• Title
  Letter from William Bland to Robert Lowe, 11 October 1849
• Creator
  Robert Lowe Sherbrooke, Viscount, 1811-1892
• Call number
  Safe 1/78
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  1849
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  441956
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : 2005
  
• Physical Description
  0.04 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  William Bland (1789-1868), a naval surgeon, was transported to Australia in 1813 for killing a man in a duel. He received a pardon in 1815 and began private practice in Sydney.
  Robert Lowe, later Viscount Sherbrooke (1811-1892), arrived in Sydney in 1842 where he achieved prominence as a lawyer and politician. He returned to England in 1850.
• Scope and Content
  This is part of the challenge to a duel from William Bland to Robert Lowe after a speech Lowe had given in the Legislative Council in 1849 about not having former convicts (i.e. Bland) serve on the senate of the new University of Sydney. There had been enmity between them as a result of Lowe defeating Bland in the second election for the Legislative Council the previous year.
• Access Conditions
  Access via appointment
• General note
  Microfilm located at CY 4438, frames 1 - 10
  Digital order no:Album ID : 874393
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Bland, William, 1789-1868
  
• Subject
  Dueling--New South Wales.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3219897

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