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Title
Letter, 1-16 Jan. 1869, from Louisa Mackenzie to her mother Eliza Tompson, with typed transcription by E.P. Stansfield
Creator
Eliza Tompson
Call number
MLMSS 7643
Level of description
fonds
Date

1-16 Jan. 1869
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
447416
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 4681, frames 1-21 (MLMSS 7643)
Physical Description
1 folder - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Emma Louisa (known as Louisa) Mackenzie came from the village of Alderminster, Worcestershire (now in Warwickshire). She and her husband Edwin Robert Mackenzie went to May Downs, then to Tangley Station near Guyra. Ollera Station was owned by the Everett family.
Scope and Content
A letter written from 'Tangly, Armidale', started on 1 Jan. 1869 and added to up to 16 Jan. Louisa Mackenzie describes a visit to Ollera homestead for Christmas 1868, family and financial affairs and bushfires. She describes in detail an attack by bushrangers on their homestead.
Creator/Author/Artist
Mackenzie, Louisa
Subject
Bushrangers--New South Wales--New England.
Sheep ranches--New South Wales.
Place
Ollera Station (N.S.W.)
Tangley Station (N.S.W.)

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