New Australia and Cosme papers, 1883-1897
New Australia and Cosme papers, 1883-1897
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Date
1883-1897
Call Numbers
MLMSS 232/Box 1 , MLMSS 232/Box 2X
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0.15 metres of textual material (2 boxes and 1 outsize folder) - printed; - manuscript
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BOX 1
Correspondence received by James Allan, Albury, N.S.W., 1893-1895; cheque butts for the Union Bank of Australia, 1895; Minutes of the New Australia Association signed by Peter McNaught, 1894-1895; balance sheets of Gilbert Casey, 1893-1894; miscellaneous printed material, 1883-1897; Cosme monthly, 1894-1897; newscuttings, 1893-1896; notebo...
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New Australia and Cosme papers, 1883-1897
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
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Administrative / Biographical history
New Australia was a utopian socialist settlement in Paraguay founded by William Lane of the Australian New Australian Movement. The colony was officially founded on 28 September 1893 as Colonia Nueva Australia and comprised 238 adults and children.
Paraguay was chosen as the site of the settlement, where the government was keen to get white...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 232/Box 1 , MLMSS 232/Box 2X
Record Identifier
9qoQx3p1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQx3p1
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893122
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