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includes sketches by Walter Synnot, his mother Jane, Lady Synnot, Charles Macarthur, F.R. Nixon Bishop of Tasmania, and many others.

ITEM 01
Miscellanous sketches, etchings, photographs, photomechanical prints and posters, ca.1810-1914. Sketches include scenes in Ireland, mostly unidentified. Artists include Jane, Lady Synnot, C. W. Macarthur, Marcus Synnot, Charles B. Cumberland and scenes of the 66th Regiment in Newfoundland by Captain W. Synnot 1851.

Photographs include a group portrait of a Synnot wedding in Melbourne, Launceston Fire Brigade, Strathmore Tasmania and sailing ship on the Derwent River.
Call Number: PXD 353

ITEM 02
Scrapbook, ca. 1826-1870, possibly belonging to Polly King includes postcards, drawings, photograph of Camden Park, hair, signatures with 19th century verse and extracts.

Signed drawings by W. Synnot of the 66th Regiment include botanical and bird sketches from Cape of Good Hope and Tasmania ; portraits
drawings of 3 officers from the 96th Regiment ; watercolour drawing of the Great Comet, dated 6 March 1843 V.D.L. 

Other artists include Bishop of Tasmania F. Nixon, Charles Macarthur and Jane, Lady Synnot.

Identified drawings include a pencil sketch of The Vineyard Parramatta, 1847 ; views in Tasmania, by Charles Macarthur ; Drawing of 'M.J. Macarthur', formerly Mary-Jane Synnot ; `View of Deloraine from the north side of the Meander river – looking South West’, ca 1840s by William Madden ; `Sir Maurice O’Connell’s drawing room, Tarmons', ca 1840s.

Loose items filed separately in box.
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 1

ITEM 03
Scrapbook, ca. 1834-1906, possibly belonging to Agnes B. MacArthur, includes a sketchbook, drawings, photographs, postcards, signatures with 19th century verse and extracts.

Signed drawings by W. Synnot, Charles Macarthur, Fanny Delacombe 1834, Emily Pring 1876, and M. A. Williams.  Two photographs by Bishop Nixon.

Photographs include a group portrait, house in Launceston Tasmania, Strathmore Tasmania, Government House Sydney, Commercial Bank Sydney 1871, Lord Loftus and guard of honour, Calcutta natives.
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 2

ITEM 04
Scrapbook, ca. 1844-1881, possibly belonging to Agnes B. MacArthur, includes drawings, photographs, postcards, Tasmanian seaweeds, signatures with 19th century verse and extracts.

Drawings by Charles Macarthur of scenes on the Murray 1851, Holmes & Bawtrees Station on the Murray below Echuca 1851. Other identified artists are Lambert Gordon and Marcus Hungerford.  Also drawings of Queenbeyan 1845; Concord on Parramatta River 1844 and sailing ships.

Identified photographs of Alfred House, Sydney ; Sydney scenes ; Camden Park with the Captain and Mrs Onslow and children ; palms at Camden Park in lower garden ; Sudan 1869 ; Newry UK ; The Suez Canal ; Rostrevor Northern Ireland.
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 3

ITEM 05
Photograph album, ca. 1864-1900, chiefly unidentified portraits from studios in Adelaide, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Sydney and Warwick.  

Identified photographs by Henry S. Wyer, Yonkers N.Y. of Carrie Adila Law, Age 13 Years, Henry Herbert Law 18 months, Martha Janet 2 yrs and groups outside houses.   Portraits of 
Bertha and Edith Law Smith, April 1888 by Duryea, Adelaide.
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 4

ITEM 06
Album containing portraits, views and news cuttings, ca. 1869-1882
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 5

ITEM 07
Ida King exercise and scrapbook
Call Number: PXA 1278/vol. 6

Synnot and Macarthur family albums, ca. 1810-1914.

The English contributions are by members of the Hall and Campbell families, mostly dated ca. 1832 before the return of Anna Josepha King to New South Wales. The Australian contributions are mostly be members of the King and (Hannibal) Macarthur families, or relatives by marriage. Many items date from 1849-1851 when some of the family members  were at Gladfield, or nearby stations such as Goomburra, on the Darling Downs. There are also items added at Stroud, Tahlee, Manar and Ellerslie (the last two in southern New South Wales). 

The following is a partial list of items: 

10-12. Miseries of a Female Voyager, M.C. March 1832, [ms poem]
20. To Struggle when Hope is banished H[annibal] H[awkins] McArthur, Gladfield [Darling Downs, Qld] 18th June 1851 [ms poem]
21. A general rush of persons to the Diggings Sydney July 1851 [ms poem]
25. Bolivia [Station, near Tenterfield, NSW, ca. 1860? 2 albumen photoprints]
29. Mr Irby's Bolivia [Station, near Tenterfield, NSW, ca. 1860? 2 albumen photoprints] 
30. Ellangowan Darling Downs 1865;  [boy on Shetland pony. 2 albumen photoprints]
31. Prizes taken by P.R. Co[mpan]y, 1 albumen photoprint
34. Ellerslie [station, near Goulburn, N.S.W. Probably by Charles Macarthur, ref. PXD 526, pencil drawing]
34. [Construction of timber hut, 1 albumen photoprint]
36. Mount Edgecombe, Devonport [1 watercolour on embossed card (see also DGA 71)]
44. Ellerslie, C. McA [Charles Macarthur], March 16th 1850, Manar [ms poem]
51. [Rondel view of] Orphan House, Sydney 1804 Corner of Bridge Street and George Street (see similar views of Sydney buildings reproduced in 'Historical Records of New South Wales'(1898), v. U, opp. p.1. These are noted as being in the possession of the Hon. P.G. King, see p. lxvii);  [2 lozenge-shaped cut-outs of Aborigines in canoes. 3 watercolours]
52. Rose Hill Cottage, Parramatta [by] S.E.G. Hall [2 pencil drawings]
57-58. O! Praise the Lord for his Mercy! His Mercy endureth forever - H[annibal] H[awkins] McArthur, Stroud, 25th Sept. 1853 [ms poem]
60. [Caricature of porter with trunk, by] P.P. King [1 watercolour]
68; 70.[Aborigine (?) in 'coolie' hat;  Aborigine with leg-irons, carrying pick-axe, by] Mrs Baldock [Charles Macarthur's first wife was Agnes Baldock], 2 watercolours on blind-embossed cards
72. Earth is not the Christian's home, Chas. F.D. Priddle, St James', 6th April 1850 [ms poem]
75. View of Mount Dumeresq [sic] from Gladfield Cottage verandah 1851 [by] Conrad Martens [1 pencil drawing]
76. Gladfield Cottage 1851 [by] Conrad Martens, Decr. 29 1851 [1 pencil drawing]
78. [untitled poem] M.G. [i.e. Mary Gordon, nee Macarthur], Manar, 1st Jany 1849 [ms poem]
81. Arthursleigh, Wollondilly River [by Charles Macarthur?] [1 pencil drawing]
82. [They have changed and new modelled the aspect old of that loved spot ... ] H.H. McArthur, January 1st, 1849 [ms poem]
83. He sent redemption to his people Psalm 1110.9, H.H. McArthur, Goomburra, March 27th. 1853 [ms]
84. Inscription 'Government house, Parramatta 1806-' [item has been removed]
87. Inscription 'Government House, Sydney. 1805. A.J. King' [item has been removed]
97-100. Be Kind;  Speak Gently! M.McA Gordon [surname erased], Newstead [Brisbane], June 7. 1850 [2 ms poems]
102. The Idol, 10th April 1850, Tahlee [New South Wales. ms poem]
105. 'As the day, so shall thy strength be', A.H. Macarthur, Canning Downs, 18th Novr 1850 [ms poem]
112-117. [Lines on the Constellation of the Cross in the Southern Hemisphere, ms poem] 
123. The Bottle Tree - a species of Currajong near Lynd's Range, 1 pencil drawing]
126. [Mausoluem with palm trees] E.M.M. August 1850 [1 pencil drawing]
132. [Poem] E.I. Macarthur, Gladfield, October 16th 1851 [ms]
137. [Native orchid], 3rd June 1862. Drawn by Willie Roberts. [1 watercolour]
138. [Christmas card with dried fern arrangement] With many good wishes Xmas 1878
139. Pencil sketch of a hillside, possibly Australian

Scrapbook compiled by Anna Josepha King, Elizabeth King (nee Macarthur) and others, 1824-1878.

Autograph letter signed to Mrs Bligh from Mary Macarthur Tilley, 25 July 1968, enclosing a typed transcript of portions of a letter from Charles Macarthur to his son (Charles Walter) William Macarthur concerning the history of the Macarthur family, August 1863

1. Upper Hume. 1843. From MLeay's [?] Station Tooma on the Hume [Murray] River looking E.
2. Tumut Plain. 1845 -- "C.McA 1845" lower centre
3. Water fall over Basaltic rocks at Tumberumba Hume river NSW.
4. Valley of Tumut -- "C. McA" lower left
5. Col. Breton's place Illawarra NSW. 1842. -- "C. McA" lower right
6. Nacki Nacki. Cottage. -- "J. McA" lower left
7. Arthursleigh Sept. 20th 43 [?] -- "C. McA" lower left
8. [Werrington homestead] -- "Agnes McA" lower left
9. Werrington Oct 1847 R C Lethbridges Home -- "C. McA" lower left
10. Werrington
11. Ellerslie from the SW Nov. 18th./43
12. Ellerslie from the East -- "C. McA" lower left
13. Ellerslie Oct 22nd/43 -- "C. McA" lower left
14. Ellerslie [cottage and kitchen garden?] Decr 1845 -- "C. McA" lower left
15. NORTH RICHMOND Ferry -- "A.M. MacA Jany 12 1847" lower left
16. Natives of N.S.W. -- "C McA" beneath sketch
17. Australian A Co. Cattle Station on the Glouster N.S.W. -- "[?] MacA" beneath sketch
18. Valley of the Grose and Blue Mountains NSW
19. St.Mary's S[outh] Creek N.S.W. 
20. St. Mary's NSW
21. A.J. King [grave] -- "J.L. Templer" at lower right
22. Cottage occupied by H.H. McArthur Esqr. North Brisbane Moreton Bay. 25 April 1850
23. Vineyard as completed
24. Vineyard
25. The Vineyard Parramatta N.S.W Before completion
26. [Vineyard] -- "C McA" at lower left
27. Gardeners Cottage Vineyard
28. Vineyard Mill- -- "G Bowen" lower left
29. [Unidentified garden]
30. Sketches at Vineyard [includes the Lodge]
31. Entrance to P. Phillip
32-47. [European scenes and maritime paintings]
48. Ellerslie
49. Parramatta River -- "Helenie 1844" at lower right
50. [European Cottage] -- "Runciman Fecit" lower left
51-83. [European scenes and maritime paintings]

[Album of sketches of Macarthur family properties and European scenes]

Item 1
Holograph letter from Charles Macarthur (son of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur) to Henry Curzon Allport, 7 November 1847

Item 2
Holograph letter from James Macarthur to Captain Carsey Bell, 3 February 1819

Item 3
Holograph letter from James Macarthur to [?], correcting a report of a meeting with reference to the Laws of the 12 tables, 7 June 1836

Item 4
Holograph letter from Purkis & Lambert to James Macarthur concerning rents from Francis Lund and John Agnew, and signed J. Purkis, 18 March 1851

Item 5
Copy of a memorial from James Macarthur and Sir William Macarthur, written in the handwriting of Sir William Macarthur, to Sir Thomas Brisbane, requesting grants of land for the cultivation of the vine and the olive, 21 August 1824
(Transferred from the Lands Department, 24 September 1918)

Item 6
James Macarthur's autograph inscription on fly leaf of book presented to cousin George Macarthur, 5 January 1840

Item 7
Holograph letter of reply from James Macarthur to Sir William Charles Windeyer, expressing regret that the correspondent's name is not on his farewell address but thinks he is right to take the course he considered most befitting etc., 21 April 1860
(Holograph letter from Sir W. C. Windeyer to J. Macarthur dated 18 April 1860, is located at A 2924, pp. 380-383)

Item 8
Holograph letter from James Macarthur to Henry Curzon Allport concerning the matter of joining James Norton in a bond, 28 February 1854

Item 9
Transcripts of letters from James Macarthur to Edward Edwards 1837-1838, regarding edition of "New South Wales, its Present State and Future Prospects"

Item 10
Letter from Sir E. Macarthur to J. T. Simes, 16 August 1847

Item 11
Simes' Circular, 1 August 1847

Item 12
Letter from Emma Jane Master, (Mrs Francis Robert Chester Master nee Macarthur), to Henry Curzon Allport, 29 June 1848

Item 13
Letter from Emma Jane Master to Henry Curzon Allport, September 1848

Item 14
Holograph letter from Sir William Macarthur to J. Reynell, 11 April 1845

Item 15
Letter from Sir William Macarthur to H. C. Allport, 19 September 1859

Item 16
Letter from Sir William Macarthur to H. C. Allport, 4 October 1859 - tenders for Lodge

Item 17
Letter from Sir William Macarthur to H. C. Allport, 30 March 1860

Item 18
Letter from Sir William Macarthur to [Joseph Sheridan Moore?], 23 April 1861

Item 19 
Letters from C. Daley to Mitchell Librarian, 27 March 1942 and 8 April 1942

James Macarthur, the younger (1813-1862, son of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur).  Extracts from a field book regarding journey to Gippsland with Strzelecki, 9 March 1840 : holograph extracts made by his son, Leslie William Alexander Macarthur.

Item 20
Typed transcripts of some of John Macarthur's letters to his sons, 1827-1832
(Typed transcripts of John Macarthur's letters to his sons, 1827-1832 also located at A 2899)

Item 21
Photograph of tomb of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur's parents and grandparents in England

Item 22
James Macarthur. Interpretation by D.M. Barrie of notes by J. Macarthur (re: horses). Original in Macarthur Papers Vol. 24, pp. 256a-256h

Items 22, 23 and 24
Letters from John Macarthur, the younger, to John (Whitaker or Whittaker), 17 October 1813, 21 October 1813 and 30 October 1822

Papers relating to the Macarthur Family, 1819-1942

Letters to Sir William in London and at Camden from relatives, including cousins, nieces and nephews, 25 December 1852-5 April 1882. Correspondents include Frederick Macarthur Bowman, Isabella M. Bowman, J. M. Bowman, W. M. Bowman, Charles Macarthur, Arthur Hannibal Macarthur, Emmeline Leslie (nee Macarthur) (also as Emmeline Falbe), Catherine Leslie (Mrs Patrick, nee Macarthur), James Macarthur (cousin of William), Isabella Macarthur Chisholm (Mrs James Kinghorne nee Bowman), James Chisholm, Elizabeth King (Mrs. P. G., nee Macarthur), M. H. Macarthur (Mrs James Macarthur, daughter-in-law of Hannibal).

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Synnot and Macarthur family albums, ca. 1810-1914.

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Scrapbook compiled by Anna Josepha King, Elizabeth King (nee Macarthur) and others, 1824-1878.

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Autograph letter signed to Mrs Bligh from Mary Macarthur Tilley, 25 July 1968, enclosing a typed transcript of portions of a letter from Charles Macarthur to his son (Charles Walter) William Macarthur...

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[Album of sketches of Macarthur family properties and European scenes]

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Papers relating to the Macarthur Family, 1819-1942

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Volume 57: Sir William Macarthur letters from relatives, 1852-1882

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