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Title
B. C. Rodd - letter received from Thomas Walker, 25 June 1857
Creator
B. C. (Brent Clements) Rodd
Call number
MLDOC 1379
Level of description
fonds
Date

25 June 1857
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
423378
Physical Description
1 folder - 0.01 Meters
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Brent Clements Rodd (1809-1898), solicitor, was born in England in 1809 and travelled to Australia in 1822. In 1838 he bought fifty acres of the Five Dock Estate, Sydney, from Samuel Lyons and built his house, Barnstaple Manor. In 1851 he was a member of the management committee of the Australasian Botanical and Horticultural Society.
Thomas Walker, merchant, banker and benefactor, came to Australia about 1822. His business interests included land, shipping and banking. He made his home at Yaralla, Concord.
Scope and Content
Autograph letter signed by Thomas Walker from Fort Street, Sydney, N.S.W., to B.C. Rodd requesting advice in planning his orange orchard and garden on the Parramatta River at Concord
Finding Aids
Read the transcription here: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a530.html
Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts MLDOCs (6-444C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
General note

Digital order no: Album ID : 824034
Creator/Author/Artist
Walker, Thomas, 1804-1886
Name
Rodd, B. C. (Brent Clements)
Subject
Horticulture--New South Wales--Concord.
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