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De BURGH FAMILY The collection consists mainly of correspondence between the de Burgh, Brockman and Lefroy families who were related through Henry de Burgh’s marriage to Annette Elizabeth Lefroy in 1878 and Anna Louisa de Burgh’s marriage to Henry Brockman in 1874. Business documents relating to the family properties are included together with Irish family histories. The manuscript papers and correspondence relating to “On Australia’s Rim” edited by William John de Burgh and published by Hesperian Press in 2006 also form part of the collection. Two brief family trees of the de Burgh and Lefroy families are included to assist in identifying family members. PRIVATE ARCHIVES MANUSCRIPT NOTE (MN647; ACC 7289A ) SUMMARY OF CLASSES AGREEMENTS APPLICATION FORMS BOOKLETS CERTIFICATES CORRESPONDENCE FILES FINANCIAL RECORDS GENEALOGIES HISTORIES INDEXES JOURNALS LEASES LEGAL DOCUMENTS LICENCES LISTS

MANUSCRIPTS MAPS MEMORANDUM NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS PHOTOGRAPHS POEMS POSTCARDS POSTMARKS QUESTIONAIRE REPORTS TELEGRAMS WILLS

Acc. No. DESCRIPTION

AGREEMENTS 7289A/1 1 January 1878 Robert de Burgh and his son Henry for the lease of Cowalla. Henry Brockman

and S. H. Parker’s settling accounts. (3 documents with note by W.J. de Burgh) APPLICATION FORMS 7289A/2 18 February 1916. To enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. R.S.M. de Burgh. 16 October 1916. Exemption from Military Service. Ernest Charles de Burgh. 16 October 1916. Exemption from Military Service. David James Andrews. 7289A/2A 6 June 1929. Approval of application No. 68/1480 Swan Location 3203. BOOKLETS 7289A/3 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Blackie’s English

MN 647 of 22 Copyright SLWA ©2011

Classics. Inscribed ‐Rachel Lukin, Ladies College, York, W. Aust. 7289A/4 ‘God’s Gift for you’ by E.J. Baldwin. Sent to Sidney by Mrs. Goold‐Adams.

Christmas 1896. CERTIFICATES 7289A/5 1882 Registration of Earmark/Cattle Brand. (2) CORRESPONDENCE 7289A/6 Adamson, Jean (1899‐1917) 7 May 1913, St. Ronans, Guildford. Miss Bedells to be governess at

Haisthorpe. Original

Andrews, W 7 September 1925, Gingin. ‘tell Fred to be very careful’.

Original Beermullah Race Club 21 December 1913. Election as patron of club.

Original Bennett n.d. Guildford. ‘the Geisha last night’. Notes on reverse.

Original 7289A/7 Brockman, Henry (1845‐1916) 16 November 1878, Caversham. To Charles Harper. Plan of western portion of

Caversham. Note by W. J. de Burgh. Photocopy

1879/1880, Cheriton. To Henry de Burgh. Farm business. (3 letters) Originals

1883/1884, Cheriton. To Henry de Burgh. Farm business. (2 letters) Originals

11 April 1893, Cheriton. To Henry de Burgh. Original

20 June 1896, Cheriton. To Henry de Burgh. Death of Annette de Burgh nee Lefroy. Original

7289A/8 Brockman, Mrs. Henry nee de Burgh (1855‐1932) 6 June 1892, Cheriton. To her brother Henry. Children’s education at

Woodbridge. Original

Easter 1899, Cheriton. To her brother Henry. Original

16 December 1901, Woodbridge. To her brother Henry. Care of their mother Clara, nee Welliton. Original

April/May 1925, South Perth. To her son Arthur William Brockman. (2 letters, envelope) Originals

7289A/9 Brockman, Julius Hugh (1876‐1949) 23 January 1902, Gingin. To his uncle Henry de Burgh. ’I will be a millionaire

soon’. Original


Brockman, Arthur William (1887‐1953) 5 November 1925, Cowalla. To Prospector Assistance Board.

Original 7289A/10 Burgh, Francis (1814‐1892) August 1846, Medina Hotel, East Cowes. To his mother, Lady Anna Burgh nee

Hely‐Hutchinson). (2 copies) Typescript copies

Burgh, Henry (1816‐1876) 2 December 1837, Castle Bernard. To his mother, Lady Anna Burgh nee Hely‐

Hutchinson). (2 copies) Typescript copies

7289A/11 Cockshott, Ada 6 December 1909, Bellair. To Rachel Lukin at the time of her wedding to

Sidney de Burgh. Letter with dried flower head and envelope. Original

7289A/12 de Burgh, Thomas J. (1851‐1931) 1896, Oldtown, Naas. Death of Sidney’s mother, Annette de Burgh. (3 letters)

Originals de Burgh, Emily 25 September 1896, Oldtown, Naas. Sidney’s visit to Oldtown.

Original 7289A/13 de Burgh, Robert (1822‐1884) 1866. To his son Henry. Two notes to Fanny on same page from Walter de

Burgh. Original

1879 ‐1881. To his son Henry. Moore River properties. (9 letters, incomplete letter to his daughter‐in‐law Bessie) Originals

7289A/14 de Burgh, Clara nee Welliton (1823‐1906) April/May 1879, Caversham to her son Henry. ‘should like to get rid of some,

if not all, of the wine before he (your father) makes his appearance’. (2 letters) Originals

30 October 1896, Water Hall, Guildford. To her grandson Sidney. Original

de Burgh, Fanny (1849‐1925) 8 January 1879, Caversham. To her brother Henry prior to her marriage to

Charles Harper. Original

7289A/15 de Burgh, Henry Augustus (1853‐1921) Henry was writing to his son Sidney except where indicated. n.d. Woodbridge. Children’s education at Cheriton.

Original n.d. Woodbridge. Possible sale of the river frontage at Caversham to a brick

company. Original

31 May 1884, Caversham. To his wife Bessie ‐ his father’s terminal illness. Original

10 January 1896, Cowalla. Sidney is at school in England. Original


25 June 1896, Caversham. Death of his wife Bessie nee Lefroy. Original

August/September/October 1896, Cowalla. Sidney to return from school in England to help run the family properties. (4 letters, envelope) Originals

7289A/16 de Burgh, Bessie nee Lefroy. (1856‐1896) 26 June 1879, Moore River. To her brother (Charlie). Charles E.C. Lefroy.

Terminal illness of their father, Maxwell Lefroy. Photocopy

c. 1884.To her husband Henry. Terminal illness of his father Robert de Burgh. Original

2 August 1887, Cowalla. To her brother (Charlie). Photocopy

7289A/17 13 June 1887, Cowalla. To her sister Ruth Lefroy. Original

January to May. 1896, Cowalla/Woodbridge. To her son Sidney who is at school in England. (5 letters) Originals

April/May1896, Woodbridge. To her husband Henry. (3 letters) Originals

7289A/18 de Burgh, Robert Walter (1847‐1873) 22 November 1872, Cowagin. To Lionel Lukin. With note by W. J. de Burgh.

Original and photocopy 24 December 1872, Caversham. To Lionel Lukin. His engagement to Sabina

Williams. Original and photocopy

7289A/19 de Burgh, Robert Sidney Maxwell (1880‐1946) 28 January 1892, London, UK. To his father.

Original March/April 1896, King’s School, Ely. To Mother and Father. (2 letters)

Originals 17 April 1896, Parkhurst, Hampton Court. To Father

Original 5 July 1899, Moore River. To his father.

Original 7289A/20 The content of these letters is summarized by W.J. de Burgh on two pages of

penciled notes. They were written by Robert to his brother Ernest or his two sons except where indicated.

March 1916, Guildford. (2 letters) Originals

March/April 1916, S.S. Mongolia. (2 letters) Originals

May‐September1916, Tavistock House, New Barnet. (8 letters) Originals

September/October 1916, UK. To ‘My dear Uncle’ (4 letters) Photocopies

October/November 1916, Tavistock House, UK. (2 letters) Originals

28 November 1916, Oldtown, Naas. Original


7289A/21 De Burgh, Una (1881‐1967) Una was writing to her brother Sidney at school in England. The letters were

written at the time or after the death of their mother. n.d. Cowalla. (2 letters)

Originals June 1896, Cowalla/Woodbridge. (2 letters)

Originals June/July 1896, Caversham. (2 letters)

Originals July 1896, Cowalla. (3 letters)

Originals September, Cheriton. (3 letters and envelope)

Originals 7289A/22 de Burgh, Fanny (1885‐1939) July/August 1896, Cheriton. Fanny was writing to her brother Sidney at school

in England. (3 letters) Originals

August/September 1899, Woodbridge. To her father. (2 letters) Originals

10 September 1899, Nalyring (sic). To her brother Sidney. Original

14 May 1903, Bergala. Sidney is employed at Upper Liveringa Station in the Kimberley. Envelope with notation by W.J. de Burgh. Original

7289A/23 de Burgh, Ernest Charles 8 November 1917, Seymour Military Camp. To his nephew Bobbie de Burgh.

Original 20 November 1917, Melbourne. To his brother Sidney.

Original 30 January 1918, Salisbury Plain. To his nephew Bobbie de Burgh.

Original 29 April 1919, Charleroi, Belgium To his nephews Bobbie and Billie de Burgh.

(2 letters) Originals

1918/1919, France. To his nephews Bobbie and Billie de Burgh. (3 letters) Originals

12 April 1921 to 20 March 1922. Cowalla & Perth. Letters to Sidney de Burgh at Kareenya Hospital & Haisthorpe, c/o of Mrs.

Adamson and Woodbridge c/o Mrs. Harper. Note by W. J. de Burgh. (15 letters) Originals

7289A/24 de Burgh, Robert 23 April 1962, Cowalla. To his sister Mary.

Original de Burgh, Mary (1916‐ n.d. To her brother Bob.

Original June 1926, Gingin. To her brother Bill.

Original 1928 ‐ April 1932, Perth College, Mount Lawley.


Mary was writing, often amusing letters to her mother and brothers Bob and Bill about school activities, excursions and weekends with family or friends. (47 letters) Originals

7289A/25 April 1947 to January 1949, Perth. To her brother Bill, now married to Margaret nee Wedge. Library work and night school typing and bookkeeping. Appointed Librarian in January 1948. (22 letters and recipe ‘For the Horse’) Originals or Typescript

7289A/26 May 1951 to June 1954, February 1961 to March 1969, Perth. To her brother Bill. Trials of library management. Deaths of their brother Robert and mother Rachel. (21 letters) Originals

de Burgh, William John 7289A/27 18 June 1930, Cowalla. To his sister Mary at Perth College. Farm news and

social activities. Original

1944/1945, Cowalla. To his sister Mary in Perth. Farm and family matters. (3 letters) Originals

7289A/28 May 1947 to December 1948, Cowalla. Marriage to Margaret Wedge. Family and farm financial matters. (28 letters) Originals

7289A/29 March 1949 to November 1952, Cowalla. To his sister Mary. Birth of his son Sidney. Progress with family history. Farm developments. Changes planned at East Guildford Cemetery. (14 letters) Originals

7289A/30 January 1953 to November 1961, Cowalla. To his sister Mary. Royal Visit and Garden Party. Farm news, family financial matters and provision of care for their mother in Perth. Road Board and local government business. (38 letters) Originals

7289A/31 February 1962 to May 1965, Cowalla and Baramba. To his sister Mary. Children’s schooling, farm developments, rearrangements of family business. (30 letters) Originals

7289A/32 Summary of letters 7289A/32 and 33 by W.J. de Burgh. February 1966 to November 1969, Baramba. To his sister Mary. Death of their

mother, Rachel, nee Lukin. Local and family history projects. Dedication of replacement church window at St. Luke’s, Gingin. Originals

7289A/33 February 1970 to July 1973, Baramba. To his sister Mary. New business partnerships. National Trust and Historical Society interest in Cowalla Homestead. Sale of Cowalla to Julia Jones Matthews of Abiline, Texas for $185,000. (23 letters) Originals

7289A/34 de Burgh, Margaret nee Wedge 3 August 1949, Cowalla. To her sister‐in‐law Mary.

Original 1961/1962, Cowalla. To her sister‐in‐law Mary. (2 letters)

Originals 7289A/35 Clinch, C.J. 31 March 1896, Joyces Flat, via Moora.


Original Denston, Walter 1896, Hereward, King’s School Ely. Death of Sidney’s mother.

Original 7 October 1900, Eastbourne, UK. Reminiscences of school days at Ely

Original Department of Lands and Surveys 16 August 1954. To Mary de Burgh. Swan Location 5393.

Typescript Dewar W. A 10 February 1903, Gingin. To Mr. H. de Burgh.

Original 7289A/36 Ewing, Jno 23 February 1910, Survey Camp. To Henry de Burgh.

Original Flemyng, George G 9 August, The Grange, Ely. Letter and prescription.

Original 7289A/37 Goold‐Adams, Charlotte K 25 July 1896, Bournemouth, UK.

Original Goold‐Adams, F. L. (1818‐1905) June/December 1896. Bournemouth/Lausanne. Death of Annette de Burgh.

(4 letters, note and card) Originals

Guildford Grammar School 7289A/37A 1928 ‐1929. Letters to and from G.G.S. (13 letters)

Copies 7289A/38 Harper, Charles 23 July 1896, Woodbridge, Guildford. To Harry Brockman.

Original Harper, Fanny nee de Burgh n.d. Woodbridge. To her brother Henry.

Original c.1891/1892, Woodbridge. To her brother Henry. (4 letters)

Originals 5 April 1897, Woodbridge. To her nephew Sidney.

Original 1899, Woodbridge. To her brother Henry. (3 letters)

Originals Harper, Clara Julia c. 1891, Woodbridge. To her uncle Henry de Burgh.

Original Harper, Aileen n.d. Perth. To Bill and Margaret.

Original 7289A/39 Hawes, Anne nee Lefroy n.d. Part of letter only.

Original 30 January 1895, King’s School Ely. To her sister Bessie de Burgh.


Original June 1896, The College/ King’s School Ely. To her nephew Sidney on the death

of his mother. (3 letters) Originals

8 March 1900, King’s School, Ely. To her nephew Sidney. Original

7289A/40 Henn, Percy 22 November 1924. Enrolment at Guildford Grammar School.

Original King, Henry 21 July 1896, Mount Pleasant, Gingin Brook.

Original 7289A/41 King’s School, Ely 20 June 1896, Hereward Hall. Death of Sidney’s mother.

Original 7289A/42 Lefroy, General J. H. n.d. End page of letter only.

Original 8 September 1884, Hamilton, Ontario. To his brother Anthony.

Original 7289A/43 Lefroy, Henry Maxwell n.d. End page of letter only with transcript.

Original May 1864, Fremantle. To his wife Annette, nee Bate

Original c.1868. To his daughter Annette Elizabeth. (3 letters)

Originals 7298A/44 Lefroy, John Henry Maxwell 29 November 1891, Katanning. To Henry de Burgh.

Original 16 November 1892, Sandalwood. To his sister Bessie de Burgh.

Original 20 November 1893, Survey Camp, Pinjarrah. To his sister Bessie de Burgh.

Original 19 June 1896, Caversham. To Sidney de Burgh on the death of his mother.

Original Lefroy, Henry Bedford 29 June 1896, Walebing. To Henry de Burgh on the death of his wife.

Original 7289A/45 Lefroy, Charles E. C. June‐August 1896, Ilford, UK. To Sidney de Burgh on the death of his mother.

(3 letters, photograph of St. Clement’s Church) Originals

15 December 1896, Hillcote, Bournemouth. To Sidney de Burgh. Original

1 September 1898, Helena Vale. To Henry de Burgh. Original

8 May 1901, Clergy College, Perth. To Henry de Burgh. Una and Fanny de Burgh to go to England. Original


5 August 1909, Perth. To R.S.M. de Burgh re E.C. de Burgh at school. Original

17 February 1915, Crowthorne, Berkshire, UK. To his mother Annette nee Bate. Original

25 July 1918, Godalming, UK. To his mother. Original

7289A/46 Lefroy, George A. June 1896, South Kensington/Roehampton, UK. To Henry and Sidney de Burgh

on the death of Annette, wife and mother. Originals

(2 letters) 20 October 1902, Guildford. Engagement to Marian Watkins.

Original Lefroy, Marian nee Watkins 24 September 1921. To Betty Bleazby ‐ Best wishes. 7289A/47 Lefroy, Annette Elizabeth, (Bessie) 6 September 1878, Fremantle. To her brother Charles E.C. Lefroy. (Charlie).

Clara de Burgh engaged to Charles Harper. Photocopy

Lefroy, Lucy 26 July 1879, Serpentine. To her brother Charles, telling of their father’s

death. Original

Lefroy, Ruth June/July 1896, Hillcote, Bournemouth. To Sidney on the death of his mother.

(3 letters) Originals

Lefroy, Freda 29 July 1896, Cowalla. To Sidney on the death of his mother.

Original 7289A/48 Le Souef, Lance 7 November 1922, Perth. Re dingoes.

Original Main Roads Department 9 January 1959. Engineers Field Day. Letter and account.

Photocopy McKenzie Grant 16 July 1924, Newmarracarra. To Arthur William Brockman. Employment

opportunities on stations. Original

Milne, Mrs. E 1 April 1896, Edinburgh. Kindness to her son George.

Original 7289A/49 Monk, Fanny nee de Burgh (1885‐1939) 1920/1921, Goudhurst, UK. Sidney de Burgh transfers Cowalla to his brother

Ernest. (4 letters) Originals

1921/1922, Nigeria. Financial help offered to Sidney. (4 letters, 2 envelopes) Originals


Monk, George 15 March 1946, Dulwich, UK. To Bill de Burgh. Darlington block bought by his

first wife Fanny, nee de Burgh. Original

Monk, Una (1917‐2003) 29 June 1952, West Dulwich, UK. To Bill de Burgh. Repayment of £300 lent by

her mother. Original

7289A/50 Marris, Ken n.d. Darlington. Letter and report on Fanny de Burgh’s Darlington block.

Original 7289A/51 Morrison, James 17 May 1896, Water Hall, Guildford. To Henry de Burgh.

Original 18 June 1896, Water Hall, Guildford. To Henry de Burgh on the death of his

mother. Original

Morrison, Clara nee de Burgh 14 July 1898, Water Hall. To her brother Henry.

Original Morrison, Ulick de Burgh 19 August 1896, Northallerton, UK. To Sidney de Burgh.

Original 7289A/52 Paterson, Annette 10 September 1966, Cottesloe. To Bill and Mary de Burgh on the death of

their mother. Original

Pritchett 9 June 1896, Oxford. Lettercard. 7289A/53 Robertson, Lucie, nee Lefroy 19 June 1896, Hillcote, Bournemouth. To Sidney on the death of his mother.

Original Rock 5 June 1922, Bermullah.

Original Rose, Percy 1 August 1909, Liveringa Station. Sidney’s forthcoming marriage. Letter and

account. Original

Shaw, Robert 24 February 1902, Tibradden.

Original Sunday Times Publishing Company Limited. 25 January 1912. Land sale advertisement.

Typescript Taylor, Rowland and Fanny 24 January 1902, Newcastle. To Henry de Burgh. Permission to hunt

kangaroos. Original

Thomas, John


26 March 1897, Moore River. To Henry de Burgh. Original

7289A/54 Tristram, Flora (Aunt) 25 June 1896, Hampton Court. To Sidney on the death of his mother.

Original 14 December 1896, Hampton Court. Sidney returns to Western Australia.

Original Tristram, Flora (Cousin) 25 June 1896, Hampton Court. To Sidney on the death of his mother.

Original Tristram, Zoe 23 October 1904, Hampton, Middx. UK. To Walter.

Original Tristram, C. Zoe 28 December 1951, Tanganyika, East Africa. To Mrs. Clara Robertson.

Genealogical information. Original

1 December 1956, Mombasa, Kenya. To Mrs. Clara Robertson. Original

Tighe, Caroline 23 May 1904, Ashford, Co. of Wicklow. To Walter.

Original 7289A/55 Watkins, Glyn 18 August 1902, Fremantle. Cockburn Sound Loc. 134.

Original Wedge, J. E. 25 June 1899, Whakea, Gingin. Letter incomplete.

Original 29 September 1902, Whakea, Gingin.

Original Williams, W.R. 16 December 1902, Gingin. Election.

Original Writers not identified n.d. Cheriton. To ‘Dear Sir’. Legacy from Lady Rathdonnell.

Original 24 November 1894. To ‘My dear Bessie’.

Original CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO ‘ON AUSTRALIA’S RIM’ edited by W. J. de

Burgh and published by Hesperian Press in 2006. 7289A/56 Anglican Diocese of Brisbane November 2002. Groote Eyland/Roper River Mission records. (2 letters,copy

and original) Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

(AIATSIS) February 2003. Reminiscences. A.J. Dyer 1915 ‐1934 (2 letters, copy and

original). Two notes. February/March 2005. Copyright ‐ A. J. Dyer. (2 letters, copy and original). 7289A/57 Baker, Jeannine February/April 2003. Research request on de Lancourt. (4 letters, 3 copies,


one original) September/October 2004. Aidan de Brune ‐ enquiry and reply. (2 letters, copy

and original, note). 7289A/58 Battye Library 3 February 2003. Western Mail articles. Letter and note.

Copy Bible Society In Australia March/May 2003. Request for information on de Lancourt. (3 letters, 2

copies, I original) Boolathana Station 22 September 2005. Request for information on Edward Carey Francis.

Copy Busselton Historical Society March 2003. Request for information on de Lancourt. (2 letters, copy and

original) 7289A/59 Cairns Historical Society April/May 2005. Request for information on de Lancourt. (3 letters, two

copies, one original) Cambridge University 12 October 2004. de Lancourt’s claim to have been a student.

Copy Chief Protector of Aborigines, Perth. 25 March 1927. de Lancourt’s debt for cost of maintaining four natives

removed by him without permission from West Kimberley to Wyndham. Typescript

7289A/60 Church Missionary Society July/September 2002. de Lancourt ‐ enquiry and reply with extracts from “A

History of the Church Missionary Society of Australia”. Roper River Mission records lost. (8 letters, 5 original, 3 copies)

7289A/61 Commonwealth of Australia 1928/1929. North Australia Administration ‐ employment of native labour,

land settlement and pearling. Department of Defence ‐ suspicious movements of de Lancourt. (6 copy letters, 3 with transcripts)

7289A/62 Consulat general de France March/May 2005, de Lancourt research and reply. (2 letters, one copy, one

original. 7289A/63 Department of Land Administration 7 February 1999. To The Geographic Names Section. Sketches by de Lancourt.

Copy and note. 22 July 2005. Email to Peter Bridge ‐ de Lancourt’s maps. 7289A/64 de Burgh, William John n.d. Standard letter for research purposes. Dupuis, Marc 29 September 2003, France. To John Ribbens, Balcatta. Information on de

Lancourt in France. Photocopy

Francis, Edward Carey 1 April 1928, “Oitule” Burketown. To Mr. Dyer – disappearing money and

boat. Typescript copy


12 April 1928, Groote Eyland Mission. To Mr. Ormond. Account of time spent with de Lancourt. Copy

Heidelberg University 2 November 2004. de Lancourt’s claim to have been a student. Copy and

reply. 7289A/65 Le Courier Australien 15 May 2003. de Lancourt research.

Copy Mitchell Library December 2002. Request for information on de Lancourt. (3 letters, one

original, 2 copies) 7289A/66 National Archives of Australia. 1925 ‐1928. Copies of letters ‐ de Lancourt and various government

departments with transcriptions where possible. Summary of content by W. J. de Burgh.

7289A/67 Newspapers 2004. Courier Mail, Melbourne Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Adelaide

Advertiser. Can you help? (4 copies. one reply) 7289A/68 Northern Territory Archives Service December 2002 ‐ February 2003. Information on de Lancourt and Francis.

Perriman interview. (5 letters, 3 original, 2 copies) 2005/2006. de Lancourt in the Northern Territory. Map showing Roper River

Mission and extract from ‘One Blood’ by John Harris. The Unfinished Walk of Jean de Lancourt. Neville Green. Quadrant. Volume XLV111 Number 7. (2 copies) (6 letters, 3 copies, 3 original) 3 March 2006. Receipt for copy of book.

7289A/69 Northern Territory Police November 2002. Request for information on de Lancourt. (2 letters, copy and

original) Northern Territory University January/February 2000. Research on de Lancourt. (2 letters, copy and

original) 7289A/70 O’Mara, Gillian 6 September 2002. Western Mail ‐ de Lancourt articles. Letter and note. Oxford University 10 June 2004. de Lancourt’s claim to have been a student.

Copy 7289A/71 Port George IV Mission n.d. de Lancourt and Francis at the Mission. Letter from Jean Holmes, Mission

teacher. Copy

7289A/72 Queensland Government ‐ State Archives November 2002. Request for information on de Lancourt. (2 letters)

Originals Queensland Police Service March/April 2005. de Lancourt research. 2 notes. (4 letters, 2 copies, 2

original) 7289A/73 Royal Australian Historical Society March/April 2000. Research enquiry and acknowledgement. (2 letters, copy


and original) Royal Western Australian Historical Society 11 January 1999. To Northern Territory University. (Letter and note)

Copies Royal Geographic Society 21 October 2005. Research enquiry and acknowledgement. (2 emails) 7289A/74 (Royal) South Australian Historical Society 17 December 2002. Research on de Lancourt. Copy letter and note. South Australian Police Historical Society Inc. March/April 2005. Research on de Lancourt. Enclosure – extract from Police

Gazette, note. (3 letters, 2 copies, and original) South Australian Professional Historians Assn. 4 January 2003. Research on de Lancourt and de Brune.

Copy Speirs, Geoff July/August 2005, Seaview Downs, SA. de Lancourt in South Australia. (4

letters, 2 original, 2 copies and notes) 7289A/75 State Library of South Australia January 2003. Aidan de Brune. Notes. Extracts from Who’s Who in Australia.

(3 letters, 2 copies and original) 4 January 2003. Research on de Lancourt and Aidan de Brune. 7289A/76 State Records Office, Perth 15 May 2003. Police report on death of F. S. Easton 7289A/77 Stockman’s Hall of Fame 10 November 2002. Research enquiry.

Copy 27 June 2003. Acknowledgement of assistance.

Copy 7289A/78 Sunday Mail, Adelaide April/June 2005. Can you help? 7289A/79 The Residency, Broome 18 September 1926. Advice on future plans ‐ de Lancourt and Francis.

Copy 7289A/80 Victoria Police 1 March 2005. Research on de Lancourt.

Copy ESSAY 7289A/81 Women’s Suffrage. Written by Rachel M. Lukin 10 December 1899.

Original FILES 7289A/82 1887‐1903. Correspondence with Union Bank & Equitable Life Ins. during the

1890’s Depression. 7289A/83 1900 ‐1901. R.S.M. de Burgh taking over Cowalla. 7289A/84 1907 Cowalla Bridge ‐ original plan with notes and correspondence. 7289A/85 1912/1922. Mary Adamson to act on behalf of her children. Re money owing

to her sister Rachel de Burgh from their father’s estate. 7289A/86 1914 ‐1915. Wallder and Loc. 2719 & PL 1210/93 7289A/87 10 August 1922. T. McCormick ‐ application to select 2000 acres from P.L.


2432/93. 7289A/88 Irrigation at Cowalla. Bidaminna cave guano. 7289A/89 Estates of Robert (died 1884) and Clara (died 1906) de Burgh. Stone & Burt

accounts and related matters. Pencil note from Henry Brockman to Henry de Burgh relating to his father’s last illness.

7289A/90 1932. Exchange Pt. Reserve 741 for land to form a Reserve at the Cowalla Bridge.

7289A/91 1918, 1926/1927. W.A. Trustee Co./Parker & Parker. Valuations and advances.

7289A/92 August 1913. Offer of Baramba to R.S.M. de Burgh by W.T. & F. King. 7289A/93 1914/1929. Moore River settlers ‐ assistance with their affairs. 7289A/94 1921. Attempt to sell Cowalla on E.C. de Burgh taking over from R.S.M. de

Burgh. Release of Cowalla from debts to sisters and debt to E.C. de Burgh. FINANCIAL RECORDS 7289A/95 Sales of Cattle and Pigs from Cowalla 1880 ‐1896. 7289A/96 1891‐1896. School accounts from Dulwich and King’s School, Ely. R.S.M. de

Burgh. 1901. Guildford Grammar School. E.C. de Burgh. 7289A/97 1878 ‐1889. Accounts between Cheriton and Cowalla. 7289A/98 28 November 1882, Guildford. Sale of “Boongarra” and Government Licences.

Letter and account. August 1892, Perth. Transfer‐Guildford Town Lot 37. (2 letters and accounts) 7289A/99 1889/1900. Failure of Albert & Co., Butchers. 7289A/100 Not used 7289A/101 3 July 1903. S. de Burgh in account with The Kimberley Pastoral Coy. Ltd. 7289A/102 Not used 7289A/103 Not used 7289A/104 1 May 1946. Purchase of trout fingerling for Bambun, Gingin Brook and

Moore River. Estate of Mrs. F.L. Goold‐Adams. 7289A/105 September 1905 to July 1906. General Income Account. 7289A/106 1906. Correspondence from Burton, Yeates & Hart, UK and Western

Australian Bank. (13 letters) 7289A/107 1907. General Income Accounts (2) Receipt. Correspondence from Burton,

Yeates & Hart and Western Australian Bank. (4 letters) 7289A/108 August 1907. Accounts Nos. 1 ‐10 of the Executors & Trustees. 7289A/109 1908. Income Accounts. (2) Correspondence from Burton, Yeates & Hart and

Western Australian Bank. (5 letters) 7289A/110 1909 to 1911. Income Accounts. (5) Receipts (2). Correspondence from

Burton, Yeates & Hart. (5 letters) 7289A/111 1912/1913. Income Accounts. (3) Correspondence from Burton, Yeates &

Hart. (4 letters) 7289A/112 1914/1918. Income Accounts. (3) Receipts. (3) Correspondence from Burton, Yeates & Hart. (5 letters) GENEALOGIES 7289A/113 Family tree commencing with the marriage of Robert de Burgh and Clara

Welliton in 1847. Compiled by W.J. de Burgh.


Family tree commencing with the marriage of Henry Maxwell Lefroy and Annette Bate in 1853. Compiled by Patrick Bunbury.

7289A/113A Genealogical notes ‐ de Burgh family. HISTORIES 7289A/114 The de Burgh family with special reference to the Oldtown Branch. Mainly

compiled from data collected by the late Lt. Col. T.J. de Burgh of Oldtown. (Pages 1‐20) Original

7289A/115 The de Burgh family with special reference to the Oldtown Branch. Mainly compiled from data collected by the late Lt. Col. T.J. de Burgh of Oldtown. (Pages 1‐37) Typescript

7289A/116 The de Burgh family with special reference to the Oldtown Branch. Mainly compiled from data collected by the late Lt. Col. T.J. de Burgh of Oldtown. (Pages 1‐28) Typescript carbon copy

7289A/117 The de Burgh family with special reference to the Oldtown Branch. Mainly compiled from data collected by the late Lt. Col. T.J. de Burgh of Oldtown. Annotated copy (Pages 1‐28) Photocopy

7289A/118 The de Burghs of Oldtown by Lieut.‐Colonel Thomas J. de Burgh Printed

INDEXES These indexes relate to ‘On Australia’s Rim’. JC de Lancourt’s Travels in

Western Australia 1924 ‐1929. Edited by W. J. de Burgh, published in 2006 by Hesperian Press.

7289A/119 Old Index, Aboriginal people, Events, Vessels, Places, People, Newspapers, Contents.

7289A/120 New Index (2) 7289A/121 Index superseded. Miscellaneous notes. INVOICES Sample of Gingin Storekeepers Accounts. 7289A/122 1878. E. Courthope. 1879. W. Clements. T. J. Jones. 1880. John Baynham. 1881. John Dewar. R. Collett, Bootmaker. David Lyons. 1884. Thomas Cook. John Cockman, Victoria Hotel. 1887. J. Meakin, Blacksmith. 1889. Ellis & King, Midland Junction. 1890. Jas. V. Jones, Granville Hotel. 7289A/122A John Allpike, R. Atkinson, Guildford. J.W. Barnard, Brown & Allen, (4) Perth. J

& S. Christie, Perth. Richard Clarke, Stirling Arms Hotel, Guildford (2). Elder Shenton & Co. with pedigree of Bay Colt, Sandy McInnes. W.F. Guppy, Guildford. W. G. Hearman, Perth. W.N. Howell, Undertaker, Guildford. S. Hymus, Perth. James Morrison, Guildford, (4). A. Douglas Jones, Undertaker, Guildford. Joseph Doonan, Fremantle. King Edward Hotel, Perth. (2). Marine Hotel, Seaton Carew, UK. Morrison & Crossland. Padbury, Loton & Co. (2).


Piaggio & Mckinlay, Perth. Robert Smith, Perth. Rose & Crown, Guildford. Stone & Burt, Legal costs. (2). William Sandover. F. Solomon & Co. Fremantle. B. Stein & Co. John Cockman, Victoria Hotel. John Summers. William Wheatley, Stirling Arms and Freemasons Hotel, Guildford.(2). W.B. Wood, Guildford. George Worth, Guildford.

JOURNALS 7289A/123 January 1843. Account of an expedition to the S.E. York in search of a large

lake or inland sea by Messrs Landor and Lefroy. Typescript

May ‐ July 1863. Account of an expedition for exploring the interior of the colony eastward of York by Henry Maxwell Lefroy. Typescript

LEASES 7289A/124 8 March 1870. Tillage Lease No. 5970 to Robert de Burgh of Caversham.

Original 7289A/125 1 January 1886. Pastoral Lease No. 1/82 to Henry de Burgh of Moore River.

Application approved 21 January 1886. 7289A/126 26 August 1914. Pastoral Lease No. 2432/93 to Robert Sydney Maxwell de

Burgh. of Gingin. n.d. Transfer of Land ‐ Pastoral Lease 2433/93 to William Robert McCormick. LEGAL DOCUMENTS 7289A/127 Annette de Burgh’s nee Lefroy private money and the 1893 Bank Crash. T.A.

Bates Estate. Lady Rathdonnell’s Estate. June 1890. Duplicate copies of Bills of Exchange. 1 September 1890. Indenture. H de Burgh Esqr. and wife To James Morrison

Esqre. 5 April 1900. Indenture. Henry de Burgh Esquire to James Morrison Esquire. June/July 1890. G. Buckmill, UK to Mrs. Annette de Burgh. Lady Rathdonnell’s

Estate. (3 letters) 8 August 1890. James Morrison to Henry Augustus de Burgh. 9 July 1896. James Morrison to Henry Augustus de Burgh. 1890/1893. James Morrison’s correspondence with Bessie (Annette de Burgh)

(15 letters) August 1923. West Australian Trustee, Executor & Agency Company to R.S. M.

de Burgh. T. A. Bate’s Trust. (2 letters and 8 pages of accounts) 22 September 1933. WA Trustee to R.S.M. de Burgh. T. A. Bate’s Trust. 7289A/128 13 March 1916. Power of Attorney. R.S.M. de Burgh to E. C. de Burgh.

Document and envelope. LICENCES 7289A/128A 1873 ‐ 1884. Licences to occupy Pastoral Lands. Robert de Burgh. Swan No.

8873, A4324 (2), Matthew Edwards. A4574. Henry de Burgh. 6/149, No. 6/258 & 6/259.

LISTS The following lists relate to ‘On Australia’s Rim’. JC de Lancourt’s Travels in

Western Australia 1924 ‐ 1929. Edited by W. J. de Burgh, published in 2006


by Hesperian Press. 7289A/129 Acknowledgements ‐ assistance with publication of ‘On Australia’s Rim’. 7289A/130 Names and addresses of recipients of copies of ‘On Australia’s Rim’. 7289A/131 Contents list (8 pages) 7289A/132 Miscellaneous ‐ newspaper articles, chapter headings, addresses. MANUSCRIPTS 7289A/133 n.d. A Story of the Cowalla Coast Run. 1873 ‐1964. by W. J. de Burgh.

Published by Hesperian Press. Typescript

7289A/134 Superseded. A Story of the Cowalla Coast Run. 1873 ‐1964. by W. J. de Burgh. Published by Hesperian Press. Typescript

7289A/135 Final 24 March 2007. A Story of the Cowalla Coast Run. 1873 ‐1964. by W. J. de Burgh. Published by Hesperian Press. Typescript

7289A/135A Miscellaneous manuscript notes. The following manuscripts relate to ‘On Australia’s Rim’. JC de Lancourt’s

Travels in Western Australia 1924 ‐1929. Edited by W. J. de Burgh, published in 2006 by Hesperian Press.

7289A/136 Introductions. 7289A/137 Full manuscript ‐ pages 1 ‐ 132.

Typescript 7289A/138 1st Draft. Pages 1 ‐ 17.

Typescript 7289A/139 Chapters 2 ‐ 6 pages 12 ‐ 32.

Typescript 7289A/140 Chapter 31. Pages 1 ‐ 24.

Typescript 7289A/141 Manuscript notes. 7289A/141A Manuscript notes. MAPS 7289A/142 Moore River ‐Land and coastal locations. (8)

Photocopies Moore River ‐Locations A4324 and A4574. The following maps relate to ‘On Australia’s Rim’. JC de Lancourt’s Travels in

Western Australia 1924 ‐1929. Edited by W. J. de Burgh, published in 2006 by Hesperian Press.

7289A/142A Rough sketches by J. C. de Lancourt. (3) Miscellaneous Western Australia and Northern Territory with annotations. (9) Photocopies

NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS 7289A/143 20 April 1909. Wedding of Una de Burgh to Dr. Ernest Milne in the UK. The following newspaper cuttings relate to ‘On Australia’s Rim’. JC de

Lancourt’s Travels in Western Australia 1924 ‐1929. Edited by W. J. de Burgh, published in 2006 by Hesperian Press.

7289A/144 31 March 1924. The Herald, Melbourne. Round Australia. Photocopy & Transcript


8 May 1924. Adelaide Advertiser. Round the Continent. Transcript

13 January 1927. Northern Territory Times. Walking around Australia. Transcript

25 September 1928. Northern Territory Times Globe trotters, Parasites and others. Photocopy & Transcript

7289A/145 January/February 1929. Adelaide Advertiser (The Mail). 3 articles by “Courlan” pen name of JC de Lancourt. Aboriginal Mythology ‐ Totem Myths and Astrological Fables. Nimbawa ‐ A Myth of Creation. Myth of Creation ‐ Origin of the Buckingham River. Photocopies

7289A/146 May/June 1929. Smith’s Weekly. ‘On Australia’s Rim’. JC de Lancourt’s Travels in Western Australia 1924 ‐1929. Edited by W. J. de Burgh, published in 2006. (2) Photocopy & Transcript

NOTES 7289A/146A Notes on the contents of the collection by W.J. de Burgh, with further

references. Miscellaneous research notes. 7289A/146B Medical notes. Durable Whitewash formula. Marian Lefroy to Miss Betty

Bleazby ‐ best wishes. These notes relate to ‘On Australia’s Rim’. JC de Lancourt’s Travels in

Western Australia 1924 ‐1929. Edited by W. J. de Burgh, published in 2006. 7289A/147 Miscellaneous research notes. PHOTOGRAPHS 7289A/147A Sepia print ‐Dr. Ernest Milne and Sheila. POEMS 7289A/148 ‘Cradle Song of the Poor’ Unsigned. “Father take my hand”. Miss Lefroy, Fremantle. POSTCARDS 7289A/148A 1976, Kuala Lumpur/Hong Kong. Mary de Burgh to her brother. (2 cards) POSTMARKS 7289A/149 1896 ‐ 1901. Envelopes addressed to Henry de Burgh at Cowalla, Moore River.

(4) 1896. Envelopes addressed to R.S.M. (Sydney) de Burgh at various addresses in

England and Australia. (20) 1900. Envelope addressed to R.S.M. (Sydney) de Burgh at Cowalla. 1906/1909, 1913. Envelopes addressed to R.S.M. (Sydney) de Burgh at Cowalla.

(3) 1921/1922. Envelopes addressed to R.S.M. (Sydney) de Burgh at Haisthorpe,

Beverley. (2) At Woodbridge (2) At Kareenya Private Hospital. (1) At Cowalla. (1)

1929 ‐ 1931. Envelopes addressed to Robert H. de Burgh at Cowalla and Subiaco. (2) Envelope addressed to Mrs. S. (Rachel) de Burgh at Cowalla. Envelopes addressed to W.J. de Burgh at Guildford Grammar School (2) Yakabindie. (1) Cowalla (2)


1947‐1951. Envelopes addressed to W.J. de Burgh at Cowalla. (5) 1962 ‐1968. Envelopes addressed to W.J. de Burgh at Cowalla and Baramba. (5) 1930. Envelope addressed to Mary de Burgh at Perth College. 1945 ‐1950. Envelopes addressed to Mary de Burgh at Mount Street, Perth. 1951 ‐ 1960. Envelopes addressed to Mary de Burgh at Mount Street, Perth

(11) and South Perth. (1) 1961 ‐ 1970. Envelopes addressed to Mary de Burgh at Mount Street, Perth. (5)

Mount Hospital. (1) 74 Mounts Bay Road. (11) 7289A/149A Envelopes addressed to R.S.M. de Burgh. Australia (6) UK (9) QUESTIONAIRE 7289A/149B 1893. School exercise ‐ Dulwich College Prep School. REPORTS 7289A/150 1893 ‐1895 School reports ‐ Dulwich College and Kings School, Ely. R.S.M. de

Burgh. Reports relating to ‘On Australia’s Rim’. JC de Lancourt’s Travels in Western

Australia 1924‐1929. Edited by W. J. de Burgh, published by Hesperian Press in 2006.

7289A/151 11 May 1928. Extract. Acting Officer of Customs, Roper River Mission. Suspicious activities of de Lancourt. Copy

10 July 1928. Extract. To The Collector ‐ nothing suspicious during stay in Broome. Copy

TELEGRAMS 7289A/152 n.d. Mary de Burgh to her brother Bill. (2) WILLS 7289A/153 12 February 1901. Mrs. F.L. Goold‐Adams. Accompanying original letter from

Burton, Yeates & Hart dated 20 October 1905. (Pages 1‐3) Copy

Holdings = cm. NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS

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HEADING / KEYWORDS NEWSPAPER TITLE DATE / PAGE NO.

Walking Round Australia Western Argus 25 October 1921 Walking Round Australia Roebourne News 3 February 1923 Walking Round Australia Northern Times 10 February 1923 The Nor‐West and its Problems Northern Times 7 April 1923 The Nor‐West and its Problems Northern Times 21 April 1923 Walking Round Australia Northern Times 21 April 1923 The Nor‐West and its Problems Northern Times 28 April 1923 Journalist’s long walk Kalgoorlie Miner 11 May 1923 Walk Round Australia Albany Despatch 20 November 1924 Round Australia. A tramp of West Australian 9 January 1925


15,000 miles Page 8 Around Australia. Skirting the Bight on foot

Western Mail 22 January 1925

Walking Round Australia. A 15,000 miles tramp

Geraldton Guardian 19 February 1925

A walk round Australia Northern Times 3 April 1925 An Appreciation Northern Times 10 April 1925 Around Australia. Perth to Carnarvon

Western Mail 23 April 1925 Page 19

Around Australia. Carnarvon to Port Hedland

Western Mail 20 August 1925 Page 32

Around Australia. Port Hedland to Broome

Western Mail 19 September 1925

Around Australia. Broome to Derby

Western Mail 5 November 1925

Beagle Bay Mission Western Mail 12 November 1925 Page 32 Around Australia. Derby to Obogooma

Western Mail 24 November 1925 Page 32

Tragedy in North Western Mail 11 February 1926 Page 32 Beagle Bay Mission Western Mail 4 March 1926 Around Australia Death at Avon Valley

Western Mail 27 May 1926 Page 40

Walcott Inlet Country Western Mail 10 June 1926 Walcott Inlet District. Native Cave Paintings

Western Mail 17 June 1926

From Avon Valley to Port George 1V

Western Mail 24 June 1926 Page 36

The Presbyterian Mission at Port George 1V

Western Mail 1 July 1926 Page 40

The Presbyterian Mission Western Mail 8 July 1926 Page 40

Walking round Australia Northern Times 30 July 1926 Port George to Drysdale River Western Mail 14 October 1926

Page 40 Port George to Drysdale River Western Mail 21 October 1926

Page 40 Drysdale River Mission Western Mail 28 October 1926

Page 40 Drysdale River Mission to Forrest River

Western Mail 4 November 1926

Forrest River to Wyndham Western Mail 18 November 1926 Page 40 Round Australia on foot. De Lancourt Arrives

Northern Territory Times 11 January 1927

Walking round Australia. De Lancourt at Darwin.

Western Mail 13 January 1927

12,000 Miles by Boot Western Mail 3 February 1927 Wyndham to Victoria River Western Mail 17 & 24 February 1927 Wyndham to Victoria River Western Mail 3 March 1927 Natives v. Missionaries Western Mail 10 March 1927 Victoria River to Darwin Western Mail 10, 17 & 24 March 1927


From Darwin to Burrundie Western Mail 31 March 1927 From Darwin to Burrundie Western Mail 7 April 1927 Illicit Chinaman Smoke. Chinese and Natives

Western Mail 14 April 1927

The Land of Flies Western Mail 21 April 1927 Burrundie to Oenpelli Western Mail 21 &28 July 1927 On Australia’s Rim. A.J. Dyer’s Story. Burrundie to Oenpelli

Western Mail 1 & 29 September 1927

A Hazardous Journey to Goulburn Island

Western Mail 6 October 1927

Goulburn Islanders Western Mail 20 October 1927 A Criticism Western Mail 3 November 1927 From Guion Point to Milingimbi Western Mail 10 & 17 November 1927 Leaving Milingimbi Mission Western Mail 1 & 29 December 1927 In The Far North. At Elcho Island Western Mail 12 & 19 January 1928

Page 10 Around Australia Western Mail March 1929 ‘The search for rich mineral deposits’

Sunday Times 16 November 1930

Walking into Oblivion Stockman’s Hall of Fame March/June/September 2003

Phosphate Discoveries West Australian 21 July 1908 Phosphate Discoveries West Australian 2 November 1908 Phosphate Discoveries West Australian 3 November 1908 Phosphate Discoveries West Australian 9 November 1908 17 June 2010 PB Copyright Restrictions The Commonwealth Copyright Act 1968 regulates copying of unpublished material. It is the user’s legal obligation to determine and satisfy copyright.

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