Meggitt family photographs and associated papers, ca. 1877-ca. 2001
Meggitt family photographs and associated papers, ca. 1877-ca. 2001
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Date
ca. 1877-ca. 2001
Call Numbers
PXE 1758
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Physical Description
Contents
16 photographs and other material - gelatin silver
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : Unpublished textual material is out of copyright where the author(s) died more than 70 years ago, or else, it is in copyright for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years. Duration of copyright differs for material that has been made public.
Out of copyright : Photographs created before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A collection of 16 black and white photographs, genealogical tables, correspondence, and clippings regarding the Meggitt family, and the history of Meggitt Limited and Unilever Australia, ca. 1870-ca. 2001. Includes a copy of 'Meggitt... the growth of an industry' / Meggitt Limited, [1973?].
PHOTOGRAPHS
01. H. W. Meggitt and Mary Ann Megg...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Meggitt family photographs and associated papers, ca. 1877-ca. 2001
Notes
General note
'Bentham' was the Meggitt family home and is located at 13 Wybalena Road, Hunters Hill, New South Wales.
Description source
Photograph titles taken from inscription on verso.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by an unknown donor, ca. 2010
Administrative / Biographical history
Henry William Meggitt (1852-1928) migrated to Australia in 1895. He was involved in the linseed oil business in England, and his son Harold Meggitt (1881-1949) pioneered the linseed oil industry in Australia.
Henry was married to Annie Mary Meggitt (nee Grey/Gray). They had two sons, Harold (1881-1949) and Arthur Cecil (1878-1947), and two d...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1758
Record Identifier
92ebNpNY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92ebNpNY
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Reference code
1005652
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