404901
- TitleJames Smibert - letter written from Sydney to his parents in Leith, Scotland, 8 March 1842 (photocopy)
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- Call numberMLMSS 7189
- Level of descriptionfonds
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1842 - Type of material
- Reference code404901
- Physical Description1 folder - 0.02 Meters
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
James Smibert came to Australia with his wife and children in 1841. He worked for a short time for the Hunter River Steam Corporation, probably as ship's engineer, and returned to Scotland about 1844. - Scope and ContentPhotocopy of letter in which Smibert tells his parents about the voyage to Sydney. He writes that he is living at Balmain, had a job with the Hunter River Steam Corporation and comments on the colony's economic depression. There is an annotation at the end of the letter by Marie Smibert, Toronto, Canada, 1980
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