Aggregated collection of documents and pictorial items relating to William and Elizabeth Paterson, c...
Aggregated collection of documents and pictorial items relating to William and Elizabeth Paterson, ca. 1788-1797, 1800-1809, [181-?], 1907
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ca. 1788-1797, 1800-1809, [181-?], 1907
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Collection 01
Papers relating to Lieutenant-Colonel William Paterson, ca. 1800-1804, [181-?], 1907
Purchased from Helen L. Banning, February 1908
Collection 02
Four watercolour drawings by J.W. Lewin, 1808-1810 ; Two sketches of sharks attributed to the Port Jackson Painter, ca. 1788-1797
Bequeathed by Miss Helen Lacy Banning, 19...
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Aggregated collection of documents and pictorial items relating to William and Elizabeth Paterson, ca. 1788-1797, 1800-1809, [181-?], 1907
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This aggregated collection of documents and pictorial material was passed down through the family of Mrs Elizabeth Paterson nee Driver (1770-1839). Elizabeth Driver married soldier, explorer and lieutenant-governor William Paterson (1755-1810) in 1789. In 1814 Elizabeth became the second wife of soldier and lieutenant-governor Francis Grose, (1758?...
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William Paterson arrived in Sydney in 1791 as a captain in the New South Wales Corps. He was gazetted lieutenant-colonel in 1798 and appointed lieutenant-governor of NSW in 1801. When a new settlement was founded at Port Dalrymple (Van Diemen's Land) in 1804 he was put in charge of it, remaining there until 1809 when he returned to Sydney. He left...
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nQR2pgQ1
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