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Letters from Robert Rowland Leake, South Australia, to his parents John and Elizabeth Leake in Van Diemen's Land, 1836-1849
Leake, Robert Rowland
, Letters from Robert Rowland Leake, South Australia, to his parents John and Elizabeth Leake in Van Diemen's Land, 1836-1849
, University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection, Australia.
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Abstract
Letters from Robert Rowland Leake, South Australia to his father John and one to his mother Elizabeth (25 May 1841), in Van Diemen's Land 1836-1849. He writes when about to sail, with a land exploratory party, from South Australia to Portland in 1836, journeys with sheep and cattle from his various properties; from Glencoe in South Australia; farm management, wool shearing and prices, stock, land purchases, capital borrowing and interest rates, economic conditions, family matters including news of brother Edward.
L1/B89-L1/B94, L1/B98, L1/B100-L1/B105, L1/B108, L1/B110,
L1/B113, L1/B116-L1/B145
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Authors/Creators: | Leake, Robert Rowland |
| Keywords: | Tasmania, social history, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, Robert Rowland Leake, John Leake, Elizabeth Leake, South Australia, Portland, Glencoe, farm management, wool, shearing, capital, interest, Edward Leake |
| Publisher: | University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection |
| Collections: | Leake Collection |
| Additional Information: | This material is subject to copyright protection. Further dealings with this material may be a copyright infringement. |
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