Edward Stephens (1811-1861) was appointed cashier and accountant of the South Australian Company in 1836; he arrived in the 'Coromandel' on 17 January 1837 at Holdfast Bay. 'There he set up his office in a tent but at first business was slight. He was induced to sign a letter to..... More

A lengthy patriotic poem (twelve four-line stanzas) dated at the end 'Italia March 1900'. Under the pseudonym 'Arthur Ferres', John William Kevin (circa 1843-1903) wrote several Australian boys' adventure books and published one volume of verse. 'The Contingent', presumably unpublished, is very much a product of its time and place..... More

[Sydney], Chamberlain Innocence Committee, [1985]. Loosely inserted is a two-page ALS (folded once, with a few tiny light marks) from Dr Norman H. Young, 'Senior Lecturer in New Testament, School of Religion, Avondale College, Cooranbong' (where Michael Chamberlain studied in the late 1960s). The first paragraph of the letter, addressed..... More

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The artist and arts benefactor Elizabeth Maud Wholohan, nee Vizard (1875-1950) was a lifelong friend of Hans Heysen, exhibiting with him at an early age. On her death she bequeathed a substantial sum of money to establish the Maud Wholohan-Vizard Art Prize, awarded first in 1957. Offered together with two..... More

The Act came into operation on 1 July 1842. It called for Ministers of Religion to be registered, or any marriages they performed would be deemed invalid. Automatically eligible under the Act were 'clergymen of the United Church of England and Ireland and of the Church of Scotland'. Section XXXII..... More

John Hamilton McLachlan purchased land in Wickliffe, still a small settlement (it may have even been larger in 1854) about 225 kilometres west of Melbourne on the Glenelg Highway. Hamilton is probably the Reverend John Hamilton McLachlan who emigrated with his family from Scotland and 'first went to Geelong upon..... More

Mountford has been busy in the eastern states: 'Ayers Rock is in the hands of the publishers, the last volume of the Arnhem Land reports is almost complete, and I am going to get my M.A. Apparently the last examiner (undoubtedly Stanner) was much fairer in his criticisms than the..... More

Some idea of the extent of her prodigious efforts may be found on the 'exetermemories' website: 'The Mayoress was a formidable fund raiser and organiser, having raised £400 since the outbreak of war, to purchase bags of food for the soldiers passing through Exeter by rail. In February 1915 she..... More

All are bank-stamped. Recognisable payees' signatures (written on both sides of the notes) include Benno Seppelt, Albion Tolley, George Wood, and Philip Santo. Local well-known businesses represented include Simpson, James Martin, Faulding, Wills, William Morgan, Fowler, Harris Scarfe and Duncan Fraser. Offered together with 50 or more similar but lesser..... More

The sparse ledger entries date from 1817 to the mid-1850s. Although they are not without interest, they are routine, along the lines of '4 bushels of apples, 6 yards of cloth'. However, the many blank spaces remaining have been put to much better use. Most of the large volume (405..... More

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1912. 'This book contains newspaper reports, reproduced without elaboration, of addresses uttered by the white native of Australia whose name is printed on the title page' (author's introductory 'explanatory'). Sir William John Sowden (1858-1943), journalist and newspaper editor, was associated with the major daily, the..... More

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