Series 02: Mordaunt William Shipley Clarke papers, ca. 1822-1917

MLMSS 139/102, 104-112 MLMSS 139/101X, 103X

series

ca. 1822-1917

9679665

Mordaunt William Shipley Clarke, 1833-ca.1919 who was the only son of Reverend W. B. Clarke, settled permanently in Australia in 1856. He commenced working for the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company in 1857, and later in 1880, was appointed to a position as their Resident Secretary for Australasia. Mordaunt Clarke was married to Georgina Alice nee Mann. 1840-1938, and they had six children. William Branwhite Clarke, born 1873, was one of their sons.
Reference:
Clarke family guide

A. Personal papers, ca. 1851-1917

B. Papers, ca. 1822-1878, of the Reverend W. B. Clarke transcribed by Mordaunt Clarke, ca. 1865-1906
1. The Northern reports, 1852-1853, including letters received, 1897-1906, by Mordaunt Clarke re his attempts to collate his father's reports and original correspondence of Reverend W. B. Clarke, 1856-1871
2. Notes, 1854-1855, re support of claims concerning the discovery of gold in Australia
3. Plain statements and practical hints respecting the discovery and working of gold in Australia, 1851, copied in 1896, together with annotated printed copy.
4. On the Volcanic and Metamorphic phenomena exhibited in Eastern Australia at Waimalee or Prospect Hill and in other localities of the surrounding region, 1841- copied 1865-
(see also MLMSS 139/65/Item 1)
5. Copies of letters received, 1836-1876, from Sir Roderick Murchison, 1836-1861, Reverend Adam Sedgewick, 1838-1861, Reverend Adam Sedgewick, 1838-1855, and Joseph Beete Jukes, 1842-1861.
6. Copies of letters, 1846-1876, to Phillip Parker King, Admiral, 1846-1856, Phillip Gidley King, the younger, 1856, and Professor Archibald Liversidge, 1872-1876.
(see also MLMSS 139/40-41)
7. Summaries of letters, ca. 1865-1870, to Alexander Morrison Thompson.
(see also MLMSS 139/49)
8. Copy of Reverend W.B. Clarke's comments on extracts from Henry Piddington's The Sailor's Hornbook, 1848.
9. Extracts from private letters re: Royal Society, London, 1876.
10. Miscellaneous notes

C. Scrapbook, ca. 1822-ca. 1873, re Reverend W.B. Clarke

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