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...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Australia/Incoming Correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 22 Jan 1825 - October 1825
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Australia/Incoming Correspondence/Box 2
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