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Maps catalogued at M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 312

George Ernest Morrison papers, 1850-1932

1 dark green leather purse with silk lining and a brass clasp.

Item 17: Purse belonging to Jennie Wark Morrison, between 1900 and 1925

Photographs are mainly of Morrison from childhood to middle age, his wife and children, and his household in China. 

1. 
a-b. George Ernest Morrison, one year & nine months. 
c. George Ernest Morrison 1873, shot in Turner’s Portrait Room, Moorarool Street, Geelong
d. George Ernest Morrison, 12 years 1874, shot in Turner’s Portrait Room, Moorarool Street, Geelong.
e-f. [Morrison in 1881, aged nineteen] 
g. J.W.,  Easter 1910 [Jennie Wark Robin] 

2. 
a. [Morrison as a young man, aged around 25] 
b-e. [Portraits of Jennie Wark Robin (1889-1923), she became Morrison’s secretary in 1910 and married Morrison in 1912] 
f. The three graces and the cat. 6/5/12 [Jennie Morrison and two friends] 
g. [Jennie Morrison in lounge chair at home, Peking] 

3. 
a-b. [Jennie Morrison with the staff’s children at home (Peking) 1912] 
c-e. [Jennie Morrison]
f. [Jennie Morrison / photographed by W.H. Wattes, Geelong] 
g. [Jennie Morrison] 
h. [Living room of Morrison residence, Peking China] 

4. 
a. [Morrison's two sons as small children, Ian (right), born in May 1913, Alastair (left), born in August 1915)] 
b-c. [Morrison with John Ealin Haedwreh ?] 
d. [Morrison's three children on porch of residence, Ian (right), Alastair (left) and Colin (centre), born in April 1917] 
e-f. [Morrison's son Ian in Chinese costume. He followed his father and became a resident correspondent in the Far East. Ian went to the front immediately after the Korean War broke out, and was killed by a mine] 
g. [Ian in sedan chair], inscribed by Morrison. “The Little Viceroy Oct. 1914’” 

5.
a-c. [Morrison with his three children] 
d. [Morrison's two eldest children Ian (right), Alastair (left)] 
e. [Morrison with his three children] 
f. [Morrison's three children] 
g. [Photograph of sketch of Morrison's eldest? son] 

6. 
a-h. [Morrison's sons and their friends, various snapshots taken in September 1923] 
b-c. [Morrison's eldest son Ian in scout uniform, September 1923]

7. 
a. [Morrison’s residence in Peking. The rebuilt main house] 
b. [Morrison’s house. The east wing rooms on the right before rebuild ocurred]
c.e.f. [Morrison’s main house with rebuilt west wing rooms on the left]
d.  [Morrison’s house. The east wing rooms rebuilt]

8. 
a-f. [The Morrison residence in Peking] 

9. 
a-i. [The Morrison residence in Peking, with servants, and the children of Morrison's No. 2 boy] 

10. 
a-b. [Servant holding a child outside Morrison's Peking residence.] 
c. [Morrison and friend Henry Box-lronside on porch of a house. Box-Ironside was the first secretary to the British Legation from 1897 to 1899 and was acting manager of the Legation] 
d. [Photograph of a portrait of a man in golfing outfit. Signed 'Everts Cominine?, dated 1912 at upper right.] 
e-f. [Morrison and friends at the cottage in Peking] 

11.
a-k. [Snapshots of Morrison with friends and various members of military forces, European and Asian] 
c. [Morrison at a picnic with European and Japanese friends. John Jordan (seated on the left, centre) the British Minister to China from 1906; Sir John Mcleavy Brown (seated on the right, centre), served in the Imperial Customs of China and secretary of China to British from 1906]
d. [Morrison (2nd from right) and other foreigners together with W. T. Y. Ting (1st from right ) at a railway station in Peking. They were probably about to visit the Chinese New Troops in the Autumn Manoeuvre] 
j. [Morrison and some British officers together with officer of New Troops W.T.Y. Ting (centre) at the Autumn Manoeuvre, 1906]
k. [Morrison talking to a French officer at the Autumn Manoeuvre, 1906]

12. 
a-b. [Morrison in courtyard of Peking residence] 
c. Sidmouth ? [with Morrison's three sons.] 
d. On Board the Empress of France [Jennie Morrison] 
e. Depart de Tchang - sin tien. 29 Mai 
f. Rue de Tchang - sin tien ... 

13. 
a. Voyage a Tchang - sin tien ... Pelliot, Flish, Villeford, Parot, Bartholm. 
b. Runig de Tchang - sin tien 4 juin 
c. Arrivee su personnel ... Pikin 29 mai 
d. Depart de Chang - tsin - tien. 
e. Depart de lo maison Baiultare[?] mai 29 
f. Arrive de lo troupe ... 
g-h. Pied-a-terre avant l’arriver a Tchang - sin-tien ... 
i. [Morrison in uniform on a pony] 
j. Abandon de Tchang - sin-tien 29 mai 
k. [Morrison on horseback with his Chinese bodyguards] 
l. [British officers and civilians boarding a ship] 
m. [Unidentified men with horses and carts] 
n. [Morrison and friends near tennis court. The bicycles were new to China at this time] 

14. 
a. [Morrison talking to unidentified gentleman] 
b. [Morrison with missionaries and European friends.] 
c. Glendinning Najao [and Morrison] 
d. [Morrison and two friends on board a boat] 
e-f. [Morrison on front steps of residence in Peking] 

15. 
a. Myself [Morrison] in bed in his journey at Vialjan [?] 
b. [Morrison with children of his No. 2 boy] 
c-d. [Morrison on front steps of residence] 
e. [Morrison with staff’s child and cat] 
f. [Morrison at his desk in his reading room in Peking] 
g. [Morrison with children of his No. 2 boy, 1905] 
h. [Morrison in his courtyard] 
i. [Morrison with staff’s child and cat] 

16. 
a-g. [Morrison in courtyard of his residence] 
h. [Morrison with two small Chinese girls] 
i. [Morrison with four Chinese children] 

17. 
a-j. [Morrison, his servants and their children, and his donkey, in and near his residence.] 
d. Morrison with his householder Sun Tien-lu in his cottage in Hsishan (Western Mountain in Peking)
e.g.i. The horse stable of Morrison’s house.
f. Morrison with his Western friend outside his house
j. Morrison with his servants’ children outside the city


18. 
a-k. [Morrison and his servants at a seaside residence]
b. The servant Sun Tien-lu outside Morrison's cottage in Hsishan (Western Mountain in Peking)
f. Morrison at his cottage in Peitaiho
g. The servant’s wife and child outside Morrison’s cottage.
h. Morrison in his cottage 
i. Morrison at his cottage in Peitaiho
j. Morrison’s cottage 

19. 
a-h. [Various photographs of Morrison as a middle-aged man] 
a. [Morrison in profile aged around forty]
h. [Morrison preparing to leave London, February 1911]

20. 
a-i. [Various photographic studies of Morrison as a middle-aged man] 

21. 
a-g. [Portraits of Morrison and group portraits]
a-c. [Morrison with Europeans, group portraits]
f. Morrison and Madam Marshall (G.E. Marshall) on March 12, 1911.

22. 
a. [Morrison preparing to leave London, 1911]
b. [Morrison sitting on horseback]
c. [Studio portrait of Morrison]
d. [Morrison sitting on horseback]

2d. [Portrait of Jennie Robin (1889-1923), J. Robin became Morrison's secretary in 1910 and married Morrison in 1912]

2g. [Jennie Morrison in lounge chair at home, Peking]

3h. [Living room of Morrison residence, Peking China]

Item 21: Photographs of G. E. Morrison, his family, servants, colleagues and friends, ca. 1863-1923 / from the papers of George Ernest Morrison

Photographs are of Morrison from childhood to middle age, his wife and children, and his household in China.

BOX 1
1–2.	[Morrison (1st from left, 2nd row), Samuel Blythe (3rd from left, 2nd row, an American correspondent). George Smalley (centre, 1st row, a resident correspondent of The Times to Washington. Onishi (on the right of George Smalley, a Japanese correspondent.) The photo was probably taken during the Portsmouth Peace Conference in August 1905]
3-8. [Morrison, the political adviser to President Yuan Shi-kai, and some other advisers. Nagao Ariga (centre), W.F. Willoughby (extreme left), Morrison (2nd from right)]
9-11. [G.E. Morrison in studio photograph with two European gentlemen] 
12-21. [G.E. Morrison in Ballarat Base Hospital in grounds, and in wards with staff and patients, 1891?. Includes one group photograph of nursing staff]
22-23. [Major O’Connor] 
24. [Mrs. Morrison with members of household staff and their children on front steps of house]
25. [Group portrait of what appears to be soldiers and civilians, possibly taken in Thailand]
26-27. [G.E. Morrison and Chinese staff member, possibly in backyard of house] 
28–29. The author in Western China [leaving Yunnan City during his walk across China in 1894]. [Frontispiece to An Australian in China : being the narrative of a quiet journey across China to Burma / by George Ernest Morrison. London : H. Cox, 1895]
30-47. see BOX 2 
48. [Morrison’s children Colin (left), Alastair (right)] 
49. [Morrison’s second son Alastair (born August 1915)]
50. [Morrison and his children]
51. [Morrison’s eldest son Ian (born May 1913]
52–53. [Morrison’s children Alastair (left) and Ian (right)]
54. [Snapshot of Morrison with friend at a train station in China]
55. [Snapshot of Morrison in Peking]
56-59. Myself [Morrison] and one of my Lions' at my entrance
60. [Morrison and his householder Sun Tien-fu at his house in Peking]
61. [Snapshot of a street scape in Southeast China]
62-64. [Morrison and his householder Sun Tien-fu at his house in Peking] "Myself and my boy at my front door"
65–67. [Morrison - group portraits]
68-70. [Morrison in 1881, aged nineteen]
71-75. [Morrison aged around twenty-five]
76-77. [Morrison in America, 1887]
78-79. [Morrison in graduation gown, Edinburgh, 1887]
80-81. [Morrison, Resident Surgeon, Ballarat Hospital, 15th April 1893]
82. [Morrison in China in 1894] 
83–86. [Portraits of Morrison]

BOX 2 (larger size photographs)
30. Exhibition Building, Tuesday, 30th October. Dr. G. Earnest Morrison, P.R.G.S. [enlarged version of nos. 28-29]
31. [Studio portrait of G.E. Morrison and four Chinese gentlemen, against painted backdrop. Duke Lan (2nd from right. He was exiled to Xinjiang after the Boxer War]
32. [Morrison (centre) in his Library with Masunosuke Odagiri (seated left) the representative of Baron Iwasaki, and Mikinosuke Ishida (seated right). In 1917, Morrison sold his private library to Baron Iwasaki; Ishida supervised the transfer of the library to Tokyo]
33. [Morrison and advisers together with chief government officials of the Republic of China. Morrison (2nd from right, 2nd row), Chu Chi-chien (3rd from right, 2nd row), Lu Tsen-tsiang (upper right of Morrison.), Chou Ysu-chi (1st from left, 2nd row), Sun Pao-chi (man with long beard), Cao Lu-lin (1st from right, 2nd row), Kiang Shi-yi (just behind Sun Pao-chi), Chang Ysung-hsiang (1st from left, front), W.F. Willoughby (centre, front), Nagao Arga (1st from right, front), Wang Pin ? (to be verified)]
34-36. [G.E. Morrison and his household staff Sun Tien-fu in his house in Peking]
37. G.E. Morrison and some expectant? members of the Tsungli Yuamen, Peking, Aug 8, 1899
38-40. [G.E. Morrison and his household staff, 20 June 1901. Morrison bought a new house after the Boxer Uprising. He marked the status of these servants : coolie No.1 (left sitting on the ground), cart driver No.3 (sitting on the right), the middle row, cart driver No.1 (extreme left), servant No.1 (2nd from left), cart driver No.2 (1st from right, servant No.2 (2nd from right), the last cook (extreme left), coolie (2nd from left), cook No.2 (3rd from left) - detailed information on some members of staff in ink notes beneath photograph no.40]
41-43. [G.E. Morrison, his wife and child surrounded by household staff] Feb. 11th 1914.
44. [G.E. Morrison with several wealthy Chinese gentlemen and their children.]
45-47. [G.E. Morrison with his household staff and their children]

2. [Morrison (1st from left, 2nd row), Samuel Blythe (3rd from left, 2nd row, an American correspondent). George Smalley (centre, 1st row, a resident correspondent of The Times to Washington. Onishi (on the right of George Smalley, a Japanese correspondent.) The photo was probably taken during the Portsmouth Conference in August 1905]

4. [Morrison, the political advisor to President Yuan Shi-kai, and some other advisors.

9. [G.E. Morrison in studio photograph with two European gentlemen]

Item 22: Photographs of G. E. Morrison, his family, servants, colleagues and friends, ca. 1881-ca. 1920 / from the papers of George Ernest Morrison

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Item 17: Purse belonging to Jennie Wark Morrison, between 1900 and 1925

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Item 21: Photographs of G. E. Morrison, his family, servants, colleagues and friends, ca. 1863-1923 / from the papers of George Ernest Morrison

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Item 22: Photographs of G. E. Morrison, his family, servants, colleagues and friends, ca. 1881-ca. 1920 / from the papers of George Ernest Morrison

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