Collection of papers relating to J.R. Wollaston. 1840-1856.

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Collection of papers relating to J.R. Wollaston. 1840-1856.

1. Journal, March 1840-April 1841 covering voyage out on Henry (155 p.). 2. Journal, Nov 1841-Jan 1844 (354 p.). 3. Journal, May 1848-Nov. 1848 (87 p.). Also letters by Wollaston and Bishop Short to Rev. E. Hawkins, Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1848-1851; letter from Rev. Charles Harper and a report by Wollaston of his archidiaconal visit, 1850. Journal, Dec. 1850-May 1851 - second archidiaconal visit. (62 p.). Journal Feb 1853-May 1853 - third archidiaconal visit (53 p.). Also repor of Native Institution, Albany, 1853, with accounts, returns, letters, 1855. Journal No. 3 Jan. 1856-Mar. 1856 fifth visitation (107 p.). The journals are mostly indexed; also illustrations. 4. Diary of Joseph Hardey, W.A., 1830-1839. Notes from Bishop Hale's diaries, 1856-1875, with index (208 p.). 5. Letters of Capt. Sir Richard Spencer (1779-1839) Government Resident at Albany W.A., 1833-1840. The Church in Western Australia, 1829-1841 - An Introduction to the Journals of J.R. Wollaston, 1841-1856 by A. Burton, (57 p.). Thomas Hobbes Scott, first Archdeacon of N.S.W., 1824-1829 (35 p.).

15 cm. (6 folders)

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Hale, Mathew B. (Mathew Blagden), 1811-1895

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Mathew Blagden Hale was born in Gloucester, England in 1811 and was ordained in the Church of England in 1837. He came to Australia in 1847 with Augustus Short, Bishop of Adelaide, and was subsequently appointed the first Bishop of Western Australia in 1857. Hale was Bishop of Brisbane from 1875 until his retirement in 1885. He died in 1895. From the description of OM90-27 Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale Letter, 3 Oct 1889. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 755756104 Fir...

Hardey, Joseph, 1804-1875.

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Pioneer of the Avon district in Western Australia, arriving in 1830 on the "Tranby". From the description of Diary, 1830-1839 [manuscript]. 1830-1839. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 762864584 From the description of Mill book, 1855-1858 [manuscript]. 1855-1858. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 762864585 Pioneer of the Avon district in Western Australia, arriving in 1830 on the "Tranby." From the description of Papers. 1821-1947. (Li...

Spencer, Richard, Sir, 1779-1839

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Sir Richard Spencer was Government Resident in Albany 1833-1839. He bought Strawberry Hill Farm at Albany, and developed a farm also at Hay River, north west of Albany. His wife, Lady Anne Warden Spencer (nee Liddon), carried on after the tragic death of her husband and two sons (Hugh Seymour and Horatio William) in 1839-1840. From the description of Letters, 1833-1840 [manuscript]. 1833-1840. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 762864803 Government Resident in Albany...

Wollaston, John Ramsden, 1791-1856

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Wollaston arrived in Western Australia in 1841 with his wife, three of his five sons and two daughters. They went to Port Leschenault and bought land at Picton where the family built a house and worked a small farm. The church was built in 1848 and Wollaston was appointed chaplain for the area. In 1848 he moved to Albany and in 1849 was appointed Archdeacon. From the description of Papers. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 221148293 Epithet: Vicar of Elsenham ...