Stuart Alexander Donaldson, papers, 1829-1861

fonds

829-1861

431161

0.27 metres of textual material (7 volumes)

Stuart Alexander Donaldson, merchant, pastoralist, and Premier of NSW, was born at Lancashire, England and came to Australia in 1835 to work with Richard Jones & Co. Within two years he became a partner of the business and then manager when Jones retired in 1838. Donaldson held several public positions including a magistrate, and was a leading founder of Australian Club, before entering politics. He was an elected member of the old Legislative Council (1848-1853, 1855-1856) and was elected to the NSW Legislative Assembly for the seats of Sydney Hamlets (Mar.-Oct. 1856) and Cumberland (1856-1859). He was on the executive council of the first responsible government of 1856, and served a term as Premier and Colonial Secretary (June-Aug. 1856) and Colonial Treasurer (1856-1859). Donaldson had extensive pastoral interests purchasing land in Melbourne, Tenterfield and Clifton in New England district.

Reference
Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.4, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1972

A 726
File 1: Stuart Alexander Donaldson, letters from various persons, 12 May 1834-29 April 1861

A 727/Item 1
File 2: Stuart Alexander Donaldson papers guide to manuscripts in the Mitchell Library, [between 1935 and 1965?]

A 727/Item 2
File 3: Letters to Stuart Alexander Donaldson, 11 July 1829-19 November 1840

A 728
File 4: Stuart Alexander Donaldson letterbook, 13 April 1836-May 1841

A 729
File 5: Stuart Alexander Donaldson letterbook, 2 April 1839-29 May 1841

A 730
File 6: Stuart Alexander Donaldson letters, 18 October 1844-7 December 1850

A 731
File 7: Stuart Alexander Donaldson letters, 24 May 1856-26 August 1857

Out of copyright: Author(s) died more than 70 years ago
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

"D.S. Mitchell" signature appears on front endpaper of A 728, A 729 and A 731.