (ca. 1580-1646). Image is housed in square frame with brass hanger, 10 x 13 cm., ca. 1630

MIN 535
Minature watercolour portrait on ivory of Rev. George St John (1798-1877). Image is housed in square frame with brass hanger, 10 x 13 cm., ca. 1847

Access via appointment - Applies to R 2201, MIN 534 and MIN 535

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