Lancelot Edward Threlkeld - letters from Thomas Arndell and other papers, 1824-40, 1902

MLMSS 7527

fonds

1824-40, 1902

446129

Microfilm : CY 4494 (MLMSS 7527)

1 folder - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)

Lancelot Edward Threlkeld, missionary and Congregational minister arrived in Sydney in 1817. After serving as a missionary in the Society Islands he established a mission to Aboriginal Australians on Lake Macquarie in 1825. The mission was eventually closed in 1841 whereupon Threlkeld moved to Sydney to become minister of the South Head Congregational Church. He died in 1859. Throughout his life Threlkeld maintained his interest in Aboriginal welfare and was always a strong opponent of discrimination. In 1824 he had married Sarah Arndell. She and her brother Thomas Arndell were children of Thomas Arndell, assistant surgeon on the First Fleet. Threlkeld died in 1859.

1824-1840; Five letters written by Thomas Arndell to REv. L. E. Threlkeld between 1824 and 1840. Subjects covered include farming, prices of stock and produce, family matters and bushrangers.
1824; Copy of Threlkeld's marriage certificate
1902; Letter from Ronald Gunn, merchant, to Sarah Arndell.

Photocopies of these items are located among the papers of the Threlkeld family, MLMSS 4464