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Papers [microform].

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Correspondence of the Busby brothers, William, John, George and Alexander, 1826-1855; Letter book of John Busby, the elder, Sept. 1827-Dec. 1836. Manuscript copies of letters to the Colonial Secretary re inter alia surveys of mineral deposits, "Busby Bore" and problems of convict labour. Daybook of Thos. Woore, 1846-1864; also sketch-books. These include material concerning his railway survey, 1845-8.

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Busby, John, 1765-1857

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Busby, Alexander

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Busby, George, 1799-1870

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George Busby, 1798-1870, was appointed an Assistant Colonial Surgeon in 1826 and in 1828 took up a position in charge of the Convict Hospital at Bathurst. In 1842, this hospital was reduced in size and put under the control of a committee, becoming Bathurst District Hospital. Bathurst Conveyance Company commenced business in 1826 for the transportation of goods, passengers and mails to and from Sydney and Bathurst. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). W...

Busby, William Thomas

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Water-supply engineers

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Busby family.

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John Busby, civil engineer and coalminer, supervised coal-mining at Newcastle and devised a water supply for Sydney. The tunnel scheme from Hyde Park, completed 1837, became known as "Busby's Bore". Thos. Woore, naval officer and engineer, was Busby's father-in-law; he settled on Pomeroy, near Goulburn in 1839. From the description of Papers [microform]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225845660 ...

Woore, Thomas, 1804-1878

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Engineer and naval officer, settled near Goulburn, 1839. He conducted surveys into railway construction in N.S.W. and in 1866 was member of a commission to report on the Sydney water supply, when he was the first person to suggest a dam on the Warragamba River. His daughter Annie married William Busby (1813-1887), pastoralist, son of John Busby, the engineer, and brother of James Busby. The donor, W.D. Donkin, was a grandson of this marriage. From the description of Papers [manuscrip...