Watson family papers concerning the New Australia Scheme, 1893-1937
Watson family papers concerning the New Australia Scheme, 1893-1937
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Author / Creator
Date
1893-1937
Call Numbers
A 3306 , SAFE/A 3306/Items 7-9 (Safe 4/11/item 4)
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Physical Description
Contents
0.01 metres of textual material (1 volume)
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : Cosme monthly (from microfilm)
Finding aids
Transcript available online - http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a1227.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1893; Certificates of membership of the New Australia Co-operative Settlement Association issued to Harry G. Watson and Caroline Watson, with receipt and statements of accounts
12 April 1898; Letter to Mrs Watson from Edwin and Eliza Jones, written from New Australia, giving news of the Colony; with photograph thought by donor to be the f...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Watson family papers concerning the New Australia Scheme, 1893-1937
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
Preservation microfilm copy made Sept. 1991
Microfilm copy available at CY 2323, frames 76-110.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by H. J. Rudd in 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
Harry G. and Caroline Watson, of Broken Hill, joined the New Australia Co-operative Settlement Scheme in 1893 and went to Paraguay in 1894. After returning to Australia they moved to the Western Australian goldfields. In 1900 they purchased a property in south western Western Australia which they developed into an orchard.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 3306 , SAFE/A 3306/Items 7-9 (Safe 4/11/item 4)
Record Identifier
YRlZ3XLn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZ3XLn
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Reference code
439892
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