John Laidley Mort memoirs and family history notes, [ca. 1873]-1981
John Laidley Mort memoirs and family history notes, [ca. 1873]-1981
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Date
[ca. 1873]-1981
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10356/Box 1X
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Physical Description
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0.45 metres of textual material (1 outsize box), includes photographs
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
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
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Contents
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)...
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Full title
John Laidley Mort memoirs and family history notes, [ca. 1873]-1981
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Author / Creator
Notes
Object History
Mort family, by descent
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Christina Kennedy on behalf of Charles Mort, November 2019
Administrative / Biographical history
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.
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 10356/Box 1X
Record Identifier
1wNrMbkn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wNrMbkn
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Reference code
9648011
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