Material relating to Captain Charles Swanston and his family. n.d.

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Material relating to Captain Charles Swanston and his family. n.d.

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Material relating to Captain Charles Swanston and his family, comprising photocopies of: letters, mainly from overseas, from his sons, Robert, Kinnear and Oliver to their father, 1839-1846 (with original accompanying letter containing biographical notes on the sons by Dr. Charles Swanston); photograph of two photographic portraits of Charles Lambert Swanston, son of Captain Charles Swanston, and his wife Margaret Ord Swanston; birth certificate of Charles Swanston, son of Charles Lambert Swanston; account between Charles Swanston and Robert Sherson "for the maintenance of C. Lambert Swanston and R. Sherson Swanston", 1842; invoice for sheep, cattle, horses and other items, Hobart Town, 1838; "Descendants of Captain and Mrs Charles Swanston, 1789-1960. Appendix C. "; family tree of Captain Charles Swanston's descendants; and "The Willis family of Koolomurt Station. Appendix E."

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Swanston, Kinnear.

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Sherson, Robert

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Swanston, Charles Dr.

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Swanston, Charles Lambert, 1823-1897.

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Swanston, Robert Sherson.

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Trader, arrived in Fiji, 1857, and settled there with the intention of introducing sheep and cattle. He became Secretary for Native Affairs under the Cakobau Government, 1872-3, and was influential in the development of constitutional government. He was also Stipendiary Magistrate at Kadavu, 1875-7. From the description of Journals [microform]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225845716 ...

Swanston, Charles, 1790-1850

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Swanston, Margaret Ord Dumas, 1824?-1886.

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Swanston, Charles, b. 1855.

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Swanston, William Oliver

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Willis, Edward, 1816-1895.

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Swanston, Charles, 1789-1850.

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Captain Charles Swanston (1789-1850)was a banker and owned the Derwent Bank of Hobart, which was the first bank to open for business in Melbourne (1838). He was a member of the Port Phillip Association formed by John Batman for the express purpose of exploring and claiming the Port Phillip District. From the description of Diary [microform]. 1814. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224480075 Born in Scotland, at the age of 16 Swanston was commissioned a lieutenant in...