Series - Sheep and Wool Business

State of the flockNotes of purchases and sheep sold for meatSheep stealing cases

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Identity area

Title

Sheep and Wool Business

Date(s)

  • 1823-1836 (Creation)

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

6 files

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Andrew Downie emigrated to Van Diemen's Land in 1822, arriving by the Skelton on 24 December 1822. He came of a Lowland farming family, but had been trained as a 'writer', or lawyer, by James Lucas of Stirling. Immediately on arrival in Van Diemen's Land ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Some papers of the Downie family were lent to the University History Department in 1958, for a survey of private historical documents, by F.C. Wolfhagen of Simmons and Wolfhagen, Solicitors. When the family letters etc. were returned; these papers, ... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Notes correspondence and accounts relating to the sheep and wool business

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

May be consulted, provided acknowledgement is made to F.C. Wolfhagen in any publication.

Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »

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Dates of creation revision deletion

HE Jan 2018

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