John Laidley Mort memoirs and family history notes, [ca. 1873]-1981

MLMSS 10356/Box 1X

fonds

[ca. 1873]-1981

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9648011

0.45 metres of textual material (1 outsize box), includes photographs

John (Jack) Laidley Mort was born on 12 July 1886, the son of James Laidley Mort and Mary Joesphine Coveny, at the residence 'Brou' in Bodalla, NSW. He was the grandson of colonial businessman and entrepreneur Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (1816-1878) who established Mort's Dock and Mort & Co. in Sydney, and the Bodalla estate on the NSW South Coast.
References:
Alan Barnard, 'Mort, Thomas Sutcliffe (1816–1878)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://adb.anu.edu.au, published first in hardcopy 1974, (accessed 16 January 2020)
Library Correspondence file

Mort family, by descent

The collection comprises two handwritten volumes being the memoirs of John (Jack) Laidley Mort, accompanied by a typed transcript; one handwritten volume on 'Brou', the Mort family property at Bodalla, NSW, compiled by John Laidley Mort and his son, Charles Mort; and loose handwritten family history notes.

In the memoirs, which John (Jack) Laidley Mort started compiling in 1936, he recounts his early life and activities. He describes early memories of his father James Laidley Mort, and Greenoaks, Darling Point; his childhood spent at 'Brou'; details of the house, gardens and surrounding area; his school days and university life, and general family recollections. The memoirs include original photographs (pasted in), dated from ca. 1873, of family members and scenes of Mort family properties.

Copyright status:: Copyright restrictions may apply
Copyright holder:: Mort family
Research & study copies allowed:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy the Mort family