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Title
Edward Crooke papers, 1835-1870
Creator
Edward Crooke
Call number
B 1425
MAV/FM3/182
Level of description
fonds
Date

1835-1870
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
932839
Physical Description
1 volume of textual material
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

The Crooke family owned several properties on Holey Plains, Gippsland, Victoria
Scope and Content
A more detailed list of contents is in the volume

1. Land question and squatters' rights, 1850-1870

2. Pastoral interests, 1837-1858

3. Aborigines, 1855

4. Gum trees, 1863?

5. Native dogs, 1852?

6. Indian labour, ca. 1852

7. 'Canning and his apes'

8. Tea trade, 1835

9. Biographical
a) Notes on Crooke and Jamison families
b) Autobiographical note
c) E. Crooke's Petition to the Queen, 25 August 1851
d) Letters relating to Frederick Jones, 1861, and a church at Coogee for which he left money in his will

Microfilm at MAV / FM3 / 182
Original held by
Originals are in the possession of Mr and Mrs E. M. Crooke, 1955
Description source

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-168A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Name
Crooke family
Jamison family
Jones, Frederick
Subject
Pastoralists--Australia.
Aboriginal Australians.
Families--Australia.
Place
Gippsland (Vic.)
Coogee (N.S.W.)

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