Norton Smith & Co. papers of Thomas Barker, 1813-1857

A 5398

fonds

1813 - 1857

442317

1 volume and 2 boxes of textual material

Thomas Barker (1799-1875), flour manufacturer, pastoralist and parliamentarian, was born in London the son of James Barker and his wife Mary, nee Shuldham. He was trained in England as an engineer and in 1813 arrived in NSW, where he worked as an engineer and millwright. He established a flour milling business in about 1826. At later times he operated a cloth- mill, a woollen-mill and returned to flour milling with his brother, operating as Barker & Co. until 1860. Thomas Barker had extensive rural land holdings. He was a nominated member of the old Legislative Council (1853-1856) and an elected member of the NSW Legislative Council for the seat of Gloucester and Macquarie (1856-1857).

I. Papers, 1841-1857
1841-1857; Papers, being mainly correspondence, concerning the sale of the NSW estates of John Dickson to M.D. Hunter, the Oswald estate owned by William Harper, and Castle Forbes Estate in the Hunter River District, owned by James Barker and Ambrose Hallen (Call No.: A 5398/1)
II. Documents concerning land, 1830-1850
A. Hunter River District, 1830-1850
1830-1848; Castle Forbes Estate [Plans at M Ser.4 810/3 A 5398 maps 1-2] (Call No.: A 5398/2)
1850; Oswald Estate [Plan at M Ser.4 810/3 A 5398 map 3] (Call No.: A 5398/2)
1839-1843; Dungog (Call No.: A 5398/2)
B. City of Sydney properties, 1831-1848
1831-1848; Documents including abstracts of title and papers concerning land in Bathurst and Sussex Streets (Call No.: A 5398/2)
C. Macleay Estate, 1835-1846
1835-1846; Macleay Estate papers, referring mainly to land at Darling Point [Plan at M Ser.4 810/3 A 5398 map 4] (Call No.: A 5398/3)
D. Estates of John Dickson, 1838-1842
1835-1846; Papers re the sale of Orielton Estate, Camden district and other properties to M. D. Hunter, including a copy of the will of John Dickson, 1838 (Call No.: A 5398/3)
E. Murrumbidgee River District, NSW 1847-1850
1847-1850; Papers concerning land in the Murrumbidgee River district of NSW (Call No.: A 5398/3)
III. Miscellaneous and incidental documents, 1813-1856
1813-1856; Papers include will of James Birnie, 1813 and schedule of deeds [Map at M Ser.4 810/3 A 5398 map 5] (Call No.: A 5398/3)

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-163B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.