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422248
  • Title
    Farran family papers, 1836 - 1917
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MLMSS 1403
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1836-1917
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    422248
  • Physical Description
    (2") box
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    The Wilkinson, Cunninghame and Farran families, all early settlers in Australia, are connected through the marriage of Isobel Cunninghame and Charles F. T. Farran. Their daughter, Dorothy Cunninghame Farran, was the first woman in N.S.W. to be awarded a Diploma of Agriculture, 1910
  • Scope and Content
    1 box of textual material

    I. Financial Papers, 1857-1893
    A. Notices re accounts payable by C. F. T. Farran, 1857-1893.
    B. Account book, 1871, 1875, 1878, 1881.

    II. Family papers, 1836-1917.
    A. Draft of a family tree compiled in Mitchell Library
    B. Miscellaneous notes, 1836-1917. i) Reminiscences by Isobel Farran, 1847-1864. ii) Notes on Wilkinson and Cunninghame families, adapted from the former, 1836-1902. iii) Newscuttings on the death of Rose Hanbury-Lennox (nee Cunninghame), 1917.
    C. Daily journal and notebook kept by Isobel Farran, 1910.
    D. Diploma in Agriculture awarded to Dorothy Farran, 1910

    This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.1077
  • Description source

    Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-392B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
  • General note

    Available for reference
    Keyword subject:
    Women pioneers

    Pic.Acc.1077
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