Crawford family papers, 1841-1922

MLMSS 8309

fonds

1841-1922

Textual Records, Clippings

153430

0.52 metres of textual material (3 boxes)

In 1823, Robert James Crawford (1799-1848) received a land grant that he named Hill-end or Hill End, in what is now Doonside (named after his home town in Scotland).

Robert had four children with Mary Campbell (d. 1832): Mary Crawford (b. 1826), Robert Crawford (1827-1906), George Canning Crawford (b. 1828), and Agnes C. Crawford (b. 1831). The elder Robert Crawford married Miss Jones of Bligh Street, Sydney, in 1832.

Robert Crawford (1827-1906) married Victoria Margaret Smyth in 1868. Their son, Robert (1868-1930), born in the same year became a published poet.

Reference:
Compiled from the collection
Trove http://trove.nla.gov.au/ (accessed 2 March 2012)
NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/searchHistoricalRecords.htm (accessed 2 March 2012)

BOX 1
Account books, 1853-1897

Folder 1
5 notebooks of Robert Crawford, including details of farm stock, finances, addresses, work, and properties, 1863-1881; diary of Robert Crawford, ca. 1841-1854; handbill for Othello: noted coaching stallion, appearing in Elalong, 1845; inventory taken at Hill End, 1856; clipping of article by Ruby Crawford from 'Leisure Moments', 1900; letters to Messrs. Crawford Bros., 1920, 1922

Folder 2
Rent book of Ellalong and Eglinton Estates, 1853-1906

BOX 2
Account books, 1897-1915

Diaries of Robert Crawford, 1896-1897, 1903-1904

Hill End stock book, 1885-1895

Ardgowan Plains account book, 1846-1850

BOX 3
Enlarged, later copy of an 1825 article from a newspaper concerning the Agricultural Stock Club, including the name of Robert Crawford, Esq.

MAPS
Plan of Mrs Campbell's property in Bligh Street Sydney showing particulars of portions of drains ..., 1858
Ellalong and Eglinton Estates known as Crawford's ..., 1910 [annotated subdivision plan]
Parish of Coongewein, 1888
Parish of Ellalong, 1888
Transferred to Maps

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