Diaries and letters of George Thomas William Blamey Boyes (1787-1853) Index: Royal Society Collection

Boyes, George Thomas William Blarney (2011) Diaries and letters of George Thomas William Blamey Boyes (1787-1853) Index: Royal Society Collection. Royal Society of Tasmania, University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection, Australia. (Unpublished)

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George Thomas William Blamey Boyes (1787-1853) public servant and diarist arrived in Sydney in January 1824, by the 'Sir Godfrey Webster’ as deputy-assistant-commissary-general in New South Wales. In November 1826 he transferred to Hobart and was soon after appointed auditor of civil accounts. He also served on the Legislative Council, was acting colonial secretary (1842-3) and held a number of minor government offices. He went to England in. 1832, returning in 1834 with his wife, Mary (Ediss) whom he had married in 1818. They had seven children. Boyes diaries are detailed and include waspish comment on his contemporaries. His letters to his wife are also informative. Other letters are in RS.26 and Uni.Archives B.18 RS.25

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Additional Information:	RS.25
Keywords:	Tasmania, Royal Society of Tasmania, science, natural science, social history, Australia, indexes, University of Tasmania, Library, private deposits, archives, Collections, catalogue, Special, Van Diemen's Land,
ID Code:	11177
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Deposited On:	23 Jun 2011 14:23
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