Document Reference | Os C 461 |
Title | Letter from H. Denison, to J.E. Denison; 1 June 1850 |
Date | 1 June 1850 |
Extent | 4 ff |
Level | Item/file |
Content Description | Sends regards to family; refers to Stephen [Denison]'s article and [Robert] Peel's letter; believes revenue duties should be voted in next session; refers to drainage statistics as 'wonderful' and asks if benefits last; informs him that he has written to Sidney Herbert about plans for selecting emigrants; believes certain women are of little use in colony and should be willing to work as domestic servants; discusses merits of general emigration; states that he has heard from William T. Denison; refers to removal of Cape and New South Wales as convict colonies; comments on convicts as cheap labour source; states that he has heard reports from [Charles] Latrobe at Port Phillip; comments that he is looking at land for sheep; discusses nature of Australian land. |
Term | animals, sheep |
colonial affairs, labour |
colonial affairs, convicts |
women, attitudes towards |
colonies |
agriculture, drainage |
agricultural improvements |
emigration |
governments, Whig Government 1846-52 |
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Persons
Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
NA8661 | Denison; Stephen C. (1811-1871); Mr; barrister brother of J.E. Denison | 1811-1871 |
NA1860 | Peel; Robert (1788-1850); 2nd Baronet; Prime Minister 1841-1846 | 1788-1850 |
NA9900 | Herbert; Sidney (1810-1861); 1st Baron Herbert of Lea; statesman | 1810-1861 |
NA207 | Denison; William T. (1804-1871); Sir; colonial governor brother of J.E. Denison knighted 1846 | 1804-1871 |
NA10051 | Latrobe; Charles J. (1801-1875); Mr; Governor Victoria 1851-4 | 1801-1875 |
NA8650 | Denison; Henry (1810-1858); Mr; barrister brother of J.E. Denison | 1810-1858 |
NA199 | Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872 | 1800-1873 |
Places
Code | Set |
PL8878 | /Port Phillip/Victoria/Australia |
PL8751 | /Sydney/New South Wales/Australia |
PL225 | /South Africa |
PL10130 | /Cape Colony |