Australia, 1825
Includes letters from: Lancelot Threlkeld, Sydney and Newcastle - deputation's decision to start mission to indigenous Australians in Newcastle area, government offer of 10,000 acres as aborigine reserve; his marriage to Sarah Arndell; condition and some customs of the people; marking out a road thr...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Australia/Incoming Correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
22 Jan 1825 - October 1825 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Australia/Incoming Correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Summary: |
Includes letters from:
Lancelot Threlkeld, Sydney and Newcastle - deputation's decision to start mission to indigenous Australians in Newcastle area, government offer of 10,000 acres as aborigine reserve; his marriage to Sarah Arndell; condition and some customs of the people; marking out a road through the bush; starting to learn language, elements of its grammar; accounts; building cottage, birth of daughter; copy of correspondence between Saxe Bannister, attorney general, and Lancelot Threlkeld
Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Sydney - printed letter to Lancelot Threlkeld inagurating mission to Aborigines at Reid's Mistake, near Newcastle, New South Wales
Robert Campbell, Sydney |
| Extent: |
12 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 3, Jackets B and C |
| Finding aids: |
A detailed list of Australia Incoming Correspondence, 1798-1868 (list D1), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. |
| Format: | Archive |