O'Rourke family - papers, 1887-1997
O'Rourke family - papers, 1887-1997
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Date
1887 - 1997
Call Numbers
MLMSS 6346
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Physical Description
Contents
1 folder - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (computer printouts, photocopy)
Textual Records - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)
Textual Records - (printed, photocopy)
Photographs - (photocopy)
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 4157 (MLMSS 6346)
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Contents
1887-1888, 1997; Diary of a voyage on the SS Murrumbidgee from Ireland to Australia, 20 Nov. 1887-16 Jan. 1888, compiled by John O'Rourke, with related notes by William James O'Rourke (John's son)
1887-1997; Photocopies of O'Rourke family portraits, ca. 1902, 1920, John O'Rourke and SS Murrumbidgee, 1887; genealogical notes concerning O'Rourk...
Alternative Titles
Full title
O'Rourke family - papers, 1887-1997
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Author / Artists
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Maureen McGee in 1997
Administrative / Biographical history
John O'Rourke was born in Bruff, Couny Limerick, Ireland, in 1860. After rejecton in the civil service he came to Australia in 1888 and worked as an articled clerk for a Sydney legal firm. He married Mary Augusta Nolan and they had seven children, the last of whom died in 1996.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 6346
Record Identifier
nX6lyk8Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6lyk8Y
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Reference code
151926
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