Letters from Edmund James Banfield to Charles Barrett, 1920-1922, 1927
Letters from Edmund James Banfield to Charles Barrett, 1920-1922, 1927
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1920-1922
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MLMSS 8156
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0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder)
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Fonds
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Contents
Typescript letters presenting a personal correspondence from the last years of Banfield’s life. Written to fellow author and natural history enthusiast Charles Barrett, and relating mostly to his own publications and to natural history matters. They provide an insight into Banfield’s life on Dunk Island. Also included is a 1927 handwritten letter t...
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Letters from Edmund James Banfield to Charles Barrett, 1920-1922, 1927
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Purchased from New Century Antiquarian Books, September 2011
Administrative / Biographical history
Edmund James Banfield, author and naturalist, was born in Liverpool England in 1852. He migrated to Victoria in 1854 with his family, joining his father who had migrated two years earlier. Banfield’s father was a co-founder of the Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser and established the Ararat Advertiser. Edmund became a reporter and printer’s assist...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 8156
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nZNvGevn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvGevn
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950502
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