Rhodes family papers and photographs, 1859-1961

MLMSS 8268

fonds

1859-1961

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Cartographic Materials, Clippings, Photographs, Ephemera

447046

0.17 metres of textual material (1 box)

Thomas Rhodes was born in 1856 to Alexander Rhodes and Mary Ward Wilson (married 1855). He had a brother, Theophilus Ingham, and two sisters, Edith Alexandria and Mary Wallace.

In 1883, Thomas married Frances Amelia Rhodes (nee Hillas, ca. 1860-1947) and they had children Hillas, May, Lucy, Will, Dorothy (Poppy), Victor Fothergill Firth Rhodes, and Ken.

Thomas Rhodes was an engineer employed by the Railway Construction Branch of the New South Wales Department of Public Works.

Reference:
Compiled from the collection
'Family Notices', The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 Aug 1947, p. 22. Accessed online 17 February 2012 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27895144

Papers relating to the Rhodes family, particularly Alexander and Thomas Rhodes, concerning railway construction in New South Wales.

Folder 1
Correspondence and papers predominantly relating to the career of Thomas Rhodes as an engineer. Includes papers and plans relating to real estate of Thomas Rhodes in the Village of Binnaway, ca. 1878-1926

Folder 2
Letters written from Broken Hill by Thomas Rhodes to his family, 1907-1924

Folder 3
Correspondence, papers, invitations, and newspaper clippings relating to the Rhodes family, births, deaths, and marriages, accounts, etc. Also includes a Power of Attorney appointed to Alexander Rhodes in 1859, and memoir of Thomas Rhodes (great uncle of Thomas Rhodes), 1859-1961

Folder 4
Photographs and newspaper clippings of and relating to the Rhodes family and Broken Hill; diaries of Thomas Rhodes (1875 and 1882), ca. 1875-1926

Folder 5
Correspondence, papers, and clippings relating to the Rhodes family and Thomas Rhodes' career. Includes Thomas Rhodes' certificate of qualification and an engineer, and District Engineer's copy of the Specification for Passenger Station, Station-Master's Cottage, &c. at St. Leonards, 1872-1935

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