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Browne family - Papers, 1884, 1908, 1916

Browne family - Papers, 1884, 1908, 1916

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Browne family - Papers, 1884, 1908, 1916

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Full title

Browne family - Papers, 1884, 1908, 1916

Author / Creator

Date

1884, 1908, 1916

Call Numbers

MLMSS 6135

Record Identifier

1JkodXxY

Reference Code

107278
Physical Description

Contents

1 box - 0.03 Meters

Textual Records - (manuscript)

Photographs

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Fonds

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Issue Copy

Microfilm : CY 4618, frames 1-202 (MLMSS 6135)

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Scope and Contents

Contents

1884; Diary of Emma Browne (T.A. Browne's daughter), written when she was 16-17 years old. It records various extended holidays with family and friends, details of new clothes, books she has read, her enthusiasm for new dance steps and the pieces she is practising on the piano. In August 1884 her father was transferred from Dubbo to Armidale as Po...

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Full title

Browne family - Papers, 1884, 1908, 1916

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Contextual Information

Source

Acquired from Mrs A. Goodland in 1996

Administrative / Biographical history

Thomas Alexander Browne (1826-1915), pastoralist, police magistrate and gold commissioner, but best known as the novelist 'Rolf Boldrewood' was born in England and came to Australia at the age of five. In 1844 he took up a cattle run in the Portland district. In 1861 he married Margaret Maria Riley with whom he had four sons and five daughters. In...

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Call Numbers

MLMSS 6135

Record Identifier

1JkodXxY

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkodXxY

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Reference code

107278

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