Leslie Hallen papers

MLMSS 11079

fonds

1807-1932

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings, Ephemera

9661444

0.16 metres of textual material (1 box), including 9 photographs - manuscript, typescript

William Lawson (1744-1850), was an explorer and pastoralist, who was one of the first Europeans to find a route across the Blue Mountains, alongside Gregory Blaxland and William Charles Wentworth. Lawson accumulated extensive estates including 1000 acres west of the Blue Mountain ranges, 6000 acres in Mudgee, 25 000 acres on the Talbragar River, 6000 acres near Bathurst, 3000 acres in Roxburgh, 1500 acres near Springwood, and 160 000 acres in various other leases. It was 2 216 acres around Coolah, New South Wales, to which Hallen laid his claim.

William Lawson married Sarah Leadbeater at Norfolk Island in 1812 and had four children. His daughter Sophia married Edward Hallen and had two sons, Samuel and William Hallen. Leslie Hallen is the son of William Hallen.

References:
Library correspondence file
Dunlop, E.W. "Lawson, William (1774-1850)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Accessed 13 October 2021. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lawson-william-2338
People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. "Hallen, Sophia (1816–1906)." Accessed 13 October 2021. https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/hallen-sophia-28356/text

Approximately 200 letters and legal documents relating to application for probate of William Lawson's estate granted to his daughter Sophia Hallen, who Leslie claimed to be his grandmother. The probate consisted of 2 126 acres around Coolah, New South Wales. The correspondence detailed Hallen's time in New South Wales, meetings with relatives, legal actions being undertaken and correspondence between George Little and his daughters Amelia Elizabeth and Wilhelmina Octavia.

FOLDER 1
Two newspaper clippings regarding the Lawson Estate, 1906
Copy of the family tree of Lieutenant William Lawson of Veteran Hall
Family history research about Amelia Elizabeth Little, Wilhelmina Octavia Little, George Little, George Little Esquire and Rhoda Grace Hamilton

FOLDER 2
Letters from George Little to his daughter Wilhelmina, 1890-1902
Letters from George Little to his daughter Amelia, 1902
Letters from Wilhelmina Little from various friends, 1886-1908
Newlyn's Hotel, Bournemouth booklet

FOLDER 3
Letters from Percy Hallen (brother) to Leslie Hallen, 1892-1917
Letters from Alice Maria Willoughby (aunt) to Leslie and William Hallen, 1807-1923
Letters from Blanche Willoughby (cousin) to Leslie Hallen, 1906-1919
Letters from E.M. Edenborough (uncle) to Leslie Hallen, London, 1906-1909
Letters from Melville Edenborough (uncle) to Leslie Hallen, Melbourne, 1906-1909

FOLDER 4
Letters from Leslie Hallen to his wife, Amelia Elizabeth (nee Little), Woollhara, New South Wales, 1905-1906
Letters from Leslie Hallen to various people, 1906-1932
Letters from various people to Leslie Hallen, 1906-1932
Leslie Hallen business cards, documents and related ephemera, 1890-1925
Miscellaneous envelopes

FOLDER 5
Seven black and white portrait photographs of Helena Hamilton, Thomas Hamilton, Augustine Hamilton, Wilhelmina Little, Montagne Edenborough and others; two landscape photographs of Glendermott, Ireland and Sydney, Australia
Leslie Hallen's Centennial National Bank account book, 1912
Hallen-Lawson genealogy, family tree and notes regarding William Lawson Senior's estate
Wills of Sophia West Lawson Hallen, 1890, William Lawson the elder, 1905, and Leslie Hallen
Letter of attorney: Samuel T. Iaeger, guardian of Garnet Grey and Edward Grey to Leslie Hallen, 1902
Extension of lease, 1903
Declaration of Alice Willoughby, 1906
Contract for sale of property in Coolah from Leslie Hallen to Duncan McMaster, 1906
Letter of attorney: Lytton Grey to Leslie Hallen, 1906
Letter of attorney: Percy Hallen to Leslie Hallen, 1906
Letter of attorney: Leslie Hallen to Norton Smith & Co, 1906

FOLDER 6
Letters and documents from Arthur Cubitt, Pigott & Stinson, Norton, Smith & Co., Cope & Co. Solicitors and others relating to Leslie Hallen's claim on the Estate of William Lawson and Estate of Samuel Hallen, 1886-1932

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