Series 3: King family correspondence concerning the goldfields, volume 3, 1883-1897
Series 3: King family correspondence concerning the goldfields, volume 3, 1883-1897
Series 3: King family correspondence concerning the goldfields, volume 3, 1883-1897
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Date
1883-1897
Call Numbers
SAFE/A 1978 (Safe 1/314)
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0.05 metres of textual material (1 volume) - 41 x 30 cm - manuscript
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Microfilm : CY 904, frames 360-796
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This volume contains mainly letters received and copies of letters sent by Philip Gidley King (1817-1904). Correspondents and documents include the List of persons on Peel River Co. estate, N.S.W. Dept. of Mines, Peel River Goldfields, J. McNamara, and H.L. Cousens. Newspaper clippings from the Tamworth Observor concerning Bowling Alley Point, Nun...
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Series 3: King family correspondence concerning the goldfields, volume 3, 1883-1897
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Notes
General note
Further selected correspondence and documents in this collection are indexed in the Mitchell Library Manuscripts index card catalogue.
Safe 1/314 (A 1978) is volume 3 of the King Family Papers.
The King Family Papers consist of 9 Volumes: (Safe 1/312-320 : A 1976 - A 1980/3; D 141/1-2).
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1851 Philip Gidley King (1817-1904), was appointed superintendent of stock for the Australian Agricultural Co. and soon became assistant superintendent of the company's estates. In 1852 the discovery of gold in the bed of the Peel River and evidence that all the company's lands on the Peel could be auriferous induced the shareholders to form the...
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Call Numbers
SAFE/A 1978 (Safe 1/314)
Record Identifier
n7oVMKZn
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Reference code
826012
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