Name/TitleCorrespondence re Gippsland : History : 1911-1920
About this objectLarge collection of correspondence 1911-1920 pertaining to research on the early settlement of Gippsland from Leongatha to Western Port.
Most of the research material has been written or compiled by George Cox; correspondents include, Alfred Woolley Greig, B. Buntine, A. C. Curlewis, E. Wilson, Henry Selkirk, A. McKenzie Tyers, A. L. Johnson, Charles I. Du Vè and members of North and East Gippsland Pioneers' Associations.
Research relates to all aspects of Gippsland settlement, preservation of documents and photographs, and formation of historical societies.
Details of explorers, early runs and homesteads, pioneering families, trade, buildings, surveying, churches, court houses, cemeteries, ministers; particular reference to Angus McMillan's original diary; Port Albert shipping trade; wreck of the 'Royal Charter' and drowning of members of the Davis family; Bishop Perry's visit and the white woman myth.
Localities include Woodside, Bennison's Station, Lindenow, Rosedale, Stratford, Bairnsdale, Sale, Tarraville, Palmerston, Victoria (port) and Alberton.
Pioneering settlers include the Buntines, Curlewis, Turnbulls; James Davis, James Aitken, Andrew Hutton, John Campbell Glencoe, James Buckley, Mark David Fermauer, James McFarlane, Lachlan Macalister, Rev. E. G. Pryce, Rev. Bean, Hannah Wilson, Fanny Shorten, A. B. Glengarry and individuals with the surnames of Davidson, Hedley, Scutt, Stewart and Cody.
These letters provide much interesting material on early Gippsland settlement.
Keywords: Bennison's Station, Buckley, James, Buntine, B., Clergy, Courts, Cox, George, Davidson, ---, Davis family, Davis, James, Du Vè, Charles Ignatius, East Gippsland Pioneers Association, Glencoe, John Campbell, Glengarry, A. B., Historical Societies, Homesteads, Hutton, Andrew, Johnson, A.L., MacDonnell, Aeneas B., Macfarlane, James, McMillan, Angus, Palmerston, Perry, Charles, shipping trade, 'Royal Charter' (ship), Scutt, ---, Selkirk, Henry, Ships and shipping, Shipwrecks, Stewart, ---, Stratford, Turnbull family, McKenzie, Victoria (port), Wilson, E., Wilson, Hannah.
MakerCox, George, 1871-1946.
Maker RoleCompiler
Period1910-1920
Subject and Association KeywordsAlberton (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsBean, Charles Edwin Woodrow, 1879-1968.
Subject and Association KeywordsCemeteries
Subject and Association KeywordsChurches
Subject and Association KeywordsEast Gippsland (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsExplorers and Exploration
Subject and Association KeywordsGippsland (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsGreig, Alfred Woolley, 1873-1944.
Subject and Association KeywordsLeongatha (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsLindenow (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsPort Albert (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsRosedale (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsSale (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsWestern Port (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsTarraville (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsTyers (Vic.)
Named CollectionManuscripts Collection
Object TypeDocument
Object numberMS 000585 (Box 148-21)
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