Subject	Australia–Social life and customs
	Gold mines and mining–History
	Families–History
	New South Wales–History
	Farmers–Economic conditions
	Bushrangers
	Portuguese language
	Correspondence
Category	1. Settlement
	2. National boundaries
	3. World War I
Creator	Grenfell Family
Current Holder	State Library of New South Wales
Period Of Reference	1857/1956
Series Number	MLMSS 5873
Item Number	Y0KBMLa1
Access Rights	Request at location
Country Of Origin	Australia
Place	Bathurst
	Sydney
	Bourke
	Forbes
Language	Portuguese
	English
Description From Source	1857-1866; Correspondence. Mainly letters from John Granville Grenfell to his father John Pascoe Grenfell and to his mother (the latter in Portuguese). Also includes letters from Susie Grenfell (wife of J.G. Grenfell) and Alexander Dick to John Pascoe Grenfell. These letters were written from various places in NSW including Sydney, Bathurst, Forbes, Lachlan goldfields, Gulgoa River and Bourke. They discuss such matters as farm management, conditions on the goldfields, political policies affecting the goldfields, bushranging and routine family matters. 1866-1934; Material concerning the murder of John Granville Grenfell by bushrangers. Includes correspondence, newscuttings, booklet entitled ‘Extracts and correspondence relating to the death of John Granville Grenfell Esq.’ with typscript transcript. 1890-1956; Various family papers. Includes correspondence, newscuttings and printed material concerning land settlement and farming. Also includes passports of J.G. Grenfell and bank book and chequebooks of G.A.M. Grenfell.
Physical Format	Correspondence
	Letters
	Newspapers
	Books
	Typescripts