Walter Bentley papers, ca. 1821-1927
Walter Bentley papers, ca. 1821-1927
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ca. 1821-1927
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MLMSS 8395
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1.43 metres of textual material (3 outsize boxes)
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BOX 1X
2 scrapbooks of letters, newspaper clippings, reviews, fliers, etc. from Australia, New Zealand, England, and the United States, 1882-1893
Illuminated address presented to Walter Bentley by the Mayor of Dunedin at the Princess Theatre on 23 January 1892
Manuscript sheet music for oboe for 'My Adopted Wife' and 'Richard III' (7 p. on...
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Walter Bentley papers, ca. 1821-1927
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Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2011-2012
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Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Mrs Wilma Wallace, November 1999
Administrative / Biographical history
Walter Bentley was born William Begg, in Edinburgh ca. 1849, the son of the Reverend Dr. James Begg, one of the founders of the Free Church of Scotland. He arrived in Sydney in 1867 as an apprentice on the Colonial Empire. He worked as a jackaroo in Australia until leaving for Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1870.
In Dunedin he worked for the local...
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MLMSS 8395
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nV2q64qn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2q64qn
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412450
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