Martha Mackenzie (nee Murchison) reminiscences, 1825-1850, sketches of Australian life
Martha Mackenzie (nee Murchison) reminiscences, 1825-1850, sketches of Australian life
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Martha Mackenzie (nee Murchison) reminiscences, 1825-1850, sketches of Australian life
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-221B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
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The Murchison family migrated to Australia in 1833, when Martha was still a child. Her father was an army officer, Captain John Murchison, who became a magistrate. After a short time at Parramatta he selected a grant of land, near Goulburn, which he called Taradale. He employed convicts as his servants, and his family lived in constant fear of at...
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MLMSS 944
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nmQd4Byn
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