Richard Joseph Ernest Gormly notes and indexes of information on the Wagga Wagga district, 1823-1958...
Richard Joseph Ernest Gormly notes and indexes of information on the Wagga Wagga district, 1823-1958, copied from newspaper and other sources by R.J.E. Gormly, together with scrapbooks of James Gormly, 1860-1920
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Author / Creator
Date
1823-1958
Call Numbers
MLMSS 672/Boxes 1-6 , MLMSS 672/Folder 7X , MLMSS 672/Card indexes 8-9
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Formats
Manuscripts and Clippings
Physical Description
Contents
6 boxes, 1 outsize volume and 2 card indexes of textual material - printed and manuscript
Other Descriptions
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Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : five vols. of notes on New South Wales hotels, 1838-1900).
Microfilm : copied onto 32 microfiche. Card indexes re Wagga Wagga District's biography and history, compiled from newspaper cuttings and copied extracts. Approx. 800 cards). Another microfiche set is located at MAV/FM6/256.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Box 1
1838-1923; Papers include:
Item 1
'Notes from Goulburn Herald, July 1848-1890'
Items 2-5
'Notes from S.M.H., 1844-1898'
Item 6
'Notes from Border Post, Albury, 1856-1859, and Yass Courier, 1858'
Items 7-11 'Notes from Wagga Wagga newspapers, 1890-1923'
Items 12-16 'Notes on hotels, 1838-1900'
Box 2
Date...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Richard Joseph Ernest Gormly notes and indexes of information on the Wagga Wagga district, 1823-1958, copied from newspaper and other sources by R.J.E. Gormly, together with scrapbooks of James Gormly, 1860-1920
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Notes
General note
Another microfiche copy of MLMSS 672/8-9 is located at MAV/FM6/256.
See also microfilm reel MAV/FM4/10865: James Gormly - Reminiscences, articles contributed to various newspapers, 1913-1919. 3 vols. ZML 991.7/G.
This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (2-75B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs. Gormly in 1962
Administrative / Biographical history
James Gormly (1836-1922), pastoralist and parliamentarian, was born at Ireland, son of Patrick and Mary Gormly. He arrived at Sydney in 1840 with his family who first settled in the Illawarra district before settling at Gundagai in 1849. Gormly settled at Wagga Wagga around 1854 and won a government mail contract which he sold out to Cobb & Co in...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 672/Boxes 1-6 , MLMSS 672/Folder 7X , MLMSS 672/Card indexes 8-9
Record Identifier
YRlZoBVn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZoBVn
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Reference code
423012
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