William Essington King family albums, 1813-2019

MLMSS 10371

fonds

1813-2019, predominant 1813-1988

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Photographs, Textual Records, Clippings, Prints

9646258

1.07 metres of textual material, drawings, photographs, prints and clippings (4 outsize boxes)

William Essington King (1821-1910), third son of Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King and grandson of Governor Philip Gidley King, was Police Magistrate and Gold Commissioner for Braidwood, New South Wales retiring in 1859. He married Christina Sarah, eldest daughter of William Edward Riley in 1854 and they had eight sons and three daughters. Jonathan King (1942-) is the great great grandson of Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

By descent from William Essington King

1X. Album presented to Christina Sarah Riley, compiled by William Essington King and other family members, 1813-1988, containing drawings by Phillip Parker King and others, poems, letters, photographs and clippings
1 album : 168 pages : 29 x 24 cm
This album originally presented to Christina Sarah Riley, was used by William Essington King and family, and later owned by Hannibal Essington King, Reginald John Essington King and Jonathan Essington King. It includes photograph of Christina Sarah and William Essington King and family, 1868; six sketches signed PPK, PK or P.P. King 'HMAS Adamant, 1813, 'From Hungry Bay Port Jackson' 1853, Horse sitting down ca. 1850, Kangaroos ca. 1850 and 'Treacherous Attack by Natives (i.e. Bundell, Worrorra people) at Hanover Bay 1821'; nineteen unsigned drawings attributed to Phillip Parker King 'Carrington Church at Port Stephens', 'Gibraltar south, looking south from Gidleigh, Bugendore', ca. 1852, Boulders of Syenitic Granite Fish River near Essington Port 1833, unidentified view ca. 1854, sketch of old sailor's entering a pub and view of Launceston England; manuscript poem written by Elizabeth Parker King; prints by Allan & Wigley Lith, George St, John Murray London and Sands & Kenny; manuscript poem by Christina Sarah Riley, 3 October 1856; photographs of miniature portraits of Rear Admiral King and Harriet King; drawings by Oswald Brierly to illustrate The Lamplighter: Twofold Bay Weekly Journal, 1840s and ‘Bay Whaling’ 1840s; sketch of the Mermaid Tree 'H.M.C Mermaid 1820' by Aeneas Gunn, 1893; six albumen photographs of Norfolk Island by Kerry & Co.; house plan of ‘The Ridge’, William Essington King’s home in Gippsland; three photographs of Aborigines at Bundigeree, Narandera, 1867 the property of T A Browne (Rolf Boldrewood); sketch and house plan of ‘Tahlee’, 1860, Phillip Parker King’s residence in Port Stephens; table plan for William Essington King’s wedding breakfast, 1854; two albumen photographs of Harriet King’s wedding, 1872.

2X. Willam Essington King family album, 1835-1910, containing manuscript notes, clippings and prints relating to family relations and friends
1 album : 140 pages : 23 x 19 cm.
Inscribed in pencil on first page 'Rose U King, when I am gone, W.E.K'. Includes firsthand family stories; obituaries of notable colonial figures; original silhouettes of seven King family members including Phillip Parker King and his wife Harriet, Philip Gidley King, Rev. Robert Lethbridge King, Arthur Septimus King, Charles Macarthur King, Frederick King, ca. 1848; map and notes by William Essington King of his overland droving expedition in 1850; newspaper clippings; calling cards of Phillip Parker King, Allan Cunningham T A Brown (Rolf Boldrewood) and others; loose pages of manuscript death notice written by William Essington King for his wife, 26 October 1886; William Essington King manuscript notes on the lives of Philip Gidley King, Phillip Parker King and Harriet King, including copy of Philip Gidley King's advice to his son Phillip Parker King, 21 July 1805, an account of Phillip Parker King’s exploration of the Australian coast, his courtship of Harriet and general family history. Also includes manuscript accounts by William Essington King of his work as overseer of 20 convicts on Phillip Parker King’s property, Dunheved in 1837-1838, and then his subsequent career in the 1840s-1890s, Phillip Parker King’s death and his relationship with him while growing up.

3X. William Essington King family notebook with index, ca. 1828-ca. 1945, recording activities of family members, relatives and friends
1 album: 164 numbered pages : 20 x 17 cm
This notebook was chiefly compiled by William Essington King for the purpose of recording the activities of family members, relatives and friends, and is organised alphabetically. It includes manuscript notes by William Essington King and Harriet King, with other additions by Hannibal King including photographs, newspaper clippings, alphabetical index, family trees and accounts of the King, Macarthur and Marsden families. Also included is a copy of Phillip Parker King’s diary of his visit to Port Phillip Bay in 1838, descriptions of John Batman, Thomas Mitchell and the escaped convict William Buckley; William Essington King’s account of the founding of the Australian Agricultural Company.

4X. Jonathan King associated and loose papers, chiefly copies, compiled 2019
1 box : 35 x 27 cm
Loose material accumulated by Jonathan King. Includes photocopies of Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King and Harriet King colour miniatures and the King brothers at Australia's Centennial Celebrations in Sydney; original silhouettes of Anna Josepha King 1828 and 1840s and photocopies of Phillip Parker King, Harriet King and family; manuscript by William Essington King relating to the King family from 1788-1851; sketch of Hinchinbrook, Cabramatta, formerly owned by Judge Barron Field, possibly by Phillip Parker King or William Essington King, ca. 1850s; copy of photograph of William Essington King and Christina with children at their farm, Nambrok, Victoria in 1868; typescript of Rosedale, Victoria Shire Council list of Presidents including brothers William Essington King and John King; manuscript letter by William Essington King to his mother, ca. 1890; farewell note by Philip Gidley King the Younger to his family, 1900; copies of photographs, watercolours and drawings held in other collections including watercolour of Major's Creek, Braidwood by William Essington King and Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King, photograph of Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King ca. 1850, watercolour of Gidleigh by Philip Gidley King the Younger, residence of Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King ca. 1820 and painting of Government Residence Melbourne by John Panton; two colour photographs of speaker presenting at commemorative event celebrating Phillip Parker King at Stroud House in 2019

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Rights and Restrictions Information:: Photographs of colour miniatures not to be reproduced - Applies to Box 4X
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Loose pages, clippings and some foxing in albums 1 and 2