Milson family further papers, 1826 - 1960

MLMSS 9409
PXE 1618

fonds

1826-1960

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Photographs, Watercolours

401930

1 drawing - 23.5 x 34.5 cm - pencil
1 drawing - 25 x 35 cm - watercolour
2.90 metres of textual material and photographs (18 boxes & 3 outsize boxes)

James Milson (1783-1872) came to Australia in 1806 and became a successful farmer. His eldest son James Milson (1814-1903) was a partner in the firm of Robert Campbell junior and became known as one of Sydney's most succesful businessmen. In 1846 he began his own mercantile business and in the 1850s embarked on pastoral ventures in New England. He was one of the founders of the Milson's Point Ferry Co. which operated until 1878, when it was sold and became the North Shore Ferry Co. He was also a director of a number of organisations including the Bank of New South Wales, the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., the Australian Gaslight Co., the Sydney Sailors' Home and the Benevolent Asylum He was the owner of Elamang and Cremorne estates and acted as executor for his friend, William Charles Wentworth. In the 1870s, with other members of the Milson family, he took up pastoral holdings in Queensland in partnership with Oscar de Satgé.

Reference
Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/milson-james-2845

BOX 1
Letter Book of James Milson June 1862-May 1868.
Letter Book of James Milson May 1868-October 1873.
Letter Book of James Milson & Alfred G. Milson, October 1873-January 1879.

BOX 2
Letter Book of James Milson & Alfred G.Milson, January 1879-November 1883.
Letter Book of James Milson & Alfred G. Milson, November 1883-December 1894.
Letter Book of Leslie J. Milson, 1902-1913.

BOX 3
Cash Book, July 1952-October 1858
Cash Book ‘B’, November 1858-June 1863.
Cash Book, April 1866-September 1873.

BOX 4
Cash Book, July 1863-May 1870.
Cash Book, June 1870-April 1879.

BOX 5X
Cash Book, April 1866-September 1873.

BOX 6
Cash Book, May 1879-September 1888.
Ledger. James Milson, 1852-1872.
Ledger, 1863-1882.

BOX 7
Business Journal, April 1863-December 1874.
Business Journal, October 1869-December 1880

BOX 8
Business Journal ‘A’. Milson & de Satge – Coreena Station, 1876-1895.
Business Journal ‘B’. Milson & de Satge, 1882-1895.

BOX 9X
Cash Book. Estate of Robert Campbell, October 1851-October 1873.

BOX 10X
Cash Book. Estate of Mrs Margaret Campbell in account with the Trustees, January 1965-June 1892.


BOX 11
Papers relating to the Estate of Robert Campbell. Correspondence with W.C. Wentworth and others, 1850s-1870s.
Papers relating to the Estate of Robert Campbell. Bank Pass Books (3), 1858-1868.
Papers relating to the Estate of Robert Campbell. Lease of George St. Shop & Campbell Accounts, 1861-1884.
Legal and other documents relating to the Estate of Robert Campbell. Include releases, powers of attorney, accounts, bonds of indemnity, 1860s-1890s (3 folders).

BOX 12
Papers relating to the Estate of Mrs Margaret Campbell. Various documents including copy of her will, letters of attorney & bank pass book, 1850s-1892.
Papers relating to the Estate of Mrs Margaret Campbell. Documents re annuity paid to Mary Crawford, 1865-1884.
Papers relating to the Estate of Mrs Margaret Campbell. Receipts for annuities received from Agnes Robinson, 1865-1885.
Papers relating to the Estate of Mrs Margaret Campbell. Letters from M.L. Campbell (wife of J.W. Campbell), 1850s-1870s.
Papers relating to the Estate of Mrs Margaret Campbell. Financial statements, receipts etc., 1850s-1880s.
Papers relating to the Estate of Margaret Campbell, 1865-1885. Receipts for annuities received from George Crawford.
Papers relating to the Estate of Margaret Campbell, 1859-1878. Letters re annuities received from Robert Crawford.

BOX 13
Papers relating to the Estate of Margaret Jane Boyd (Robert Campbell’s daughter), 1852-1889.
Correspondence of James Milson, 1823-1867, including letter book 1853-1854. Correspondents include D'Arcy Wentworth, Alexander McLeay, J.D. Campbell, J.W. Smith, Jessie Campbell.
Correspondence of James Milson, 1826-1840 mainly with the Colonial Secretary’s Office and the Surveyor General’s Office. Correspondents include Alexander McLeay, John Oxley and Thomas Mitchell.
Correspondence of James Milson with J.C.C. Boyd, M.I. Boyd, Edith Boyd and members of the Boyd family, 1850s-1870s (2 folders).
Correspondence of James Milson and Alfred G. Milson with members of the Boyd family, 1873-1890.

BOX 14
Correspondence of James Milson with James Orr, 1880s.
Correspondence of James Milson with Norman Campbell, M.L. Campbell & other members of the Campbell family, 1860s-1880s.
Correspondence of James Milson , 1875.
Correspondence of James Milson with A. Kendall Carter, Oscar de Satge mainly relating to the Anglo-Saxon Gold Mine, Queensland, 1884-1890.
Correspondence of Alfred G. Milson mainly with O de Satge, 1890s (2 folders).
Correspondence and documents of David Dunlop, 1830s-1880s. Includes Aboriginal vocabulary from Wollombi and Dunlop’s appointment as police magistrate at Wollombi (Folder 7)

BOX 15
Herbert Vale Station, Queensland. James Milson’s papers & private memoranda, 1880s-1890s.
Reports on Herbert Vale Station, Queensland, mainly by Arthur Kilgour, 1894-1899 (2 folders).
Reports on Herbert Vale Station, Queensland, mainly by Arthur Kilgour, 1899-1902.

BOX 16
Documents relating to Queensland properties held by James Milson in partnership with O.J. de Satge, 1864-1896.
Conveyances to Mrs Margaret Campbell of land in the townships of Hastings, Fitzroy and Helenvale, 1856.
Documents relating to Mrs Kirwan Boyd (formerly Margaret Jane Campbell) including land at Woolloomooloo, 1857-1859 (2 folders).

BOX 17
Documents relating to James Milson's Cremorne estate and P.O. Williams affairs, 1886-1900.
Abstract of the title of George Campbell to land on the North Shore of Sydney Cove.
Legal documents mainly relating to William Charles Wentworth including releases, powers of attorney, bonds of indemnity, 1845-1870.
Legal documents relating to Robert Campbell and James Milson including covenants, power of attorney, agreements, conveyance, 1840s-1870s.
Legal documents relating to James Milson & Alfred G. Milson including covenant to produce, release, bond, grant by purchase, 1841-1895.

BOX 18
Legal documents relating to T.W. Campbell, J. H. Black and property in George Street, Sydney, 1839-1880.
Copies of accounts relevant to Robert Campbell, 1856-1887 (2 folders).
Five Bank of New South Wales passbooks relating to the Estate of James Milson, 1911-1928.
Papers relating to Mrs M.I. Boyd Trust Property, 1853-1887

BOX 19.
Papers relating to land in New Zealand, 1880s.
Richardson & Wrench's sale notes and accounts relating to sale of land on the North Shore in the Estate of James Milson, 1860s-1880s.
Papers mainly relating to the Australian Gas Light Company, 1860s-1880s
Papers relating to the Estate of the late L.J. Milson (and also Estate of James Milson), 1920s-1950.
Papers relating to the Milsons Point Ferry Co. & Cliff Cottage, Milson's Point, 1870s-1880s.
Papers relating to the Milsons Point Ferry Co. & the North Shore Ferry Co., including lease of property, shops etc, letters to Alfred Milson, 1845-1882.

BOX 20
Miscellaneous papers including:
Aboriginal Vocabulary - ‘Kamileroi. Noongahburrah – branch of Euahlayi Tribe – Narran River (K Langloh Parker)’. (Folder 1)
Accounts and Receipts relating to Kirkconnell, Bathurst (now a prison farm) owned by James Milson and lived in by Arthur Milson, 1902-1903.
‘History of Irish Connections’[?].
‘An Economic Survey of a Proposal for Beef Cattle Transportation by Le Tourneau Off-Roads Trains in Northern Australia’ by Burgess Cameron, 1960.
Folder of unrelated material including newscuttings, documents relating to Kirribilli, land at Bundanoon, Bank of Australia, Victoria Sugar Co. etc.; copies of correspondence of Gavin Ralston, 1832-1939; paper by Frederic Slater on Animism and Aboriginal Australians.
Various legal documents, 1860s-1870s including papers relating to Basil Sievwright of Otago, N.Z., Robert Campbell & William Smith.
Photographs including: the yacht Era II, ca.1888 (stereoscopic photograph) & Carabella Cottage, Milsons Point.
Album containing newscuttings & photographs. Photographs mostly unidentified but include Leslie Milson and 'Uriarra', ACT, 1919-1926.

BOX 21
Milson family material donated by Mrs Peter Snow (nee Milson), March 2002. A detailed listing prepared by the donor is enclosed.
Collection includes:
Photographs associated with Alfred G. Milson’s long association with the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Kirribilli, ca. late 1880s-1900.
Photographic portraits of James Milson & his 2nd wife, Anne (nee Stewart); Leslie J. Milson (1863-1932), son of James Milson; Innes Vivian Milson, ca. 1955.
Six pages from a photograph album showing Milson Island in the Hawkesbury River, ca. 1912.
Other photographs include: James Milson’s Kirkconnell home at Bathurst (now a prison farm), built 1878-79; Milsons Point; Lavender Bay; and James Milson home Elamang at Careening Cove, Kirribilli.
Five photographs of Aboriginal Australians in ceremonial rig, taken at Boulia, Western Queensland / by George Woods, ca. 1900.
Author’s corrected draft of the book ‘The Life and Times of James Milson’ by R.H. Goddard (1955).
Pencil drawing of ‘Sydney Harbour 1829’, signed ‘TLM’ (Thomas Livingstone Mitchell). Now located at PXE 1618/1
Watercolour drawing, probably of the Hawkesbury, 19th Century, artist unknown. Now located at PXE 1618/2


PLANS and MAPS transferred to Maps Collection
Plan of Allotment corner of Lavender and Walker Streets. Property of J. Milson, watercolour.
Plan of Allotments belonging to J. Milson at St Leonards, North Shore.
Plan of Part of a Grant to James Milson - 50 acres, North Shore in the Parish of Willoughby.
Subdivision poster for sale of 82 allotments at St Leonards, North Shore, 1876.
Subdivision poster for sale of Cremorne Estate, Mosman's Bay, 1902.
Part of a Plan of Allotments bordered by Lane Cove Road, Willoughy Street, Milson Street and Careening Creek.
A Map of the County of Cumberland in New South Wales compiled by W.H. Wells, Land Surveyor.
Pastoral Map of New South Wales by H.E.C. Robinson Ltd, Sydney, ca. 1902.

Copyright restrictions may apply: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners.
Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs created before 1955 are out of copyright; photographs created after 1955 are in copyright.
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