Australia, 1826
Includes letters from: Lancelot Threlkeld, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie - copy of letter to Saxe Bannister, attorney general, stating he is not yet competent to instruct in language of indigenous Australians; hopes Independent [Congregational] minister may be sent to Sydney; refuses to be answerable...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Australia/Incoming Correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
20 Jan 1826 - October 1826 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Australia/Incoming Correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Summary: |
Includes letters from:
Lancelot Threlkeld, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie - copy of letter to Saxe Bannister, attorney general, stating he is not yet competent to instruct in language of indigenous Australians; hopes Independent [Congregational] minister may be sent to Sydney; refuses to be answerable to Samuel Marsden; engaging in agriculture; execution of an indigenous Australian without trial; outbreak of lethal violence between settlers and indigenous Australians, many 'grieved that a man is come to seek the welfare of the Aborigines'
Samuel Marsden, Parramatta
annonymous draft, New South Wales, Sydney - essay of a gentleman of New South Wales on the likely extinction of the Aborigines of New South Wales and ameliorative measures to include a mission to New Holland [Australia], with budget |
| Extent: |
19 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 4 |
| 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 |