S. N Hogg bound typescript of 'Balmain, past and present from 1800 [to 1925] (with biographical sket...
S. N Hogg bound typescript of 'Balmain, past and present from 1800 [to 1925] (with biographical sketches of a few eminent men who lived there), c. 1880-1925
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Date
c. 1880-1925
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MLMSS 8096
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0.10 metres of textual material, 1 sketch, 27 photographs and newscuttings (1 volume in box)
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Contents
This volume contains miscellaneous information about Balmain in chapters covering Balmain's origins, the recollections of early settlers, Balmain's political, municipal and economic history as well as information about schools and churches, the Balmain Hospital and Balmain Benevolent Society, transport, Freemasonry, industry and sport. The second...
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S. N Hogg bound typescript of 'Balmain, past and present from 1800 [to 1925] (with biographical sketches of a few eminent men who lived there), c. 1880-1925
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Notes
General note
Transferred from Q991.1/H, October 2011
Date note
Item was donated in 1924 but further annotations and letters have been added in 1925.
Contextual Information
Source
Donated February 1924 and transferred from Published book collection October 2011
Administrative / Biographical history
Samuel Nisbet Hogg was born in India in 1849 and moved to Australia with his parents as a child. He was educated in Glebe and was Manager of the Balmain Branch of the Bank of New South Wales from 1888-1911. He contributed articles about Balmain to various newspapers, some of which appeared in a series entitled 'Balmain past and present'.
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 8096
Record Identifier
nV2qLwpn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2qLwpn
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Reference code
946542
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