Grenfell family - papers, 1857-1956

Item

Title
Grenfell family - papers, 1857-1956
Subject
Australia--Social life and customs
Gold mines and mining--History
Families--History
New South Wales--History
Farmers--Economic conditions
Bushrangers
Portuguese language
Correspondence
Category
1. Settlement
2. National boundaries
3. World War I
Creator
Grenfell Family
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Period of reference 
1857 – 1956
Link
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Y0KBMLa1
Series number
MLMSS 5873
Item number
Y0KBMLa1
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Bathurst
Sydney
Bourke
Forbes
Language 
Portuguese
English
Description from source
1857-1866; Correspondence. Mainly letters from John Granville Grenfell to his father John Pascoe Grenfell and to his mother (the latter in Portuguese). Also includes letters from Susie Grenfell (wife of J.G. Grenfell) and Alexander Dick to John Pascoe Grenfell. These letters were written from various places in NSW including Sydney, Bathurst, Forbes, Lachlan goldfields, Gulgoa River and Bourke. They discuss such matters as farm management, conditions on the goldfields, political policies affecting the goldfields, bushranging and routine family matters.
1866-1934; Material concerning the murder of John Granville Grenfell by bushrangers. Includes correspondence, newscuttings, booklet entitled 'Extracts and correspondence relating to the death of John Granville Grenfell Esq.' with typscript transcript.
1890-1956; Various family papers. Includes correspondence, newscuttings and printed material concerning land settlement and farming. Also includes passports of J.G. Grenfell and bank book and chequebooks of G.A.M. Grenfell.
Physical format
Correspondence
Letters
Newspapers
Books
Typescripts