Deed for the purchase of the sites of Melbourne and Geelong from the Aborigines on 6 Jun 1835,
- F62
- Item
- 1835
Facsimile of original held in La Trobe Library.
Batman, John, 1801-1839
Deed for the purchase of the sites of Melbourne and Geelong from the Aborigines on 6 Jun 1835,
Facsimile of original held in La Trobe Library.
Batman, John, 1801-1839
Volume of letters, from duplicates in the possession of the John Oxley Library, Brisbane.
Leslie, Patrick, 1815-1881
Letter, 1836 July 25 : to the Colonial Secretary.
Letter to the Colonial Secretary informing of his arrival at Sydney, intending to dispatch his letter by the "Abel Gower".
Nicholson, Charles, Sir., 1808-1903
Notebook of poetry etc. / by M. A. Liddle and Antony H. Mark.
Notebook contains poetry written to family members, copied from magazines; and notes.
Liddle, M. A. (Mark A.)
Narrative of a voyage from Sydney to England in the Florentia, completed up to the 1st of May 1837
Narrative satirical poem, describing Lang's voyage to England to study law at Cambridge.
Accompanying letter to unnamed recipient [probably his mother] on last one and a half pages.
Lang, John, 1816-1864
Conditional pardon, 1838 Nov 1
Conditional pardon granted to Martin Kellick, 1 November 1838, signed by Sir George Gipps and E. Deas Thomson.
Physical description of Kellick on verso of pardon.
Kellick, Martin, 1793-
Fawkner, John Pascoe, 1792-1869
Kept by Oswald Bloxsome on his voyage in the "Florentia" sailing vessel in 1838 to Australia with his wife and son , 4th April 1838 to 3rd Aug. 1838.
Bloxsome, Oswald
Records collected by Mrs Bennett & presented to Queensland University : Vol. 1
Part of Mary Montgomerie Bennett Papers
Scrapbook with handwritten page numbering to 138 with records collected by Mary Bennet. On page.iv "Volume I :Pamplets and notes by Robert Christison, photographs, etc." Contains photographs, reprints and typescripts written by or relating to Sir Robert Christison and also relating to the Dalleburra people who lived on the same land as him.
Includes:
• a comprehensive index;
• article by S. E. Pearson (1928) 'In the tracks of the pioneers : iv. The laird of Lammermoor', The Pastoral review;
• typescript extracts from letter from C. W. Bowly to Mrs Bennett;
• 'Photograph of a korobbery [sic] of the Dalleburra tribe', taken in 1874 by C. W. Bowley;
• 'Photograph of the old Lammermoor Homestead', taken in 1874 by C. W. Bowly;
• typescript pages with title 'Dalleburra Dictionary' (8 leaves);
• typescript page with title 'Dictionary of the Dalleburras on the Upper Thomson, by R. Christison (The Australian Race, ny E. M. Curr.)' ;
• typescript page with title 'Proper names';
• typescript page with title 'Aboriginal songs';
• copy of M.M. Bennett's article 'Notes on the Dalleburra Tribe of Northern Queensland', reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute vol. LVII, 1972;
• newspaper cuttings pasted onto pages, which include articles by M. M. Bennett, and many from the Townsville Daily Bulletin
• papers relating to Alexander Christison: biography, births days of his children, photographs of him, copy of his pamplet titled ‘Saint Paul as a tent-maker’;
• biographical information on Robert Christison;
• pamphlets by Robert Christison: ‘United Australia and Imperial Federation’ (1888); ‘Our colonies suffering a recover : a paper read by Robert Christison at Hobart on March 15th, 1894’
• pamphlets: ‘A letter from the Bishop of North Queensland to the contributors to the North Queensland Church Fund’ (1879);
• 90 b&w photographs.
The photographs are taken between 1896 and 1910 mostly by Mary Christison (nee Godsell) and include views of the Lammermoor Station, Lammermoor homestead, Lammermoor musterers, the Lammermoor herd, Robert Christison, Robert Gray, Charlotte Gray, Fanny Allingham, Dr R. L. Jack (Geologist), Mrs Jack, Mary Sympson Christison (nee Tovey), Bishop Stanton, Mary Christison (nee Godsell), and 21 portrait photographs of individual members of the Dalleburra tribe, dated 1898.
List of full or partial names of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals mentioned in the file:
King Narkool
Kobro (Barney)
Mary
Mickey
Content advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this resource may contain images, transcripts or names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples now deceased. It may also contain historically and culturally sensitive words, terms, and descriptions.