826013
- TitleSeries 4: King family Dunheved papers, volume 4, 1877-1889
- Call numberSAFE/A 1979 (Safe 1/315)
- Level of descriptionseries
- Date
1877-1889 - Type of material
- Reference code826013
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 1321, frames 1-163
- Physical Description0.05 metres of textual material (1 volume) - 35.5 x 25.5 cm - manuscripts, design drawings
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Phillip Parker King (1791-1856) married Harriet Lethbridge in 1817. In 1826 he sailed in command of HMS Adventure in company with HMS Beagle to survey the southern coast of South America, while Harriet managed ‘Dunheved’, their farm at St. Mary’s. In 1822, Philip Parker King described the property “Dunheved” as having 850 horned cattle, forty horses, 1,000 sheep and 100 swine. Approximately 300 acres of ground had been cleared, 100 acres was under cultivation and 20 acres of artificial grasses were planted. Two thousand pounds had been spent on improvements and 700 pounds on purchasing sheep from Mr Macarthur's flock. He employed forty men on the property and had increased his supply of beef to the Government Stores from 48,000 pounds in 1818 to 89,000 pounds in 1821. Phillip Parker King and his wife Harriett used Dunheved from 1827-32 as their family residence. From the time that Harriett King and her children arrived at “Dunheved” it appears that she managed the farm with the assistance of William Hayes and Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur. The King family were prominent land owners in the area well into the nineteenth century. A substantial proportion of their land was still in the name of King's descendants until 1924, when it was resumed by the Federal Government for the war effort during the 1940s and 1950s.
References:
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online edition.
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm
(accessed March, 2008)
ADI Residents Action Group website.
http://www.adisite.org/
(accessed March, 2008) - Scope and ContentLetter from R. Atkins to R. Robinson, 8 Jan. 1889, (p. 124)
Letter from Rev. G. Brown to P.G. King, Jan-Dec.1886, (pp. 68-72)
Dunheved Estate – tracing of farms, n.d. (p. 4)
Dunheved Estate – plans, n.d.(p. 131)
Letter from S. Jackson to J.K. Lethbridge, 13 Aug. 1888, (pp. 122-3)
Letter from P.G. King to J.K. Lethbridge, 5 July 1888, (pp. 87-8)
Letter from P.G. King to T.R. Smith, 29 Dec. 1889, (p. 102)
P.G. King. Abstract of Title (2 copies), 28 May 1856, (pp. 132-4, 136-8)
P.G. King correspondence with Slade & Co. and A.H. McCulloch, July 1877-Mar.1879, (pp. 10-24)
P.G. King sales of land at St.Mary’s,1877,1888,1891(?), (pp.43,76,78,83,86-9,93-5, 97, 126-7)
P.G. King sales of land at Penrith, 1880-3, 1888, (pp. 39-41,50, 64-6, 107-123)
P.G. King conveyance to A.&E.J. Guthrie, 6 Sept. 1876, (pp. 46-9)
Letter from P.G. King to J.N. Oxley, 12 Dec. 1877, (p. 25)
P.P. King plan of allotments, St. Mary’s, Oct. 1854, (p. 6)
P.P. King tracing of Dunheved Farms, n.d. (p. 4)
P.P. King. copy of grant by Gov.Macquarie, 12 July 1820, (p. 135)
N.S.W. Crown Solicitor to P.G. King, 14 June 1880, (pp. 26, 28-31, 36-8, 39-41, 50, 64-6, 107-12)
Penrith – Misc. papers re sales of land by Hon. P.G. King, 1880-1888, (pp. 107-123)
Penrith – Papers re purchase of reservoir site from P.G. King , (pp. 99-1060)
Letter from R. Robinson to P.G. King, 10 Jan. 1889, (p. 130)
St. Mary’s – Plan of 15 allotments, property of Capt. P.P. King for sale, 4 Oct. 1854 (p. 6)
St. Mary’s, Church of England, redonation of parsonage site, 1886-1887, (pp. 68-75, 124-5, 129-30)
Slade & Co. correspondence with P.G.King & A.H. McCulloch, Aug-Dec1877; July 1878; Mar. 1879, (pp. 10-15, 21-4)
Letter from T.R. Smith to P.G. King, 18 Jan. 1890, (p.100)
South Creek Cemetery – Misc. papers re purchase of land from P.G.King, 1881, (pp. 51-62)
Letter from Mrs. M.A. Young to J.K. Lethbridge, 11 Aug. 1888, (p.77) - Access Conditions
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