ALBANY HISTORY COLLECTION

ROBERT STEPHENS COLLECTION

Index of Manuscript Files

1M – 541M

Compiled by Beatrice Little

Sue Lefroy, Local History Co-ordinator

Albany History Collection, City of Albany INDEX OF ROBERT STEPHENS MANUSCRIPT FILES 1M – 541M

The contents of files have been re-organized to combine duplicate or complementary material & some file numbers are no longer assigned.

In this summary, the incorporations have been noted as an aid to users, & the changes are shown in italics.

Some files include a copy of original documents which have been preserved separately.

1M Edward John Eyre. 2M Edward John Eyre. [4M Wardell Johnson. Incorporated into 454M] [6M White House. Incorporated into 64M] 8M Ships Articles. 9M Proclamation – Sale of Land. 10M Thomas Brooker Sherratt. 11M Conditional Pardon. File missing from collection. 12M Letter Book. S.J. Haynes. 13M Log Book of “Firth of Forth”. [Incorporates 22M] 14M G.T. Butcher. Harbour Master. Log Book. 15M Scrapbook of Albany’s Yesterdays 16M McKenzie Family House. 18M Mechanics Institute. 19M Albany Post Office. 20M Matthew Cull’s House. 21M Early Albany Punishment Stocks. [22M Walter Benjamin Hill. Incorporated into 13M] 23M Letters Robert Stephens – W.A. Newspapers. 24M Arthur Mason – Surveyor. 25M Roman Catholic Church. 26M King George Sound. 1828 - 1829. 27M King George Sound Settlement. 28M Customs Houses & Warehouses. 29M Albany Town Jetty. 30M Louis Freycinet Journals. 31M Albany - notes on history. 33M Albany 1857. 34M Civil Service Journal 1929. 36M Explorers of King George Sound. 37M The Rotunda. Queen Jubilee. Stirling Terrace. 38M Point King Lighthouse. 39M Octagon Church, Albany. 40M Nornalup. 41M Emu Point. 42M Torbay. 43M Sand Patch & Point Possession. 44M Albany History in Stones – Inscriptions. 47M Albany Town Hall Clock. 48M Old Albany Pictures. 49M Australian Manuscript. 50M King & Kalgan Bridges - History. 51M St. John The Evangelist Church Minutes. 52M Albany Post Office. 53M Notes on. N.S.W. Period. 54M Albany Sea Bathing Company. 55M Place Names. 56M Mira Mar. [Incorporates 384M and 475M]. 57M Eclipse Island. 58M Seal Island. 59M Green Island. 60M Fish of King George Sound. 61M Michaelmas Island. 62M Quarantine Station. 63M Albany Coal Hulks. 64M Old Farm Strawberry Hill. [Incorporates 6M] 65M General Notes on Albany & Districts History. 66M Two Peoples Bay. 67M Albany’s Gaols. Lawley Park. Residency Point. South Coast. 68M Whaling - Frenchmans Bay. 69M Sir Thomas Wood. Visit to Albany 1944. 70M Origin of place names –Albany, Middleton Bay, etc. 72M Albany Banks – National Bank, Albany. 73M Presbyterian Church. 74M The Rocks. 75M Albany Schools. 77M Albany Gaol. Visitors 1879 – 1899. 78M First Settlement in Western . 80M Banks. R & I. CSBP. 81M Land Transfer – Lot 37. Krakouer Family. 82M Anzac & Desert Mounted Corps Memorial. 84M Many Peaks. 85M Development of Albany. Great Southern Railway. 86M Captain J.J. Sale. 87M Albany Week. 88M Ship Building. T.B. Sherratt. 89M Early Albany History – Sherratt family; Military outpost. 90M Emu Point – Johnson & Swarbrick families. 91M Warden of Memorials – Robert Stephens. 92M South Coast – Cape Riche to Bald Head. 93M Albany 1865 - 1954. 94M . File missing from collection. 95M Kalgan River Exploration. 96M Albany – Historical Questions & Answers. 98M Albany – South Coast. History & Scenery. 99M Names from French Visits. 100M History in Names. Place Names 1931 - 1961. 102M W.A. Sandalwood Saga. Jack Collins & Jock King. 103M Walkabout Plan. 105M Wellstead Family. 107M Sundry Place Names. 108M Extracts of Historical Sources. 110M History in Names. 1946 - 1952. 112M Place Names S265 – S400. 113M Albany – News cuttings. 115M William Nairn Clark. 116M Catholic Church in Albany. 118M Albany Hotels. 119M North Chillingup. 120M Albany Police Occurrence Book. 121M Albany Mail & Australian Advertiser 1887 & 1889. 122M Katanning Days at Albany. 123M Albany Hospitals. 124M Bibliography of Albany Local Histories. 125M Albany Tourism. 126M Myrup Springs. 127M Narrogin. 128M MacDermott. 129M Dog Rock. 130M Avenue of Honour. 131M Early History of Albany Settlement. 135M Travels in – Albany 1901. 136M Early Albany History – Research. 137M St. John’s. 138M Building Albany Post Office. 139M New Albany School. 1854. 140M Albany Mail 1883. 141M The Ship Inn. 142M Albany Water Supply. 143M Freemason’s Hotel. 144M Albany Civic Centre Controversy 1964. 145M St. Werburgh’s Church. 146M Independent Order of Oddfellows. 147M Overland Telegraph. 148M Statistics 1884, 1886, 1891, 1893. 149M Albany Mail – 1884. 150M Letter Book of Albany Postmaster. 151M Robert Stephens. Notes on Albany Area. 152M Albany Town Lots from 1840. 153M John Baxter. 154M Albany Maps & Plans. 156M Royal Historical Society 1963 - 64. TocH 1964. 157M Origin of Place Names. Albany History. 158M Origin of Place Names. 159M Whaling. 160M Albany District. Original Documents. 1880 - 1882. 161M Nicholas Lockyer. 163M Lord Kitchener. 164M Film Making – Ron Crispe. 165M Albany Municipal Council 1914 – 1934. 166M General Notes on Albany History. 167M General Notes on Albany History. 169M Phillip Parker King. 172M Albany Notes. 173M Albany Mail 1885. 175M Court House, Albany. 176M Historical Records of Australia Series III, Vol. VI. 179M Residency Point & Old Gaol. 180M Recherche Archipelago. 182M Sergeant Monaghan’s Cottage. 183M Alexander Armstrong. 185M Albany Identities – Scrapbook I. 186M Albany Identities – Scrapbook II. 187M Albany Harbour Master’s Ship Register 1868 - 1884. 189M King George Sound Early History. 190M Katanning Historical Society & Katanning Jubilee. 191M Robert Stephens Correspondence with Mitchell Library. 192M Sherratt Family. 193M Thomas Brooker Sherratt. 194M Sir George Grey. 195M Ogle’s Colony of Western Australia 1839. 196M Old Albany Hotels. 197M Albany Town Hall & York Street 1880’s. 198M Anthony Hordern Monument. 199M Early History – & Albany. 200M Philip Lamothe Snell Chauncey, Surveyor. 201M Albany Forts 1825 - 1963. 202M Mingenew Town Site. 203M Mingenew Story. 206M Anzac. Its birth & meaning. 207M Balladonia Station. 208M Abrolhos & West Coast. 210M Bonin Islands 1967. 211M . 214M . Letters. 215M Place Names in North West. 216M Place Names – Kimberley to 1874. 218M Thomas Brooker Sherratt & Family 219M People & Places – Historical Notes. 220M Elizabeth Butcher 1857 – 1943. 221M Irene & Colin Montrose Graham. 223M Alice & William Beeck – personal correspondence. 224M Place Names – J.S. Roe Expedition to Russell Range. 225M Perth Gazettes – extracts. 230M Edward John Eyre – articles. 231M Edward John Eyre – manuscript extracts. 232M Edward John Eyre – extracts from his Journal. 233M Government Gazettes – extracts 1894 – 1900. 234M Government Gazettes – 1898 – 1910. 235M Albany Rendezvous 1914. 236M Bonnie Hicks – correspondence with Robert Stephens. 237M Place Names – Perth – Albany & District. 238M Street Names – Albany. File missing from collection. 240M Place Names – Cape Leeuwin to Great Australian Bight. 241M Places Named by Vancouver 1791. 242M York Street road construction. 243M John Wellstead & family 1839 – 1957. 244M Denmark – Early History. 246M Survey of Agriculture in the Hay River Area –Letters / Notes. 247M Thesis. Survey of Agricultural Development in the Hay River Area. 249M Albany – Notes & News cuttings. 250M Ravensthorpe School History Project 1946 - 47. 251M The Chequerboard in Fiction & Fact. 252M Dunn Brothers. 253M Alexander Moir & Family – Original Documents. 254M Albany Visits 19th century. 255M Estate of Alexander Moir 1826 - 1893. 256M Albany Statistics 1871. 258M Albany Agricultural Show. 259M Robert Stephens – Albany History – Vancouver. 260M Place Names. 261M Mount Barker Police Station. 262M Fairfield & its Founder, William Henry Graham. 264M Angus & Robertson. Correspondence with Robert Stephens 1942 – 1947. 265M Australiana – Western Australian Section. 266M Correspondence between Frank Clune & Robert Stephens. 267M John Lawrence Morley (1802 – 1840). 268M Albany Street Names. 269M Robert Stephens Research 1942 – 1949. 270M Australian Rules Football. 271M Governor Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld (1823 – 1891). 272M Commonwealth Literary Fund 1948 – 1951. 273M Land Titles in Perth held by Alexander Collie & others. 274M Historical Studies: Australia & New Zealand. 275M Personal letters. 276M Stephens’ Family Settlement in Western Australia. 277M Pingelly, Mourambine. 278M Development of Nullarbor & Eyre Highway. 279M Pioneers of Yesterday 1905 – 1931. 280M Eucla – Development & Geography. 281M Pioneer Pastoralists on the Upper Swan. 283M Kojonup. 284M Walpole & Nornalup. 285M Robert Stephens’ Correspondence with Research Assistants. 286M The First Irwin Roads Board. 287M By Motor Through the Great Southern 1913. 288M Kimberley Region. 289M Esperance. 290M Ravensthorpe & Hopetoun. 291M Kendenup, Cranbrook, Tenterden, Pootenup, Wyndham. 292M J. Dyson, Gnowangerup. 293M Kendenup. (Folders 1, 2, 3). 294M Eticup; Broomehill; W.H. Graham. 295M Diary of W.H. Graham, Fairfield, Eticup 1860 & 1861. 296M Notes on Albany 1801 to 1926. Amateur Film Making 1950. 297M Jarmyn Family. 298M Sherratt Family. Draft Notes 1962. 299M Sherratt Family. Draft Notes for monograph 1962. 300M Albany's Yesterdays. 301M West Australian Directory 1894 - 95. 302M Albany History Notes 19th Century. 303M Letters: Sir Richard & Lady Anne Spencer 1833 - 40. 304M News cuttings. 306M Early History – Obit. Thomas Harris arrived Albany 1857. 308M Botanical Studies Western Australia. 310M Lt. Phillip Parker King. 311M Capt. Collett Barker. 312M Alexander Collie. Burial & re-burial. 313M Vegetable Growing Albany 1828 - 29. 314M Archdeacon John Wollaston - letters. 315M Archdeacon John Wollaston - journal 1848. 316M Royal Visit to Albany 1881. 317M Matthew Flinders. 319M Plantagenet. 320M Place Names. 322M Place Names - Albany & District. 324M Place Names - Western Australia. 325M Albany, Glimpses of History. 326M Albany & District Place Names. 327M Lawley Park; HMS Beagle; York St. 328M Albany; Places & People. [329M Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Helpman. (1814 - 1874). Incorporated into 372M] 331M Gold Mining in WA; Goldfields & Kendenup. 332M Thomas Brooker Sherratt. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. 333M Edward John Eyre by Ernest Favenc. 334M Edward Norman Hester. 335M Dirksey C. Cowan (RHSWA). 336M Recherche Archipelago. 337M Merino Sheep in WA. 338M Australian Encyclopaedia by A.H. Chisholm. 339M Cygnis Insignis (Robert Stephens). 340M State Archives - Correspondence. 342M Albany Advertiser - Holiday Numbers 1934 - 1938. 344M Mistaken Island or Rabbit Island. 345M Pyrmont House. 346M Denmark. 347M A Walkabout Plan by Robert Stephens. 348M Monkbeelven (early Dutch name for King George Sound). 349M Kalgan River; Collie letters. 350M Noonan Family; Carmody Family; Chorkerup Inn. 351M Stirling & Porongorup Ranges. 352M Mayors of Albany. 353M Thomas Henry Nesbitt (1875 - 1945). 354M Albany Tug Company (Armstrong & Douglas). 355M M.V. Kybra. 356M HMS Anson. 357M History of Temeraire. 358M McAllum Henning Estate. 359M Albany Road Board. 360M Scots Church, Albany; I.O.O.F. 361M Lonely Graves in Western Australia. 362M Colonel James Hanson. 363M Aborigines of King George Sound. 364M Surgeon I.S. Nind + Aborigines. 365M Aborigines of King George Sound. 366M Aborigines (news cuttings, etc) 367M Malcolm Uren letters to Robert Stephens & replies. 368M Henry Hawson & Brig Abeona. 370M HMS Pelorus visit to King George Sound 1838. 371M Albany cemeteries. 372M Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Helpman (1814 - 1874). [Incorporates 329M] 373M Fellowship of Australian Authors, Albany Branch. 374M Government Residents at Albany (1831 - 1941). 375M Patrick Taylor. 376M Albany Branch of the WA Historical Society. 377M Albany Holiday & Historical Walkabout. 378M Nuytsland Chequer Board. 379M John Baxter. 380M Aborigines of King George Sound. 381M Aborigines (R.H. Bland). 382M E.L. Newbold - Correspondence with Robert Stephens. 383M Visit of Duke & Duchess of York 1901. [384M Mira Mar Estate 1937. Incorporated into 56M] 385M Letters from Colonial Secretary, Alexander McLeay. 386M Robert Stephens (1886 - 1974). 387M Waterless Horizons - Edward John Eyre. 388M Albany Town Trust. (original documents). 389M Albany Town Trust. Copies of correspondence from the 1860s. 390M Henry & Anne Camfield & extracts from Bishop Hale’s diary. 391M St. John’s Church. Copies of minutes. 1871 - 1890 (incomplete). 392M Ships & shipping. (Includes notes on Thomas Brooker Sherratt). 393M Americans in Albany. 394M Gold, Kendenup, John Hassell. Original letters, etc. 395M Hassell family. 396M Vancouver & Vancouver’s Well. 397M The press in Albany. 398M Captain Collett Barker. 399M Extracts from T.B. Wilson’s book, including Barker’s death. 400M Settlers expedition to the north from Perth under A.C. Gregory, & J.S. Roe to South east of Perth. 401M News cuttings J.S. Roe, R.J. Holland (Holland’s Track). 402M Lt. Colston Festing. 403M George Edward Egerton-Warburton. 404M John Randall Phillips. 405M Edward Hume Innes. 406M Digory Sargent Geake. 407M Alexander Collie. 408M Alexander Collie. 409M Alexander Collie. 410M Alexander Collie. 411M Surgeon Sinbad - unpublished manuscript of book on Collie. 412M Waterless Horizons (Eyre) research. 413M Waterless Horizons - correspondence. 414M Ivan Bird letters. File 1. 415M Ivan Bird letters. File 2. 416M Ivan Bird letters. File 3. 417M Captain George Vancouver. 418M Captain Matthew Flinders. 419M Admiral Bruni D’Entrecasteaux. 420M Admiral Bruni D’Entrecasteaux. 421M A Grain of mustard seed .... First settlement. 422M Letters & documents from Governor Darling. 423M Major Edmund Lockyer. 424M Possessory Lien (Part 1). 425M Writings on early Albany. 426M Grace Darling - saved from disaster. 427M Captain Symers, Trader. 428M Captain Symers. 429M H.M.S. Bramble. 430M John Edward Eyre. 431M Wylie: Eyre’s fellow traveller. 432M George Maxwell - Botanical collector & explorer. 433M Aborigines of King George’s Sound. 434M Lt. Peter Belches, R.N. 435M The Moir family of Albany. 436M Letters Rhoda Glover / Robert Stephens. 437M Reginald Greenwood. 438M Albany in the 1940’s. 439M Municipality of Albany - annual reports 1940, 1943, 1944, 1959, 1962/3. 440M Freda Carmody. (nee Freda Mary Bussell Vines). 441M Report from surveyor Robert Austin, Perth to Shark Bay 1854. 442M Albany in the 1940’s & post war. Albany District Development Authority. 443M Mining for oil & coal in the South West. 1916 - 1917. 444M Parks, reserves & datum pegs. 445M The Hentys. 446M Sir William Crossman. 447M Cyril Phillips Bryan, M.D. 448M McKail family. 449M Cheyne Family. 450M Anglican Church - Western Australia. 451M Job Francis Haddleton. 452M Ships & shipping. 453M Little Grove. 454M French exploration of King George Sound. [Incorporates 4M] 455M Maps - Albany. 456M Broomehill & Katanning. 457M Albany Advertiser, 1926. 458M Albany Mail 1886. 459M Telegraph station, Israelite Bay - explorations, journeys. 460M Unveiling of Lockyer Memorial, 12th March, 1936. 461M Exploration of Australia, H.M.S. Beagle. 462M Exploration of Australia. 463M William Henry Graham, 1839 - 1905). 464M William Henry Graham, Fairfield, Eticup. 465M Stanton Springs Police Station, 1866 - 1873. 466M Katanning, Eticup, Broomehill. 467M . 468M Aborigines of Western Australia, 19th Century. 469M Football, Australian Rules. Great Southern. 470M Albany Tourist Association, 1935 & 1936. 471M Sealers, Seals & Tuna. 472M Alexander Moir (1826 - 1893). 473M Rivett Henry Bland. 474M Albany Mail - 1883. [475M Amy Patience Rawlings Incorporated into 56M]. 476M McAllum Henning. (Solicitor & farmer). 477M Stephens correspondence: Hillary, Agent General. 478M First stud book. 479M Robert Stephens - Personal letters. 480M Stephens: his association with the W.A. Royal Historical Society. 482M Albany buildings & personalities. 483M William Nairne Clark. 484M Grace Melville Wardell-Johnson (nee Moir) 1867 - 485M Sir James Stirling & “Land Looking West” (Uren) 486M Whales & whaling. 487M E.M. Christie (1879 - 1957). File 1 488M E.M. Christie (1879 - 1957). File 2. 489M Edward John Eyre: Wylie & Waterless Horizons. 490M Edward John Eyre: Wylie & the publication of Waterless Horizons. 491M Stephens correspondence with F.I. Bray & others. 492M R.M.S. Chusan. 493M - 501M Surgeon Sinbad - Alexander Collie. 502M Family of Patrick Taylor. 503M Julie Hassell. 504M Chronology of Albany 1833 505M Chronology of Albany 1834-37 506M Stephens Chronology 1838 507M Stephens Chronology 1839 508M Chronological Notes 1840 509M Chronological Notes 1841 510M Chronological Notes 1842 511M Chronological Notes 1843 512M Chronological Notes 1844 513M Chronological Notes 1845 514M Chronological Notes 1846 515M Chronological Notes 1847 516M Chronological Notes 1848 517M Chronological Notes 1849 518M Chronological Notes 1850 519M Chronological Notes 1851 520M Chronological Notes 1852 521M Chronological Notes 1853 522M Chronological Notes 1854 523M Chronological Notes 1855 524M Chronological Notes 1856 525M Chronological Notes 1857 526M Chronological Notes 1858 527M Chronological Notes 1859 528M Chronological Notes 1860 529M Chronological Notes 1861 530M Chronological Notes 1862 531M Chronological Notes 1863 532M Chronological Notes 1864 533M Chronological Notes 1865 534M Chronological Notes 1866 535M Chronological Notes 1867 536M Chronology of Albany 1868 537M Chronology of Albany 1869 538M Chronology of Albany 1870 539M Chronology of Albany 1871 540M Chronology of Albany 1876 541M Chronology of Albany 1889