Letter from James Bradley Atkins to his father, W. Atkins in Hampshire, September 1841

MLMSS 10211

fonds

September 1841

9630270

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript

James Bradley Atkins came to Australia in early 1840. After spending four months at Twofold Bay he went inland to work for John Murchison on his property ‘Taradale’ near Goulburn. In September 1840 he signed up with Captain Samuel Moore to superintend his station on the Monaro for one year. In the following years he was located at Braidwood, Gundaroo near Queanbeyan, Goulburn again and Gunning. By 1856 he had moved to Mullelee, Upper Moonie, Darling Downs. In 1862 he was granted a licence to occupy the run Hornby, North Ballandine, Queensland.
References:
Copies of letters from Atkins to his mother, 1840-48 (MLMSS 602).
Sydney Morning Herald, 21 May 1856.
Brisbane Courier, 15 September 1862.

Purchased from a dealer (in Australia?) about ten years ago; possibly one of those recorded as being sold by the UK dealer Argyll in the early 1960s.

Three-and-a-half page handwritten letter from James Bradley Atkins, "Alderford", near Braidwood, New South Wales, to his father, W. Atkins, Hampshire, September 1841. The letter is cross-written and post-marked.
Atkins describes his life and work, with particular focus on his efforts to establish a small holding of his own.

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