Letters to George William Rusden [manuscript].

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Letters to George William Rusden [manuscript].

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1. A letter written to Rusden from Corona Station, Barrier Ranges about the death of Charles Dickens, his father. A moving tribute. 2. A letter asking Rusden to send to him a good shorthand writer, and also hoping Rusden would come to his wedding.

2 letters (5 sheets).

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Dickens, Alfred d'Orsay Tennyson, 1845-1912.

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Epithet: son of Charles Dickens, novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000011 Alfred Tennyson Dickens, son of Charles Dickens, migrated to Australia in 1865. Another son, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens came to Australia in 1869. Alfred bought a partnership in a stock and station agency in Hamilton, Victoria, but four years after his wife Jessie was killed in a carriage accident in December 1878, he le...

Rusden, George William, 1819-1903

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Historian. Migrated to Australia in 1835. Agent for national schools in Pt. Phillip District 1849, Clerk of Victorian Legislative Council 1856. Author of National Education (1853), History of Australia (1883), History of New Zealand (1883) and other historical and literary works. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225771243 George Rusden, historian, was appointed Under-Secretary in the Colonial Secretary's office in Melbou...