Record

Document Reference	Os C 322
Title	Letter from [H.G. Grey], 3rd Earl Grey, Colonial Office, Whitehall, London, to J.E. Denison; 17 Nov. 1851
Date	17 November 1851
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments on discovery of gold in New South Wales; hopes will be advantage but believes will cause crisis; refers to gold nugget found by Dr Kerr; refers to satisfactory accounts of Van Diemen's Land; believes opinions of William T. Denison are improving; comments that convict measures are succeeding despite anti-transportation league and its supporters amongst 'respectable settlers'.
Term	punishments, transportation
	gold
	political movements, Anti-Transportation League
	governments, Australian 1851

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA207	Denison; William T. (1804-1871); Sir; colonial governor brother of J.E. Denison knighted 1846	1804-1871
NA6636	Grey; Henry G. (1802-1894); 3rd Earl Grey	1802-1894
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873