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Gilbert Family of Pewsey Vale
This group includes records relating to several generations of the Gilbert family, together with families relating to the female line. Below is a brief outline of those families and how they are linked (highlighted names indicate that records by, or relating to, those individuals are held in the record group; highlighted and italicised place names link individuals to particular places).
Joseph Gilbert (1800-1881) arrived in South Australia in 1839, and took up land at Pewsey Vale, near Eden Valley. In 1848 he married Anna Browne (1812-1873), who had arrived with her brother (J.H. Browne) in 1840. The couple had four children – Jane (b.1848), later Lady Edward Stirling; William (b.1850), Sarah (b.1854) later Mrs Fergusson; and Anna (1856-1942). Wongalere, owned by the Browne siblings, was leased to Joseph’s older brother William after his arrival in 1857.
Joseph’s son William Gilbert (1850-1923) married Mary Young (Minnie or Min) Clindening (1854-1939) in 1879. [Mary Clindening was the daughter of William Clindening and Mary (nee Driffield) who had arrived in SA in 1853 – see PRG 712.] The young couple set up home at Wongalere. After the death of Joseph Gilbert, William and Minnie moved to Pewsey Vale. They had 11 children: Henry (1880-1947) Mary (b. and d. 1881) Anna Gertrude (b.1883 died in infancy) Joseph (1884-1915) Dorothy (Dolly) (1885-1973) William (Bill) (1887-1967) Marjory (1888-1985) Thomas (1889-1938) Catherine (1891-1931) Emily (Emmie) (1892-1974) John (Jack) Driffield (1893-1917)
William Gilbert (1887-1967) married Catherine Pauline Browne (1897-1984) in 1916. Known as Pauline, she was the daughter of Thomas Lansdowne Browne (1860-1931) and Catherine Campbell Crawford (1862-1936). Thomas was the son of John Harris Browne (1817-1904) [brother of Anna Browne] and Margaret Anne Frances Guilding. Catherine was the daughter of William James Crawford (d. 1896 aged 76) and Helen Jane Hayden (died 1890 aged 59 years). W.J. Crawford’s parents were Hugh and Mary Crawford.
William and Pauline lived at Wongalere where they raised three children: Catherine Mary (b.1919), Pauline Margaret (b.1919) and William (Bill) (b.1924). Mary Gilbert (1919-) married James Rupert Magarey (known as Bob) in 1940.
There are also a number of photos and records for other family members and in- laws, and some by long term governesses Grace Maud Cohen / Cohn and Georgina Florence Molero.
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The following books have been transferred to the published collection: The Embroiderer 's Alphabet : letters, figures, monograms and ornaments, published by the DMC Library. Bears the inscription C. Pauline Gilbert. Nelson's Home Comforts : a book of useful facts for housekeepers. Published by Ward, Lock & Co., London. The Ideal Husband, by Lady Jeune, et al. Bears the inscription ‘John G. Raws’. Passing of the Aborigines, by Daisy Bates, 2nd edition, 1947. Bears the inscription ‘Dorothy Gilbert from Tony’.
The following programs for theatre shows attended by Mary Gilbert whilst in London and Paris have been transferred to the published collection: Féerie de Paris at the Casino de Paris (Production 1938 D’Henri Varna.] Operette by Noel Coward (presented by John C. Wilson) at His Majesty’s theatre. The Merchant of Venice (John Gielgud’s season) at Queen’s Theatre. Balakaika (presented by Eric Maschwitz) at the Adelphi Theatre. French without tears (by Terence Rattigan) at the Criterion Theatre. Amphitryon 38 (John C. Wilson and the New York Theatre Guild) at the Lyric Theatre. Idiot’s Delight (by Robert E. Sherwood) at the Apollo Theatre. Housemaster (by Ian Hay) at the Aldwych Theatre. Robert’s wife (by St John Ervine) at the Globe Theatre. The sun never sets at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The Island (presented by the Daniel Mayer Company) at the Comedy Theatre. Golden Boy (by Clifford Odets) at St James’s Theatre. Victoria Regina (by Laurence Housman) at the Lyric .Theatre.
The following guides have been transferred to the published collection: Egyptian Chamber of Commerce Permanent Exhibition, Farouk Street. St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle and its precincts. Hampton Court Palace : a short popular guide to the palace and gardens. The Castle of Edinburgh.
A round wooden marble-game, with marbles (one missing), transferred to CLRC – see http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:80/record=b1560667~S1 ______
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Letters written by Joseph Gilbert (1800-1881) of Pewsey Vale 1 to his son, William, in the Northern Territory and Northern S.A., 3 Dec. 1872 - 13 Aug. 1873. [Includes explanatory note by Joseph Gilbert’s granddaughter, Miss Dorothy Gilbert, 1968. 8 items.
Transcript of a letter from Joseph Gilbert (1800-1881) 2 to his son William, 3 Dec. 1872 (PRG 266/1/1), made by E.S. Booth in 1968. Includes explanatory note by Dorothy Gilbert. 1 xerox copy.
Pocket diaries of Anna Browne (later Gilbert) (1812-1873). 3 1830, 1838, and 1839. 5 items. Also a notebook containing transcriptions of Anna Browne’s diaries, 1830 and 1838 (part), by Emily Gilbert. Also includes one letter written by Anna Gilbert, Pewsey Vale, to her son William in the Northern Territory, 30 July 1873. Includes explanatory note by Dorothy Gilbert.
Letters written by William Gilbert (1850-1923) 4 1860-1870. 115 letters (11 bundles) Letters written by William Gilbert to his parents, Joseph and Anna Gilbert, chiefly from St Peter’s College, Adelaide, and Clifton College, England. 28 January 1860 to 29 Sept. 1870. Includes short biography and explanatory notes by Dorothy Gilbert. See details below. Letters 1-9, Jan. 1860 – Feb. 1864 Letters 10-21, Feb. 1864 – Oct. 1864 Letters 22-30, Oct. 1864 – Mar. 1865 Letters 31-47, Mar. 1865 – ca.Jan. 1866 Letters 48-65, Jan. 1866 – July 1866 Letters 66-72, Aug. 1866 – Dec. 1866 Letters 73-78, Jan. 1867 – Dec. 1867 Letters 79-84, Aug. 1868 – Dec. 1868 Letters 85-90, Jan. [1869] – May 1869 Letters 91-98, Jan. 1868 – July 1868 Letters 99-115, June 1869 – Sept. 1870
Letters written by William Gilbert (1850-1923) 5 1871-1872. 14 letters. Letters written by William Gilbert from the Northern Territory and northern South Australia to his parents and other family members at Pewsey Vale, 22 August 1871 to 30 December 1872. Includes explanatory note by Dorothy Gilbert. See also series 16-18 for material relating to William Gilbert.
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Letters written by Thomas Gilbert (1889-1938) 6 1898-1909. 19 items. Letters written by Thomas Gilbert to his parents, William and Mary Young Gilbert, and other family members, chiefly from St Peter’s College, Adelaide, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. 18 July 1898 - 16 December 1909. Includes 4 photographs and a brief biography of Thomas Gilbert by Dorothy Gilbert.
Letters written by Thomas Gilbert (1889-1938) 7 1913-1925. 253 letters. Letters written by Thomas Gilbert to his parents and other family members, chiefly from India, where he was a civil servant, including periods as a cavalry officer and a member of the Royal Flying Corps on active service, 6 March 1913 – 15 February 1925. [3 albums of photographs transferred to Series 11: see PRG 266/11/1-3.]
Letters written by John Driffield Gilbert (1893-1917). 8 1914-1915. 57 items. Letters (48) written by John Driffield Gilbert to members of his family, chiefly from England, Egypt, and Gallipoli, 6 August 1914 to 24 May 1915. Also includes a brief biography and notes by Dorothy Gilbert; 4 letters and a postcard to his sister, Emily Gilbert, from Manchester, ca.1909, 3 July 1913 to 24 June 1914. The card shows Westinghouse Works at Trafford Park, Manchester, where he worked as an engineer. Also 3 photographs of J.D. Gilbert.
Wallet containing two field diaries of Joseph (John Driffield) Gilbert, 9 3 Sept. 1914 -26 May 1915. Also one letter written to ‘Joe’ on 7 April 1915, by his father, William Gilbert, Adelaide. 4 items.
Photographs and papers belonging to Joseph Gilbert, 10 ca.1909-1915, chiefly relating to his work at Westinghouse Works, Manchester, England, his training in Egypt with B. Company 1/6th Battalion, Manchester regiment, 1914-1915, and service in World War I. 3 albums of prints and postcards (125 images), and 1 folder of negatives. Album 1 (28 photos), album 2 (74 photos), and album 3 (21 photos). 4 items.
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Photographs taken by Thomas Gilbert in India and Egypt, chiefly relating 11 to his service in World War I, ca.1912-1919. Comprises 3 albums (105 photos) and 1 envelope of loose album pages (56 photos). 4 items (161 photos in total). Album 1 (ca.1912-1916). Views of India, including Gilbert’s residence in Dharwar (Dharwad), ‘near Satara Road Station’, crops at Gokak, Indian officials, Christmas, 1916, with the Edward Stokes family, Ootacamund botanic gardens, ‘Todas of the Nilgiris’, and a panther and tiger hunting party, 1912. Album 2 (1917-ca.1919). Views of India, including R.A.F. trout fishing party at Sibi, Fort Sanderman, Harnai Dukri Road Jacobabad, local residents, R.A.F. aerodrome, details of aircraft, and camp at Quetta. Album 3 (1917-1918). Views of Egypt and India, including Cairo, Aboukir Flying school, Abassieh, airfields and details of aircraft. Also views of India including R.A.F. officers, troops and mechanics at Quetta, aerial views of Punjab and other locales, local people and roadside camp at Wahar. Loose album pages 56 photos, chiefly of India, 12 of which are duplicated in Albums 1-3. Also two uncaptioned, formal views of Indian officials. Included are several photos of Gilbert. (8 album pages and 6 enlargements.)
Brief biographies of John Driffield Gilbert (1893-1917), fifth son of 12 William and Mary Young Gilbert, written by his sisters, Dorothy and Marjory Gilbert, n.d. 2 sheets. Also contains 12 photographs of J.D. Gilbert, ca.1899-1916 (photographers unidentified), and postcard of the J.D. Gilbert memorial tablet in St. Thomas’ Church, Pewsey Vale. 13 images. Also 13 glass negatives of photos taken by J.D. Gilbert, including images of Catherine and Emily Gilbert in fancy dress, a family in automobile, the E.C. Stirling family at St. Vigeans, Mount Lofty, and the house, fountains, outdoor kitchen, and station scenes at Pewsey Vale, n.d. 1 box (replaced by contact prints). 28 items.
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Printed items. See details below. 13 1. Soldier’s New Testament South Africa 1900. Illustrated miniature book, inscribed “Joseph Gilbert from Aunt Anna, May 6th 1900”. 400 pages. 2. The King’s message to the Royal Air Force. 11 November 1918. Illuminated manuscript, 1 page. 3. The War Graves of the British empire. Lancashire landing cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli. Booklet with map and list of dead, including ‘Joseph Gilbert’, nd. 53 pages. 4. Memorial register 20. Introduction to the register of the Arras Memorial at Faubourg-d’Amians Cemetery, Arras, France, and a portion of the register of dead. London: Imperial War Graves Commission, 1930. 2 vols. [Includes name of ‘John Driffield Gilbert’]. 5. Extract from the Advertiser, 30 May 1960, containing article By P.M. Lusk on lodgement of private records with S.A Archives. 6. The Gilberts of Pewsey Vale, edited by George C. Morphett. Pioneers' Association of South Australia, 1949. 15 pages with annotations by E. S. Booth [almost an exact copy of Dorothy Gilbert’s abridged version of Emily Gilbert’s family history. See Series 32 for original abridged manuscript by Dorothy Gilbert]. 7. Mrs. David Randall’s Reminiscences, edited by George C. Morphett. Pioneers' Association of South Australia, 1939. 8. The St. Peter's School Magazine, Adelaide, August 1915. 77 pages.
Reminiscences and historical notes of the family and district 14 1839-1923,by Dorothy Gilbert, 1972-73. 44 pp. Microfilm negative and positive. Contains Savin copy of manuscript, and typed transcript of this part, addressed to W.A. Gilbert. 3 items. [Published in South Australiana, Vol. XII, No. 2, Sept. 1973.] Includes handwritten biographical notes, 2 pp. [by Dorothy Gilbert?] and editing notes, 2 pp., by Marjory and Emily Gilbert. 2 items. OPEN ACCESS MICROFILM
Photographs (2) of Joseph Gilbert and his daughter, Anna, 15 taken by Captain Sweet at Pewsey Vale, 1877. Also 2 portrait photographs of Anna Gilbert (1856-1942) seated with a cat on her lap, taken by Thomas Fall in London, n.d. 4 items.
Letters written by William Gilbert to his wife, Mary Young (‘Min’) Gilbert, 16 his cousin, Juliet Morse (nee Gilbert) and children Dorothy, Emily, Tom, and John Driffield (Jack) Gilbert, 1881-1917. 8 items. Also includes 6 photographs of William Gilbert’s grave in the churchyard at Pewsey Vale, 31 March 1923 (two days after his death). 1 item. Also 4 portrait photographs of William Gilbert, including one with his son Henry, and 1 photo print of Gilbert with cousin Juliet Morse (nee Gilbert, 1840-1926) n.d., 5 items.
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Notes on Pewsey Vale, Mount Bryan, etc. by William Gilbert, 6 August 17 1882. 1 sheet. Also photographs of the interior and exterior of Pewsey Vale, the original kitchen, fowl yard, horses, and farming activities, ca.1900-1923, by Catherine Gilbert and unidentified photographers. 19 photos (17 prints, 2 cabinet portraits). 20 items. (duplicates of photographs in PRG 266/77/29/1.)
Copies of speeches made by William Gilbert at Lyndoch, 19 July 1919, 18 on the ‘Air Force Cross’ (4 pages) and to the ‘Old Scholars dinner’, n.d. (9 pages). Also a copy of his letter to the Advertiser, 11 March 1918, about a bush fire in the Barossa Ranges (4 pages). 3 items.
Letters written and received by members of the Gilbert family, 1868-1954. 19 18 letters and 4 photographs. See details below. 1. Letter to Mrs. Joseph Gilbert (nee Anna Browne) and her daughters, from the parents of Sunday School students at St. Thomas’ Church, Pewsey Vale, February 1868. 2. Letter to ‘William’ [?], nephew of William Gilbert (brother of Joseph Gilbert, 1800-1881), December 1885, from Charles W. Morse of Yankalilla. Contains detailed information relating to Pewsey Vale business and other properties owned by his uncle, William Gilbert. Includes a copy of William Gilbert’s will. 3. Letter to William Gilbert from Bishop Kennion (‘G.W.A.’), April 1886, forwarded to Dorothy, Marjory, and Emily Gilbert at ‘Karrawatoo’, Mount Lofty, from E. Payne-Croston of Lyndoch, October 1949. 4. Letter to ‘Minnie’ (Mary Young Gilbert), December 1897, from Anna Gilbert, with reference to their sister Esther. 5. Letter to William and ‘Minnie’ (Mary Young) Gilbert, January 1902, from Miss G.F. Molero, St. Vigeans, Mount Lofty. 6. Letter to ‘Minnie’ (Mary Young Gilbert), 1902, from Miss G. F. Molero. 7. Lines of verse written in India ink, author unidentified, n.d. 8. Letter to ‘Min’ (Mary Young Gilbert), June 1907, from her brother, W. Clindening. 9. Letter to Sarah Fergusson (nee Gilbert), September 1917, from her cousin Leonard Gilbert Browne (1851-1930), in Hoburne, Christchurch, (Dorset, England?). Contains an explanatory note by Anna Gilbert. 10. Letter to ‘My dear [?] ‘, October 1923, from William Gilbert. 11-14. Letters to ‘Miss Gilbert’, Mount Lofty, October 1939-July 1940, from Otto Klem of Corny Point, with references to ‘Orrie Cowie’ Station, Yorke Peninsula. Item 11 includes a hand-tinted B&W photograph of group of men with cricket bat (ca.1939). Item 13 includes 3 captioned B&W photographs of ‘old Orrie Cowie’ Station. 15. Letter to Emily Gilbert, April 1954, from ‘G.T.C.’ (Gerard Talbot Clindening – see PRG 266/31) of St. Peters, S.A. with information relating to early Gilbert genealogy and family history.
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16-18. Letters to Emily Gilbert, Karrawatoo, Mount Lofty, 1954, from W.E.C. Cotton, London, in reply to her request for copies of early Gilbert family wills.
Letters written by John Driffield Gilbert to his mother Mary Gilbert 20 from St. Peters College. 29 Nov., 1908 - 24 July 1910. 8 items.
Letters written by John Driffield Gilbert to his family while on a cadet tour 21 of London and Europe, and attendance as a member of the Australian Coronation Contingent, 1911 (items 1-5); autographed menu for farewell dinner on board ‘S.S. Aeneas’, 1911 (item 6); published view of Australian Mounted Cadets in England, 1910 (item 7); envelope containing a photograph by Gilbert of ‘Lord Roberts with officers of the cadets’, England 1911 (item 8, 1 negative); Gilbert’s diaries of the coronation trip, 19 April– 4 November 1911, with names of boys and officers (‘Captain Rushall was in charge’) in volume 1 (item 9, vols. 1-2); postcard from Colombo, Ceylan, 1911 (item 10); Kodak folder containing 19 photos (negatives removed) taken by Gilbert on the tour (item 11; SEE ALSO item 12); 2 albums of 96 captioned photos, probably all taken by Gilbert (item 12); papers relating to his Coronation trip to London, including correspondence of W.A. Gilbert with the Australian War Memorial, 1995 (items 13-15); copies of published material relating to Australian Army badges, dress regulations, and ‘Nominal Role of the Australian Coronation Contingent King George V Coronation Medal 1911’ (items 16-18). 18 items.
Letters written by John D. Gilbert (Jack) to his mother while working as a 22 jackeroo at Nuntherungie Station, Broken Hill, 1912-1914. 10 letters and 2 photo postcards. 12 items.
Letters written by John D. Gilbert (Jack) to his family during World War I, 23 from his voyage to England to enlist, 25 April 1915 - 25 May 1915, and from England, Egypt, and France, 3 June 1915 – 14 October 1917. Included are details of Gilbert’s training with the16th Lancers, commission and training in Egypt with the Sussex Yeomanry (9 March 1917 – 10 June 1917), his return voyage to England for flying school (Royal Flying Corps) and bombing missions in Europe. 3 volumes.
Letters, cables, newspaper cuttings and annotated map relating to the 24 search for John Driffield Gilbert, reported missing in World War I on 18 October 1917, ca.1917-1920. Also letters and cuttings relating to Thomas Gilbert and J. D. Gilbert after their arrival in England, 1915-ca.1917. 31 items.
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Material relating to John Driffield Gilbert’s military service. 25 1914-1917. 2.5 cm 1. John D. Gilbert’s commission as Second Lieutenant, September 1915, Sussex, Germany. Signed paper and original envelope. 1 item. 2. Photograph of J.D. Gilbert with his unit and commanding officer taken during the war, ca.1916. Enlargement. 1 item. 3. ‘Army Form B. 50. Soldiers Small Book’, London, 1914. Pages 6-7 contain J. D. Gilbert’s personal details, with next- of-kin listed as his uncle, ‘John [Adam Fergusson]’ of Cheltenham, England [according to a note by E. S. Booth, 1974]. 1 item. 4. Pocket book (wallet) containing J. D. Gilbert’s military pass for the 20th Reserve Wing Royal Flying Corps, dated 11 May- August 1917, and Christmas card with ‘Sussex Yeomanry’ seal and ‘Egypt’ printed on front (1916-1917). Also contains Gilbert’s flying map and a note relating to the area in Belgium where his plane crashed. 4 items. 5. ‘Army Book 425. Pilot’s Flying Log Book’ with entries by J. D. Gilbert, 29 April 1917 – 11 October 1917. An enclosed letter from Sarah Fergusson to John’s father, William Gilbert, dated ‘July 17th Cheltenham’, reads ‘’This is Jack’s flying ‘Log Book’ – the only thing of this that was sent to us direct.’ 2 items. 6. ‘Aeroplanes’ notebook kept by J. D. Gilbert, n.d. Contains notes and diagrams on Biplane Experimental and other models, bracing systems, bombs, and airplane repairs. Ink and colour pencils. 1 item.
Military badges and realia 26 1 box. Originals WITHDRAWN. Military badges and other realia which belonged to John Driffield Gilbert.
Account book, letter and application form relating to the banking account 27 of Second Lieutenant J.D. Gilbert, 3/1st Sussex Yeomanry, with Cox and Co., Charing Cross, London, 1915-17. 3 items.
Printed items (small books) which belonged to J.D. Gilbert. 3 Vols. 28 1. A Coronation Souvenir, by Baring Gould. London, Skeffington and Son, Publishers to His Majesty King Edward VII, 1902. Inscribed ‘John[n]ie with love from Faith’. 2. Soldier’s New Testament. South Africa 1900-1901. London, W. Walters, Office of the Scripture Gift Mission. Inscribed with ‘John D. Gilbert’. 3. Miniature Dictionary of the English Language [Nuttall’s English Dictionary], by P. Austin Nuttal. London, George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., nd. Inscribed ‘John D Gilbert as a gift from A B Hall Esq’.
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Manuscript of The History of the Gilbert Family of Abbaston Manor 29 and Puckshipton Manor in County Wiltshire, England and of Pewsey Vale, Lyndoch, South Australia, by Emily Gilbert, together with a supplement (volume 2) containing photographs taken at Pewsey Vale by Captain Sweet, n.d., and other photographers, ca.1900. Includes a key to the photographs, and several photos of Pewsey Vale and Wongalere, S.A. Also a letter written by G. H. Pitt to Emily Gilbert concerning the above work. 1937-1971. 2 vols. and 1 letter. Manuscript, typescript and photographic prints.
Pedigrees of the Gilbert family and related families. Compiled by E.S. Booth, 30 ca.1949-1950. India ink on paper. 10 items. 1. Pedigree of the Family of Gilbert of Abbaston and Puckshipton, Wiltshire, and of Pewsey Vale, S. Australia. Section 1. 2.-6. Pedigree of the Gilbert Family. Sections 2-6. 7. Gilbert of Allied Families 8. Duke of Lake 9. Poore of Durrington 10. Snowe of Winterbourne Stoke
The House of Gerbert or Gilbert in the Counties of Berks and Wilts, 31 from early times down to the year 1551, by Gerald Talbot Clindening, together with a handwritten supplement continuing the history to 1954. 1953-1955. 3 vols. and related papers. 1. Typescript volume. 33 pp. Adelaide, 1953. 1 item. 2. Typescript volume. 33 pages, continuing as a manuscript of ‘Part 2’, pp. 34-78, with genealogical data (‘Authorities’) in back. 1955. Also a 2-page transcription and translation of the will of Alice Gilbert of Fovant, ‘In the 1500th year of Our Lord . . .’, by G. T. Clindening and E. S. Booth, in Booth’s handwriting. 2 items. 3. Handwritten draft of ‘Part 2’, ‘From the era of the Reformation to the present time’. 1 vol., 80 pp., 1955. Includes additional Gilbert family genealogical data (‘Authorities’, 9 pp.), a small map of ‘Calais, Boulogne and St. Valery to Paris’, and postcard of Odstock Church. 4 items.
Abridged family history, in the form of a letter to her nephew, John, by 32 Dorothy Gilbert, 1949. Typescript, 10 pp. Also a family tree. 1 sheet. Almost an exact copy was published by The Pioneers’ Association of SA. See Series 13/6. 2 items.
Some notes on the early history of the Church of the Epiphany 33 Crafers. 2 copies of a talk given by Dorothy Gilbert 13 pp. manuscript and typescript.
Account of her childhood at Pewsey Vale, written by Dorothy Gilbert 34 at the request of her great niece Susan Eade, June 1968. 1. Bound manuscript, 19 pp. 2. Two childhood photographs of Dorothy Gilbert (b.1885).
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Copy of the burial service for Dorothy Gilbert, February 1973. Also 35 her obituaries, funeral and death notice taken from Adelaide newspapers and the Adelaide Church Guardian. Feb.-April 1973. Typescript carbon and photocopy, 2 items.
Miscellaneous papers. See details below. 36 1. Notes on the first two generations of the Gilbert family at Pewsey Vale. By E.S. Booth. 1 item. 2. Notes containing information about Henry Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, John D. Gilbert, by their mother Mary Young Gilbert, wife of William Gilbert’ (4 pp.). Also a letter of sympathy from Buckingham Palace, 1919, to W. Gilbert Esquire, relating to the death of his son, J.D. Gilbert, in the handwriting of Mary Young Gilbert (1 p.). Also includes poetry kept by Mary Young Gilbert, copied by their nurse ‘for the children to learn’. (10 pp.). Handwritten, 11 items. 3. Emily Gilbert’s extracts of passages relating to the Gilbert family from Lady Tennyson’s letter journal. 2 p. [ The extracts are taken from Harold Tennyson R.N. Macmillan London 1918. Pages. 32-33.] 4. Minutes of a meeting at Pewsey Vale appointing John Sheppard master of the school built by Joseph Gilbert, n.d. Lists names of committee members and school fees to be charged. 2pp. handwritten, 1 item. 5. Certificate acknowledging a donation by Dr. Henry Gilbert to the building fund for a soldiers memorial garden April 1919 1 item. 6. Autobiography of Mary Young Gilbert nee Clindening written in her own hand. 7. Gilbert, Mary Young nee Clindening (1854-1939). 2 photographs. 8. Gilbert, Emily (1892-1974). Photographs of two small drawings. ‘Pump (by the kitchen door at Pewsey Vale)’, 1930-1939. Original watercolour [‘BL 143’]. Also ‘Billy (in the cow paddock at Pewsey Vale)’, 1922. Original India ink [‘BL 144’]. Copies made by W. Bley, 30 Sept. 1960. 2 items. 9. Gilbert, Emily (1892-1974). Seven photographs and an extract, in her handwriting, from E.H. Coombe’s History of Gawler. Also five booklets and pamphlets belonging to Emily Gilbert including: Incidents in Colonial Life: in prose and verse, Eliza D. Randall, Adelaide, Gall & Sheridan, 1873; The Gilberts of Pewsey Vale, G.C. Morphett, Pioneers’ Association of S.A., June 1949 (15 pp. with notes) [see Series 32 for original abridged manuscript by Dorothy Gilbert]; Pioneers’ Visit to ‘Wongalere’: 20th October, 1949, Pioneers’ Association of S.A., (4 pp.); ‘Old Government House: a vice-regal summer residence. 1860-1880, restored and opened to the public on November 21st 1961 by His Excellency the Governor of South Australia, Lieutenant General Sir Edric Bastyan’, [Belair, Commissioners of the National Park and Wild Life Reserves, 1961] (12 pp.); The Discovery and Naming of Lyndoch Valley, 1837, William Light. Edited by Gerald F. Fischer, Aldgate, S.A., Pump Press, 1962. Includes a letter to Miss Gilbert. 13 items. 10. Newspaper cuttings, some containing references to Pewsey Vale, Joseph and William Gilbert, and to Mrs. Mary Clindening (nee Driffield), mostly undated, ca.1897-1909 (1 card sheet). Also a copy of printed sheet of pen and ink cartoon sketches: ‘The A.H.C. Last Saturday’, Portonian No. 257, August 5, 1876. 2 items.
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Studbook and related papers kept by Joseph Gilbert, 1840-ca.1884. 37 1. Exercise book containing ‘Stud Book’ details relating to the breeding, sale, and pedigrees of horses belonging to Joseph Gilbert of Pewsey Vale, with extracts of letters and additional lists. A number of entries relate to Shorthorn cattle, 1840-1877. 1 item. 2. Loose papers of Joseph Gilbert relating to the breeding, sale, and pedigree of his horses. 1842-c.1884, with gaps. Includes certifications of pedigree, letter from a buyer, handbill advertising sale of a thoroughbred imported from England, horses’ measurements, stud and foal list (1877, 10 pp.), a letter and newscutting relating to ‘Pedigree of Khian Khan Krewze’, and bill of sale for horses purchased at James H. Parr auction house (1884). 11 items.
Scrap book compiled by Mary Egerton Warburton containing greeting 38 cards and sketches, some of South Australia, ca.1880’s. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO PRG 196
Plan of Wiltshire special survey. 1843. 1 item mounted together with extract 39 from Government Gazette 18 July 1839. Typescript.
Driffield, Mary Rebow Jane, later Clindening (1826-1925). School 40 exercise book, January 1840, with additional notes containing a calligraphy sample and verse in India ink. 1 volume and 2 notes. Includes an obituary booklet, ‘Mrs. W. C. Clindening, 1826-1925. A Worthy Pioneer’, published by The Register Office, Adelaide, ca.1925, together with a letter written by James McLeod to M.R J. Clindening, 1925. Also extracts (in Emily Gilbert’s handwriting) from a letter written by Frederick Talbot Driffield Clindening to his sister, Ann Elizabeth Popham, 1940. Further items include a photo postcard of Mary Rebow Jane Clindening in her drawing room in North Adelaide, n.d., and a scriptural broadsheet, copy of a note (1870), and newsclipping containing prayers.
Bible owned by Mary Jane Clindening (nee Driffield) with family 41 details on fly-leaf. 1859. 1 volume.
Albums of postcards collected firstly by Catherine Gilbert and later by 42 Dorothy Gilbert on her various trips overseas, ca.1900-06. 2 vol.
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Album of greeting cards and photographs 43 ca.1890-1920. 5cm. 1 volume. The first half of the album contains greeting cards. The second half contains photographs, mostly with captions, of Gilbert family members at Pewsey Vale, with interior and exterior views of the home. Included are formal gardens, deer park, station grounds, cottages, paddocks, stock, vineyard, reservoir, workers, shearing shed, hunting scenes, wood cutters, and grass trees (xanthorea) after a bush fire. Also photos of J.D. Gilbert on a motor bike, the Holy Trinity Church at Lyndoch, the Stirling family at St. Vigean’s, Mount Lofty, and the Fergusson family at home. 1 item. See Series 48 for additional photographs.
Papers of Grace Maude Cohen / Cohn, governess with the Gilbert family. 44 Contains a handwritten account of Christmas at Pewsey Vale, ca.1898-1906. India ink, 5 pages (item 1). Also 26 photographs taken at Pewsey Vale (items 2-27) and 1 pencil sketch, ca.1906-1923 (item 28, 11x18 cm.). 28 items. See special list for details.
Specifications for alterations and additions to Pewsey Vale church, 45 with related correspondence and historical notes on the Church, 1885-ca.1886, 1968. Contains handwritten specifications by Grainger and Nash, Architects and Civil Engineers, Adelaide, 14 pp., with printed ‘Conditions of Contract’, 3 pp., ca.1886. Includes list of tenders received, 6 letters to William Gilbert, and 1 invoice, 1985-1986. Also historical notes on the church by Dorothy Gilbert, 1968. 3pp., typescript. 10 items. [tsf. p639]
Gilbert, Catherine Pauline (nee Browne, 1897-1984). Reminiscences of 46 Pauline Gilbert in a letter to her son, Bill (William Browne Gilbert, b.1924), n.d. Typescript copy, 4 pp. The letter contains details of her marriage in 1916 to William Gilbert (1887-1967) and their life at ‘Wongalere’, which is now under the South Para Reservoir. Includes historical notes (1 p., author unknown). 1 item.
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Miscellaneous family photographs and papers. (21 photos and 4 additional 47 items.) See details below. 1. Gilbert, William, ‘of Hippenscombe’ (1798-1885). His grave at Yankalilla, ca.1885. 1 cabinet photograph. 2. Gilbert, Henry (1880-1947). N.d., 1 photograph. 3. Gilbert, Henry (1880- 1947). Small booklet of 8 wedding photographs taken after the marriage of Henry Gilbert and Eva Winifred Short at Bickham Grange, 11 April 1917, and later, at Pewsey Vale, n.d. 8 photos. 1 item. 4-6. Fergusson, Sarah, nee Gilbert (1852-1936). 3 photographs. 7-8. Copy of a letter to Miss Egerton-Warburton, 26 July 1918, from Chaplain Alfred G. Harrris, containing information about the death of her brother, Wilbraham Egerton Warburton, by gas poisoning, and burial at Crouy British Cemetary near Amiens, France. Also notes taken from informants’ reports sent from the Australian Red Cross in London, October 1918. 2 items. 9-11. Gilbert, Catherine (1891-1931). Contains 2 views of Gilbert as a young woman with a puppy at ‘Dashwoods Gully’, and 1 portrait, n.d. 3 photographs. 12-15. Descendants of the Gilbert family, including Elizabeth Giffard Hyde, nee Polhill and Frances Giffard Cather, nee Polhill (nieces of Joseph Gilbert). Also William C. G. Goddard (grandson of Joseph Gilbert’s sister, Sarah) and Edward Foot Gilbert (nephew of Joseph Gilbert). 4 photographs. 16-17. Views of 14 Dutton Terrace, Medindie, home of Mary Young Gilbert and her daughters after moving from Pewsey Vale, ca.1924. 2 photographs. 18. Molero, Georgina Florence. Portrait in a hand-made card and wood veneer frame, n.d. 1 photograph. 19-20. Gilbert, Marjory (b.1888). 1 cabinet photo of Gilbert, ca.1894, and portrait of her as a young woman, n.d. 2 photographs. 21-25. Loder family members. Includes an overpainted portrait of Giles Loder (1786-1871), n.d (item 21).; a photo of Gerald Loder, 1st Lord Wakehurst (1863-1936) in his library, n.d. (item 22); and a formal portrait of John de Vere Loder, 2nd Lord Wakehurst (1895-1970). 3 photographs. Also 1 printed Wakehurst Family crest and 1 page of notes on pedigree by E. S. Booth. 5 items.
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Album of photographs assembled by William Gilbert (1850-1923), 48 ca.1872-1890. 1 volume, 5 cm. Contains views, mostly with captions, of Pewsey Vale (several by Captain Sweet) including St. Thomas’ Church, the station bell, reservoir, children playing, livestock, cow yard, polo game, fountain and gardens, terrier dogs looking for possums, station buildings, a picnic, deer park, pets, Wongalere Station, and carriage horses (with names). Includes published postcards and enlargements of Broken Hill Proprietary Limited smelting works at Port Pirie (1890-ca.1900) and shipping bullion from the company’s wharf. Also views of ‘the Fergusson residence’ in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), including the drawing room, and the children ‘with servants’. 20 additional photographs of William Gilbert’s trip to the Northern Territory, n.d., contain views of carriage transportation, camp sites, landscapes, vegetation, houses and local people. SEVERAL IMAGES SHOW ABORIGINAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED, WHICH MAY CAUSE SADNESS AND DISTRESS TO THEIR RELATIVES. CARE AND DISCRETION SHOULD BE USED WHEN VIEWING THE IMAGES. See Series 43 for additional photographs.
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The following series (49-91) comprise additional Gilbert family papers received by the Library in 2004. This material was box listed by Susan Magarey, 7 October 2004, and this has formed the basis of the series description. ______
Quarto manilla folder labelled 'Gilbert Memoirs’ 49 1949, ca.1968-1973. 2 cm. Folder contains: The Gilberts of Pewsey Vale, ed. Geo. C. Morphett, President of the Pioneers Association of S.A. June 1949, published by the Pioneers' Association of S.A. (this is a photocopy made for Margaret Burrowes (nee Gilbert), daughter of William Gilbert and C. Pauline Gilbert, nee Browne). It contains a family tree. Copy of South Australiana, vol.XII, no.2 September 1973 containing 'Country life in the later nineteenth century: reminiscences by Dorothy Gilbert'. MS letter addressed to 'Dear Susan' [ie Susan Magarey], beginning: 'You have asked me to tell you something of my experiences in India in my youth...', dated April & May 1970, signed Dorothy Gilbert (aged 84 1/2), 36pages. MS letter addressed to 'Dear Susan' [ie Susan Magarey], dated 18 July 1968, about life at Pewsey Vale, and relations with 'the people who served us', signed Aunt Dolly, 8 pages. MS letter addressed to 'Dear Susan' from 'Aunt Dolly', no date but I recall it as being late 1969, about Edward Stirling, 4 pages. MS letter address to 'Dear Susan' from 'Aunt Dolly, 8 January 1970, also about Edward Stirling, and the connections between the Stirlings and Catherine Spence., 1 page. MS Family Tree of Joseph Gilbert of Abbaston and ???, Wiltshire, and Family Tree of Benjamin Browne, also of Wiltshire, with letter to Dear Susan from Aunt Dolly, 25 April 1968. MS photocopied, letter to Dear Susan from Aunt Dolly, n.d., beginning 'You ask us to tell you something about our childhood...', 18 pages *MS card in Marjory Gilbert's handwriting reporting some details of family connections with the Clindenings, from M. Gerald Clindening, The House of Glendowyn. [Formerly Box 1, item 1.]
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Biography of John Harris-Browne, compiled by C.P. Gilbert (his grand 50 daughter Pauline) 1952. 1 cm (84 pages). Foolscap manilla folder containing typescript 'John Harris-Browne Pastoralist and Pioneer 1817-1904'. The typescript history stops at page 14 with the note ‘At this point the reader is referred to the Jounal of John Harris-Browne, 21 Aug. 1844 – 1 June 1845, orginal held in Archives Dept. D. 4695(L)’. It then resumes at page 52. See series 51 for both a photocopy of the original diary (D 4695(L)) and a transcript. [Additional note by SM: This has a SLSA stamp on it, crossed out and signed by ?? Fisher/Archivist 13 December 1968. I surmise that my grandmother, C. Pauline Gilbert, nee Browne, offered the MS from which this account has been made to the Archives in return for having them typed, and then refused to allow them to remain with the SLSA.] [Formerly Box 1, item 2]
Journal of John Harris Browne. 51 1844-1845. 2 cm (2 parts) Typescript copy of the journal of J.H. Browne ‘written during Sturt’s 2nd expedition into the interior’. The transcript starts at page 15 and ends at page 51, provising the missing portion of the history located in series 50. A photocopy of the original diary is also included. [Formerly Box 1, no item number (transcript) and D 4695(L) (photocopy of original).]
'Grannie's account of the departure, voyage and arrival in S.A. … 52 ca.1923. 0.5 cm Handwritten manuscript on a block of writing paper containing 'Grannie's account of the departure, voyage and arrival in S.A. & the first few years of their life here of herself & husband (Dr. & Mrs William Clindening)' … Written by Mrs Clindening & copied by me – Marjory Gilbert (grand daughter of the above … [Formerly Box 1, item 3.]
Letters from Marjory Gilbert to her parents and sister 53 1923. 3 cm. An A4 spring-back folder containing handwritten letters from Marjory Gilbert to members of her family (parents, siblings) written during her journey to England in 1923. [Formerly Box 1, item 3.]
Manilla envelope labelled ‘Susan’s letter to her Aunt Dolly’ (Dorothy Gilbert). 54 1968-1969. 0.5 cm [Formerly Box 1, item 5.]
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Commonplace book of Mary Harris Browne 55 1894-1908. 2 cm Handwritten commonplace book containing a note: `This book belonged to my Aunt Mary Harris Browne (younger sister of Aunt Alice) and was sent to me many years ago. CPG' [ie C Pauline Gilbert nee Browne]. Contains poetry, maxims and essays. [Formerly Box 1, item 6.]
Le Vade Mecum ou Guide de chaque Complexion Pour Prolonger La Vie 56 1828. 2 cm Published in Paris, the volume is inscribed 'To Joseph Gilbert Esqr of Pewsey Vale Barossa Range from Gill 1841'. [Formerly Box 1, item 7.]
A five days trip to the Barrier 57 1889. 1.5 cm Small notebook with the heading 'A Five Days Trip to the Barrier in 1889 — by Five', with a description of a visit to Broken Hill. A loose note with the volume reads 'The "Five" were Dr. J.H. Browne, William Gilbert, Miss Molero, Alice M. Browne, Mary E. Browne [the] writer'. A second note reads ‘For Mrs W. Gilbert, Wongalere, Williamstown, S. Australia From Miss Harris Browne, 115 Barkston Gardens, London S.W.5'. [Formerly Box 1, item 8.]
'Abstract of the Title of Joseph Gilbert Esqre to Preliminary Sect: 284 58 11 January 1838. 0.5 cm Photocopy of an original handwritten document labelled 'Abstract of the Title of Joseph Gilbert Esqre to Preliminary Sect: 284 on the Torrens’. [Formerly Box 1, item 9.]
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Manuscript roll of miscellaneous letters 59 1907-1913, 1923, not dated. 2 cm. Collection of papers comprising: 1. letters to E. Hirst Sherwood House, Saffron Walden (England) from the NSW Agent General (2) and to Alfred Hirst from J.F. Hayward of Aroona, Freshford, Bath (9), 1907-1911. All seem to relate to experiences of Hayward when in South Australia; 2. typescript extract from J.F. Hayward’s log of expedition around Lake Torrens, together with typed statement by John Melrose of ‘Ulooloo’about Sandy McPherson; 3. letters to John Melrose from Robert Bruce and A.M McPherson, 1908; 4. letters to ‘Alf’ from John (1908) and Jim (1908); 5. letters received by J. MurhouseW. H. Creenfield, John Bommorly(?), and Thorbold Grant, 1908-1913; 6. letters to W. Gilbert from Bagot, Shakes & Lewis Ltd (1908) pinned to a report on wool sold by Gilbert (1912); 7. unsigned notes on ‘Sheep breeding & their management’; 8. printed pamphlet ‘Gall’s Plan of the great Overland Telegraph: 9. extracts from the Adelaide Stock and Station Journal featuring pastoral pioneers Dr J. Harris Browne and William James Browne (brother od Anna Gilbert nee Browne); 10. newspaper cuttings on Pewsey Vale and obituaries for William Gilbert (1923). Three photographic prints (duplicates from series 73 and a postcard have been housed with other photos from PRG 266/76. [Formerly Box 1, item 10.]
Photograph album, green cover, beginning with `Dornoch' 60 ca.1925. 2.5 cm. Consists of an album of photographs of mainly Britain but also Asian countries, assumed to have been compiled by one of the Gilbert daughters following their overseas trip. [Formerly Box 1, item 11.]
Photograph album, black cover, beginning with 'Aden'. 61 ca.1925. 1 cm. Consists of views from Aden, Cairo, and various sites around Italy. As above, assumed to have been compiled by one of the Gilbert daughters following their overseas trip. [Formerly Box 1, item 12.]
Photograph album, leather-bound 62 ca.1870-1900. 8 cm (66 photos). Inscribed inside the front page is ‘Album which belonged to Mary Young Gilbert’. The album also contains a slip: 'This photograph album I have given to Mary Magarey. Signed Marjory Gilbert'. [Mary Magarey was Marjory Gilbert's niece.] Inside are family portraits from the 19th century (all are cabinet prints) and all are identified. [Formerly Box 1, item 13.]
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Small photograph album 63 ca.1924. 1 cm. The album contains some photographs at Cheltenham (one is dated 1923), and some from Switzerland. [Formerly Box 1, item 14.]
Gifts from China. 64 ca.1910. 1 cm. ORIGINALS WITHDRAWN Small cardboard box containing cotton wool, a necklace of brown beads, a smelling salts bottle, and a note: 'Susan My brown Chinese beads. They were a gift from my mother's brother Dr. Fred Clindening when he was practising in China'. The note is in Dorothy Gilbert's handwriting. [Formerly Box 1, item 15.]
Large watch in red leather case 65 ca.1950. 12.5 x 10.7 x 3.5 cm. ORIGINAL WITHDRAWN ‘Large watch in battered red leather case, given by Dorothy Gilbert to my father Sir Rupert Magarey’. [Formerly Box 1, item 16.]
Gifts to South Australian institutions 66 1967-1974. 1.5 cm. A4 manila envelope containing various lists and documents concerning items given by various Gilberts, principally Dorothy, Emily and Marjory Gilbert, to the State Library of South Australia, and a painting given to the Art Gallery of South Australia. This is accompanied by 3 annotated annual reports of the Libraries Board of SA. [Formerly Box 1, item 17.]
Passport for Miss C.M. Gilbert. 67 1935. 0.5 cm [Formerly Box 1, no item number] .] Entry badge for Miss C.M. Gilbert providing access to the Royal Enclosure at 68 the Ascot Races. ORIGINAL WITHDRAWN 1938. 0.5 cm [Formerly Box 1, no item number.]
Momento presented to Mary Gilbert from John Masefield 69 1930, 1934. 0.5 cm. ORIGINAL WITHDRAWN Comprises a printed copy (#161) of the ‘Words spoken to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, the Councillors and Aldermen of Hereford on Thursday, October 23rd 1930’ (with envelope). Also includes paper with verse signed by Britains’ poet laureate, John Masefield and ‘written out for Mary Gilbert. Nov 27.1934’. [Formerly Box 1, no item number.]
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Extracts from Early Experience of Colonial Life in South Australia 70 1878. 0.5 cm. Photocopy of pages from Early experience of Colonial Life in South Australia by J.W. Bull (1878) which feature a description of the Gilbert properties, with annotations and highlighting. [Formerly Box 1, no item number.]
Photograph of Alice Harris Browne. 71 1901. 1 item This may be viewed online by doing an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on PRG 266/71. [Formerly Box 1, no item number.]
Handwritten card with biographical details on William Talbot Clindinning. 72 nd. 1 item [Formerly Box 1, no item number.]
Photograph albums 73 ca.1905-1925-4.5 cm (4 volumes). Four photograph albums, and sundry loose photographs: these may be identified by reference to the names under the photographs in series 62, including two very good photographs of Wongalere, William Gilbert's property near Williamstown. A few of the enlargements have been exhibited and are signed ‘C.M.B.’ (Christine Browne Clindining, Pauline Gilbert’s sister) Volume 1: loose pages from a small album, containing photos with minimal identification in relation to dates and locations (1908-1924, Pewsey Vale, Wongalere and Duncraig (home of Pauline Gilbert’s parents at Stirling). The images feature people, buildings, the 1916 wedding of Pauline Browne to William Gilbert, horses and shearing. 51 photos. Volume 2: selection of photos mounted in a home-made album, featuring mostly landscapes at Wongalere, with a few of people, activities, vineyards, buildings and Wongalere. 88 photos. Volume 3: selection of photos mounted in a home-made album, featuring mostly landscapes at Pewsey Vale, with a few of people, activities, vineyards and buildings. 37 photos. Volume 4: 12 photographic enlargements set out as an ‘artistic’ album. Volume 5: 29 loose photographs found in two of the albums described above. All taken at Wongalere except items 21-23. A selection has been digitised and can be viewed online by doing an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on PRG 266/73. [Formerly Box II]
Engravings 74 ca.1890-1940. 0.5 cm (3 items) ORIGINALS WITHDRAWN. Two prints by G.T.M. Roach, printed by the Aldgate Press, and another by G. Brittany, all found with the loose photographs in series 73. These may be viewed online by doing an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on PRG 266/74. [Formerly Box II]
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Ambrotypes of the Brown family 75 ca.1865. 9 cm (6 items). ORIGINALS WITHDRAWN Six ambrotypes, with one identified as ‘Mrs Brown and son’; another is identified as Mrs Brown’s ‘son and two daughters’. The remaining images lack any identification. These may be viewed online by doing an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on PRG 266/75. [Formerly Box II]
Studio portraits of the Browne, Crawford and Gilbert families 76 ca.1850-1950. 4 cm (46 items). A number of the photos in this series, featuring members of the Browne family (Catherien Pauline Browne married William Gilbert), the Crawford family (C.P. Browne’s mother was Catherine Crawford) and the Gilbert family have been digitised. These may be viewed online by doing an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on PRG 266/76. [Formerly Box II]
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Gilbert family portraits & photos 77 ca.1915-1945. 4 cm (246 items). Informal family photographs of the Gilbert family (parents Bill and Pauline, with children Mary, Margaret and Bill), mostly taken at the family home at ‘Wongalere’.. Also includes some relations. 1. Family’s first car, 1911 – Clement Talbot No.1331. 2. Bill Gilbert, Pauline Browne and Cyril Proctor on horses, about 1915. 3-89. Bill & Pauline Gilbert and their three children, Mary, Margaret and Bill. Also includes Pauline’s parents, Thomas and Catherine Browne, and her sister Christine. 1918-ca.1938. 90-95. Bill and Pauline’s golden wedding anniversary party, August 1966. 96-99. Pauline Gilbert, ca.1920 & 1962. 100-200. Photographs believed to have been taken by Pauline Gilbert, covering the period from the time when her children were young (1920s) through to her becoming a grandmother (1940s), and includes views of ‘Wongalere’, the children and the overseas trip with Mary in 1938 (see series 82). Comprises prints without negatives, negatives with out prints, and prints with negatives. Access to the prints may be requested through the reading room; access to negatives only by arrangement. 201-230. Mary Gilbert’s wedding to Bob Magarey, 3 April 1940. Comprises prints without negatives, negatives with out prints, and prints with negatives. . Access to the prints may be requested through the reading room; access to negatives only by arrangement. 231-234. Mary with her baby son, James. 235. Margaret with Mrs Douglas, in England. 236. Miniature photo of Marjory Gilbert in the form of a stamp. 237. Photo of the Peter Pan statue in London taken by Marjory Gilbert in 1923. 238-239. Two portraits of Christine Browne (sister of Pauline Gilbert): one of her spinning, ca.1915; the other of Catherine Browne (mpther of Pauline) knitting, ca. 1925. 240. Four women pictured in a doorway in London: ‘Entrance door to our Ark (Girl Guides) Frieda Barfus, Dandi (from Norway), Jennifer Horwood (Brighton, Victoria), “Doormouse” (England) (Asst Warden)’. 241-245. Unidentified. 246. Mary Margarey (nee Gilbert) with children James and Susan, and her sister, Margaret Burrowes with her children, Christine and Alan. ca.1946. [Formerly Box II]
Baptismal certificate for Catherine Campbell Crawford (wife of Thhomas 78 Lansdowne Browne) 4 May 1862. I item [Formerly Box II]
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Recipe books 79 ca.1870-1910. 3 cm (3 volumes) Two of the volumes have ‘G. F. Molero, Pewsey Vale’ inside the front cover. [Miss Molero was the companion to Dorothy Gilbert's mother, who took care of each baby when the next one arrived, before s/he was turned over to the rough and tumble of the nursery, see D. Gilbert, Recollections of Growing Up at Pewsey Vale.] Many of the recipes have the name of the person who supplied it to the compiler. [Formerly Box II]
New Testament of Margaret Guilding 80 1849. 1.5 cm A new testament inscribed `Margt. A. F. Guilding/Ch. Ch. Oxford/ August 1849', with later addition 'Wife of J.H. Browne'. A cross and text has been added to the inside front cover. [Margaret Anne Frances Guilding married John Harris Browne in 1857; they were the granparents of Pauline Gilbert nee Browne]. [Formerly Box II]
Autograph book of Mary Gilbert 81 1932-1935. 2 cm. Mary Gilbert's autograph book, earliest date 1932 (when she was fourteen), includes a list of her classmates in Class VA at Stawell in 1932: P[ip]. Magarey [who married Rufus Ray, principal of Pultney Grammar School, Adelaide], D[iana] Mayo, C. Gebhardt, Gwen White, Sus. [Suzanne] Hawker, Joan Verco, Adelaide Cudmore, N[ancy]. Hector, Ida Mary Dean, P. de Crespigny, and Mary Gilbert. Another list for Class VI, 1933, has Diana Mayo, Nancy Kyffin Thomas, Joan S. Verco, something illegible, Mimi Richardson, and C. Gebhardt. Includes a number of sketches and ink drawings by various people. [Formerly Box IV]
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Records relating to Mary Gilbert’s trip to England and Europe 82 1938. 5.5 cm. (Catherine) Mary travelled with her mother (Pauline). A trip to the Lakes District and Scotland saw them joined by Coralie Wilson from London. The trip had to be cut short because of the war. Key places visited appear to have been Egypt, Italy, France and England (London, York, Edinburgh). 1. C. Mary Gilbert's photograph album of her trip to England and Europe, with her mother, beginning 3 March 1938, together with postcards collected en route. 2. Loose photograph of CM Gilbert with three other white women astride camels with a pyramid in the background, attended by four Egyptian men 3-7. Leaflet listing the passengers in first class on the Orient Line R.M.S. Orion to England leaving Adelaide on 3rd March 1938, and giving information for those passengers about facilities on the ship, together with programs for three shipboard entertainments. 8-12. leaflets, tickets and programs of events attended during the trip. including an organ recital in Lucerne, the Ascot Races and Trooping of the Colour, London. 13-15. Leaflet listing the passengers in first class on the Orient Line S.S. Orcades to Australia from 10th September 1938, together with programs for two shipboard entertainments. 16-21. Set of six menus, all for Sunday 7th August 1938, but each with a different picture of ‘Australian wild birds by Mr Neville Cayley’. 4-programs from the theatrical performances that Mary Gilbert attended during this trip. 22. Miscellaneous items comprising coupons and background information in a folder; issued by ‘Cook-Wagons=Lits world travel service; copy of a letter sent by Pauline to Coralie Wilson after the trip; a photographic copy of Coralie’s photograph album of the trip; and supporting documentation from Coralie’s son. Also includes a series of art postcar’ds collected during her trip. [Formerly Box IV]
Annotated programme for a centenary performance at the Tivoli Theatre 83 22 August 1936. 0.5 cm Contains photographs of sundry young women dressed in costumes from the era of the times when an ancestor arrived in South Australia, named after the ship on which they arrived. One of these is Nancy Gilbert, dressed in a frock that used to belong to Caroline Emily Clark [of the Boarding-Out Society fame, see Catherine Helen Spence, State Children in South Australia, and Susan Magarey, Unbridling the tongues of women: a biography of Catherine Helen Spence, 1985]. [Formerly Box IV]
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Diploma awarded to John Harris Browne 84 18 June 1839. 44 cm x 32 cm. Diploma awarded to John Harris Browne by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. [Includes original metal cylinder housing the document.] [original in OUTSIZE 7, metal cylinder in reserve.] [Formerly Box IV]
Artworks and other records of Emily (Emmie) Gilbert. 85 ca.1950-1965. 2 cm. ORIGINALS WITHDRAWN Includes: 1. a black and white photograph of Emily Gilbert in a garden (ca.1965). 13.3 x 8.2 cm. 2. painting by Emily Gilbert of the Pewsey Vale vineyard in autumn, with the house in the distance.Watercolour on paper, 16.4 x 33.6 cm. 3. painting by Emily Gilbert of the Pewsey Vale garden in autumn, with the roof of the house visible in the middle distance. Watercolour on paper, 29.1 x 24.3 cm. 4. painted and embroidered picture on silk of the house at Pewsey Vale. A handwritten note on the back reads ‘for Mary Magarey / This was painted & worked by Emily Gilbert over quite a number of years & only recently finished. / I should like Mary Magarey to have it. / signed Marjory Gilbert July 28th 1974 / side of Pewsey Vale House showing part of fountain and kitchen chimney’. 21.5 x 14.5 cm, in mount 26.3 x 19.8 cm, in frame 29 x 22.5 x 1.7 cm. [Formerly Box III]
Watercolour painting by Rita Hughes 86 25 January 1959. 16.5 x 12.3 cm, in mount 27.6 x 22.5 cm, in frame 32.9 x 27.8 x 2 cm. ORIGINAL WITHDRAWN. A water colour of Wongalere, painted by Rita Hughes (formerly Crawford), with initials and the date 25.1.59 in the bottom right hand corner. The note on the back says Rita Hughes was the elder sister of C.C. Browne, who was the mother of Pauline Gilbert, and grandmother of Mary Magarey, nee Gilbert. [Formerly Box III]
Album compiled by Dorothy Gilbert 87 ca.1865-1910. 4 cm. ORIGINALS WITHDRAWN. The album included 5 handpainted doilies; 3 samples of lace made and worn by Mary Clindening; photographic portraits of Mary Jane Rebow Clindening, Joseph Gilbert and Anna Gilbert; cross stitch patterns belonging to ‘Grannie Clindening’, samples of needlework by Anna Gilbert (nee Browne); and envelope wrappers. [See series 88 for more painted doilies.] [For conservation reasons, this album has been dismantled.] [Formerly Box III]
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Artefacts 88 ca.1890-1930. 30 cm. ORIGINALS WITHDRAWN. Comprises: 1. lace panel, believed to have been used by Mary Gilbert on her wedding day, but which is also identified as ‘an heirloom Limerick lace veil’ by the Advertiser (Thursday 4 April, page 8). The News (Wednesday 3 April, page 6) states that the veil belonged to her great- grandmother (and presumably was worn at her wedding as well. 2. lace panel, with two cupid figures in the centre. Almost certainly another wedding veil worn by one of the family at her wedding. Both veils appear to be machine made lace, sometimes referred to as ‘Limerick’ or ‘Irish’ lace, but more generically known as tambour work.] 3-10. eight lace-edged ‘white hand made finger bowl doilies’. [These were in a box which obviously originally housed the doilies ‘9 finger bowl D’Oyleys painted on white silk by Miss Cohen / Wild flowers S. Australia painted at Pewsey Vale’, five of which were later added to the album described in series 87; ‘inside now are some white hand made finger bowl doylies ..’.] 11-19. nine handpainted silk doilies to go under finger bowls. These were housed in a box with the following in the bottom ‘Painted by G. M. Boothby / The “May” Club. Adelaide’. 20. Silver and ivory pencil, ca.1880. [Formerly Box III]
Photographs of Mary Gilbert 89 ca.1938-1940. 1.5 cm (14 items). A series of formal portraits of Mary Gilbert, including her wedding photo. [The wedding photo, PRG 266/89/14, can be viewed online.]
Newspaper cuttings relating to Mary Gilbert 90 ca.1939-1940. 0.5 cm (8 items). Newspaper cutting relating to pre-wedding activities and reports on the Gilbert-Magarey wedding, together with some relating to Betty Sawers, a friend of Mary Gilbert.
Miscellaneous papers relating to Mary Gilbert 91 1923-1935, nd. 0.5 cm (4 items). Miscellaneous papers comprising: 1. Letter, with envelope, written by Mary to her grandparents at age 5. (Also includes some lettering by her sister Margaret. 2. Sylised design of Mary Gilbert’s initials with C, M,G (Catherine Mary Gilbert) intertwined. 3. Leaving certificate issued by the University of Adelaide / Public Examinations Board, for Mary Gilbert, 1935.
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