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PRG 373 Series list of 38

BROWN, family PRG 373

Series List

Series 1

Gum leaf and cow hide: William Voules Brown, South Australian pioneer and his

family, 1809-1986. By Jenny Rich. 1986. 2 volume.

Billabunya. By Kate Brown. 2002. 1 volume.

Series 2

General notes relating to the W.V. Brown family

Series 3

Papers relating to the W.V. Brown family reunion, including the family tree. 1986.

Series 4

General photographs. c.1866 + 1 binder. [For further general and family

photographs see series 1, 3, 7e/1, 8c/6, 13a/4, 13b/3, 13c/7, 13c/9, 13c/10, 13c/11,

13c/12, 13c/13, 13d/10, 13f/2, 13g/2].

Series 5

Portrait photographs. c.1885-c.1915. 1 binder. [For further portrait photographs

and miniatures see series 1, 3, 7e/1, 13b/5, 13c/7, 13c/9, 13c/11, 13d/10, 13d/11,

13f/2.

Series 6

Papers of and relating to William Voules Brown (1809-1893), his wife Harriet nee

Perkins; also papers relating to St. Jude’s Church, Brighton and Brighton Public

Cemetery. 1809-1982.

Series 7

Papers of and relating to William Voules Brown (1839-1920), his first wife Mary

Edith nee Jennings, second wife Emma nee Treble, and their descendants.

Series 8

Papers of and relating to Victor Voules Brown (1841-1910), his first wife Julia nee

Solomon, his second wife Eliza Sarah nee Tuckwell, and their descendants; also

papers relating to the family’s attempts to gain adequate compensation from the

Commonwealth government for land at Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, originally

owned by Victor Voules Brown (1841), and which was compulsorily acquired after

uranium was discovered.

Series 9

Papers of and relating to Alfred Voules Brown (1843-1886).

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Series 10

Papers of and relating to Elizabeth Susannah Brown, Mrs James Harvey (1845-

1926), her husband James Harvey, and their descendants.

Series 11

Papers of and relating to Lucretia Sarah Brown (1847-1942).

Series 12

Papers of and relating to Harriet Louisa Brown (1849-1932).

Series 13

Papers of and relating to John Alexander Voules Brown (1852-1945), his wife

Eleanor nee Johnson, and their descendants; also papers relating to his wife’s

ancestors.

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Gum leaf and cow hide: William Voules Brown, South

Australian pioneer, and his family, 1809-1986. Written by

Jenny Rich.

1986. 1 volume. (xii, 382 pages).

[First edition.]

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Gum leaf and cow hide: William Voules Brown, South

Australian pioneer, and his family, 1809-1986. Written by

Jenny Rich.

1987. 1 volume. (xii, 382 pages).

[Reprint with corrections. See also series 13c/7 and

13c/8 for historical extracts, photographs, letters and

research notes relating to the W.V. Brown family,

collected by Jenny Rich during her research for Gum leaf

and cow hide.]

1/2

Billabunya: The Billabunya Storey (Aboriginal for ‘red earth’).

Written by K.L.Brown.

2002. 1 volume

1/3

General notes relating to the W.V. Brown family.

1985. ? items. Manuscript and typescript.

2/1

Papers relating to the W.V. Brown family reunion, held at

Brighton, South Australia, 26-28 September 1986;

also the family tree.

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Jubilee 150 Board certificate relating to W.V. Brown family

participation in South Australia’s 150th anniversary

celebrations.

1986. 1 item. Printed, with calligraphic inscription.

3/1

Family tree.

[Compiled by Robert Deveron ‘Bob’ Wood from 1974 to

1986. In 1986 Kustas Tiivas computerised Bob’s records

and the computer print out was displayed at the family

gathering.]

3/2

Family reunion albums.

1984-1986. 2 volumes.

3/3

Family history recordings

1986-1987. 4cm. Sound cassette.

[Comprises recordings made at Brown family reunion

September 1986, Family History awards June 1987 and

Talking History interview with Jenny Rich October 1987.

Held with Oral History Collection.]

3/4

Family history reunion videotape.

1986. 2cm.

3/5

General photographs.

c.1866-1986. 1 binder.

[Comprises photographs of Brighton and Salisbury in

South Australia, also the Northern Territory. For further

general and family photographs see series 1, 3, 7e/1,

8c/6, 13a/4, 13b/3, 13c/7, 13c/9, 13c/10, 13c/11, 13c/12,

13c/13, 13d/10, 13f/2, 13g/2.

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Portrait photographs.

c.1885-c.1915. 1 binder.

[For further portrait photographs see series 1, 3, 7e/1,

13b/5, 13c/7, 13c/9, 13c/11, 13d/10, 13d/11, 13f/2.

5/1

Papers of and relating to William Voules Brown (1809) and

his wife Harriet nee Perkins.

See also series 13c/7 for file of historical extracts about

William Voules Brown (1809), his wife Harriet, and their

background, collected by Jenny Rich.

6a

Historical notes on William Voules Brown (1809).

c.1961, 1980. 2 items. Manuscript.

[Item 1, compiled by Amelia Harriet Brown, also includes

notes on John Alexander Voules Brown (1852).]

6a/1

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Obituaries of William Voules Brown (1809).

1893. 4 items. Printed.

6a/2

Press cutting relating to the Thatched House.

1857. 1 item. Printed.

[Records the destruction by fire of the Thatched House,

Brighton, of which William Voules Brown (1809) was the

owner and landlord.]

6a/3

Sidelights on Early Brighton.

1931. 6p. Printed.

[Article in Public Service Review vol.xxxvii no.5,

containing references to William Voules Brown (1809).]

6a/4

Book of collects.

1 volume.

[Inscribed ‘William Voules Brown born Sept. 26 1809

given by his father Thomas Brown on his 7th birthday

1817’. Amongst effects brought to South Australia by

William Voules Brown in the Coromandel. NB This is the

earliest known document relating to William Voules

Brown (1809)’s English background which has survived

in Australia].

6a/5

Family bible of William Voules Brown.

1820. 1 volume.

[Cover inscribed ‘The gift of Sir John Fenner distributed

by the Minister and church wardens of St. Olaves

Southwark at Easter 1820’. Inside cover inscribed

‘William Voules Brown 1st October 1821 given him by Mr

Cracklow’. Inscribed inside back cover ‘John Alexander

Voules Brown born January 9th 1852 given him by his

father on his 67th birthday September 26 1876’. Amongst

the effects brought to South Australia by William Voules

Brown (1809) in the Coromandel.]

6a/6

Marriage certificate of William Voules Brown and Harriet

Perkins.


[Amongst effects brought to South Australia by William

Voules Brown (1809) in the Coromandel.]

6a/7

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Extract from Baptism register of the Parish of Saint Pancras,

Middlesex 1835.

1835. 1 item. Photograph.

[Extract includes baptism of William Perkins Brown, son

of William and Harriet Brown, baptised 11 March 1835

(born 21 February 1835). NB this baby may not have

been the son of William Voules Brown (1809).

Photograph obtained by Jenny Rich in 1986.]

6a/8

Prayer book presented to William Perkins Brown.

1835. 1 volume.

[Amongst effects brought to South Australia by William

Voules Brown (1809) in the Coromandel. NB the

inscription has advanced the baby’s date of birth to 21

September 1835 (instead of 21 February as shown in

the baptism register - see series 6a/8.]

6a/9

Note by William Voules Brown (1809) relating to his origin and

giving details of his family.

1852. 1 item. Manuscript.

6a/10

Piece of hide from Governor Hindmarsh’s cow.

c.1837. 1 item. Colour photocopy – original in Rare

Books Room.

[‘The cow hide’. According to family tradition, Governor

Hindmarsh’s cow (which came to South Australia in the

Buffalo and was one of the first cows in the colony)

helped to feed William Perkins and Adelaide, infant

children of William Voules and Harriet Brown. See also

explanatory letter written by John Alexander Voules

Brown (1879) in series 13c/5.]

6a/11

Gum leaf from the Old Gum Tree, Glenelg.

c.1837. 1 item, plus cover. Colour photocopy – original

in Rare Books Room.

[‘The gum leaf’. Cover contains original envelope

inscribed by William Voules Brown (1809): ‘A leaf of the

Gum Tree at Glenelg, under which the Colony of South

Australia was proclaimed on the 28th December 1836 by

Governor Hindmarsh’. This leaf was picked by William

Voules Brown (1809) soon after he arrived at Holdfast

Bay in 1837. It was one of his most treasured

possessions and he kept it in a secret compartment of

his portable writing desk. See also explanatory letter

written by John Alexander Voules Brown (1879) in Series

13c/5.]

6a/12

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Letters from William Voules Brown to his children.

1861, 1875. 2 items. Manuscript, plus 1 page typescript

transcript.

[Comprises letter written to Victor Voules Brown (1841)

from his ‘Poor fast Decaying Old Father’ and letter

written from Kadina to Lucretia Sarah Brown, giving

news of family acquaintances. These are the only letters

written by William Voules Brown (1809) which are known

to have survived.]

6a/13

Invitations.


[Comprises invitations issued to Councillor and Mrs

Brown for the laying of the foundation stone of the Blind,

Deaf and Dumb Institution at Brighton.]

6a/14

Calling card of William Voules Brown (1809).

c.1880. 1 item. Printed.

6a/15

S.T. Gill lithograph of Old Colonists’ Dinner.

1851. 1 item.

[William Voules Brown (1809) is listed as being present.]

6a/16

Plan of New Brighton, Sections 242 and 243.

c.1846. 1 item. Varnished tracing, plus photographic

copy.

[The plan is marked with numbered allotments and

illustrated with vignettes. It is one of the oldest known

plans of New Brighton (now called Seacliff). William

Voules Brown (1809) purchased a lot of land at New

Brighton.]

6a/17

Plans of William Voules Brown (1809)’s land at Brighton.

c.1880, c.1923. 3 items. Manuscript.

[Comprises an annotated plan of part Section 205,

Hundred of Noarlunga, as attached to will of William

Voules Brown (1809), together with a sketch plan of the

estate, showing proposed transfer of land to St. Jude’s

Church trustees and suggested re-subdivision.]

6a/18

Plan of ‘Voules Terrace’, Brighton, a row of four cottages built

for William Voules Brown (1809).

c.1881. 1 item, plus photographic copy.

[Plan drawn by architects English and Soward, showing

elevation, ground plan and detail of fence.]

6a/19

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Copies of documents relating to land transactions by William

Voules Brown (1809) in South Australia.

1837-c.1890. 1 envelope. Electrostatic copies.

[Not yet in PRG 373 - to be added by Jenny Rich at a

later date. Comprises copies of some of the documents

held by the South Australian Dept. of Lands relating to

Town Acres 486 and 937; Sections 811, 746, 747 and

748 Hundred of Kuitpo; Section 205 B Hundred of

Noarlunga.]

6a/20

Some family history culled whilst reading South Australian

newspapers of early days by Leonard J. Ewens - re

William Voules Brown.

n.d. 1p. Electrostatis copy of typescript.

6a/21

Papers of and relating to Mrs Harriet Brown nee Perkins

(1812-1897), wife of William Voules Brown (1809).

6b

Genealogical note relating to the family of Harriet Perkins.

c.1908. 1 item. Manuscript.

6b/1

Letters from Mrs Harriet Brown to her children.

n.d. 2 items. Manuscript, plus typescript transcript.

[Comprises letter to Lucretia Sarah Brown and letter

addressed ‘My Dear Children’.]

6b/2

Letter from Rosa Perkins relating to the estate of Mrs Harriet

Brown.

1909. 4p. Manuscript.

6b/3

Death notice and funeral notice for Mrs Harriet Brown.


6b/4

Lock of hair.

[Believed to be a lock of Mrs Harriet Brown’s hair.]

6b/5

See also series 11/3 for poem about Mrs Harriet Brown by

John W. Downer.

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts relating to Mrs

Harriet Brown collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers relating to St. Jude’s Church, Brighton and

Brighton Public Cemetery.

6c

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Press cutting about St. Jude’s and its Ministers: ‘St. Jude’s

Church, Brighton. Originally attached to Glenelg parish’.

n.d. 1 item. Printed.

[From Register 8/3/1924?; includes to Lucretia Sarah

Brown, William Voules Brown (1809) and John

Alexander Voules Brown (1852).]

6c/1

Plan of Brighton Church Yard.

1854. 1 item. Watercolour sketch.

[Includes an outline of the proposed church. The plan

has a number of later additions and alterations drawn in

pencil which show additions to the church: a) in 1864

and b) in 1872. The plan shows William Voules Brown

(1809)’s right of way to his cemetery behind St. Jude’s

Church. This plan was very important to William Voules

Brown (1809).]

6c/2

Minute relating to donation of church bell for St. Jude’s Church

by William Voules Brown (1809).

1874. 1 item. Manuscript on vellum.

[Comprises certified copy of an entry in St. Jude’s Vestry

Minute Book.]

6c/3

Invoice for tennis court maintenance.


[Issued by J. Highet, carpenter and undertaker, probably

for work at St. Jude’s tennis court.]

6c/4

Record of Brighton Public Cemetery headstone accounts.

1856-1924. 1 volume. Manuscript.

[Lists date of erection, name, number and section,

together with amount paid. This volume is believed to

have been brought to South Australia by William Voules

Brown (1809) in the Coromandel. Some pages which

have been torn out may have comprised his diary of the

voyage. He later re-used the volume to record

headstone accounts for his cemetery.

6c/5

List of Brighton Public Cemetery leases.

C.1888. 3cm. Manuscript and electrostatic copy.

6c/6

Cemetery leases issued to William Voules Brown (1839) and

to Amelia Harriet Brown for the Brown family section,

Brighton Public Cemetery.

1896, 1918. 2 items. Printed.

6c/7

Sketch of W.V. Brown family section of Brighton Public

Cemetery.

c.1973. Electrostatic copy.

[Drawn by William Voules Brown (1915).]

6c/8

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Extract from second codicil to will of William Voules Brown

(1809).


[Transcribed by John Alexander Voules Brown (1879).

Codicil assigns to John Alexander Voules Brown (1852)

the power to sell the property known as Brighton Public

Cemetery, excepting land containing the W.V. Brown

family vault.]

6c/9

Draft legal opinion relating to sale of right of way and cemetery

by John Alexander Voules Brown (1852) to St. Jude’s

Church trustees.

c.1923. 1 item. Typescript.

6c/10

Indenture relating to assignment of Brighton Public Cemetery

to St. Jude’s Church trustees.

1923. 5 pages. Electrostatic copy.

[Indenture made between John Alexander Voules Brown

the elder (1852), John Alexander Voules Brown the

younger (1879), James Harvey and the trustees of St.

Jude’s Church.]

6c/11

‘Peppercorn’ shilling exchanged for major part of Brighton

Public Cemetery in 1923.

1 item.

[This shilling, dated 1918, was paid by the trustees of St.

Jude’s Church, as cemetery trustees, to the Brown family

trustees.]

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See also series 1 Gum leaf and cow hide pages 16-20 for

summary of the Brown family’s links with St. Jude’s

Church and Brighton Public Cemetery.

See also series 6a/18 for 1923 sketch plan of William Voules

Brown (1809)’s estate, showing proposed transfer of

land to St. Jude’s Church trustees.

See also series 11/1 for anonymous note received by Lucretia

Sarah Brown, alluding to whereabouts of St. Jude’s

vestments.

See also series 11/5 for testimonial from the Wardens of St.

Jude’s Church to Lucretia Sarah Brown for ‘long and

gratuitous service at the harmonium’.

See also series 11/6 for press cutting relating to Lucretia

Sarah Brown’s service as organist and Sunday School

Superintendent at St. Jude’s Church.

See also series 13c/13 for historical extracts relating to St.

Jude’s Church, Brighton and Brighton Public Cemetery,

collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to William Voules Brown (1839), his

first wife Mary Edith nee Jennings, and his second

wife Emma nee Treble.

See also series 6c/7 for William Voules Brown (1839)’s lease

for a plot in the Brown family section of Brighton Public

Cemetery.

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about William

Voules Brown (1839), collected by Jenny Rich.

7a

Press cuttings relating to William Voules Brown (1839).

1911-1920. 5 items. Electrostatic copies.

[‘The late Mr Brown’ - reappearance of a good old

sportsman in Observer 8 April 1911; obituary of Mrs

Emma Brown in Observer 20 February 1915 p.42a; ‘The

oldest Portonian: chat with Mr W.V. Brown’ in Observer

18 May 1918 p.20c; item from Bulletin26/2/1920 p.14;

‘Senior Portonian: the late Mr W.V. Brown’ in Observer

21/2/1920.]

7a/1

Search copy of will of William Voules Brown (1839).

1920. 4p. Electrostatic copy.

7a/2

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Papers of and relating to William Voules Brown (1860-

1932), son of William Voules Brown (1839) and Mary

Edith nee Jennings, and his wife Cecilia nee Brown.

7b

Letter from William Voules Brown (1860) to one of his aunts at

Brighton.


[Short note written from Port Adelaide alluding to an

injury suffered by George … .]

d 7b/1

Prescription for preparation and care of amalgamated copper

plate.

c.1880. 4p. Manuscript.

[William Voules Brown (1860) was apprenticed to

Charles Downer, chemist at Port Adelaide at this time.]

7b/2

The King’s Highway: illustrations of the Commandments.

1 volume. Printed.

[Inscribed ‘Willy V. Brown 3rd

prize for Catechism, St.

Jude’s Sunday School … 1873’.]

7b/3

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts relating to William


Papers of and relating to Henry Treble Brown (1863-1926),

son of William Voules Brown (1839) and Emma nee

Treble.

7c

Letter from Henry Treble Brown to one of his aunts at

Brighton.


[Comprises child’s letter addressed from Green’s Plains

and conveying family news.]

7c/1

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts relating to Henry

Treble Brown, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Emma Mary Brown (186601910),

daughter of William Voules Brown (1839) and Emma

nee Treble, wife of William Lakie, and their

descendants.

7d

No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts relating to Emma Mary

Brown and her family, collected by Jenny Rich.

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Papers of and relating to Elizabeth Brown (1868-1902),


nee Treble, wife of first, Thomas Sherman Marshall,

and second, George William Steel.

7e

Photograph album.

c.1890. 1 volume. Photographs, plus explanatory notes

written by Jenny Rich.

[Album belonged to Mrs Elizabeth Marshall and her first

husband Thomas Sherman Marshall, who ran a store at

Port Germein. The album contains views of Port

Germein, Baroota, Melrose, Terowie, family picnics and

farming scenes. Jenny Rich’s notes about the photos are

on a separate sheet inside the album]

7e/1

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts relating to

Elizabeth Brown, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Harriet Brown (1869-1954),


nee Treble, wife of first, Captain Philip Hughes Jones,

and second, James Hempton Walker, and their

descendants.

7f

Papers relating to Captain Philip Hughes Jones and his wife

Harriet nee Brown, and to the ship City of York, which

was wrecked 12 July 1899 off Rottnest Island, Western

Australia.

1893-1986. 5cm. Electrostatic copies and typescript.

[Captain Philip Hughes Jones was amongst the

casualties of the wreck of the sailing ship City of York.

These papers were collected by Christopher Wall, a

great-grandson of Captain and Mrs Jones. Comprises

copies of press cuttings, letters, photographs and

research notes. A series of letters written by Captain

Jones and his wife in 1894 and 1895 describe a voyage

of the City of York and the birth at sea of their first child

Dorothy Emma Seaborn Jones. Also includes letters

written by Captian Jones to his wife during his last ill

fated voyage in 1899. The original letters are held by

Mrs Phyllis Harriet Wilkie (daughter of Captain and Mrs

Harriet Jones), whose address in 1988 is 8/11 Frazer

Street, Collaroy N.S.W. 2097.]

7f/1

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts relating to Harriet


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Papers of and relating to Albert Voules Brown (1870-1939),

son of William Voules Brown (1839) and Emma nee

Treble, his wife Gertrude nee Liddington, and their

descendants.

7g

See also series 13c/4 for discharge of memorandum of

mortgage to Albert Voules Brown.

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts relating to Albert

Voules Brown and his family, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Edith Brown (1872-1922),


nee Treble, her husband Philip Rumbelow Lee, and

their descendants.

7h

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts relating to Edith


Papers of and relating to Victor Voules Brown (1841-1910),

first wife Julia nee Solomon, and his second wife

Eliza Sarah nee Tuckwell.

8a

Letters from Victor Voules Brown (1841) to his family.

c.1860-1893. 16 items. Manuscript.

[Comprises letters written by Victor Voules Brown (1841)

from London, Sydney and Pt. Adelaide as a young

seaman and deserter, then from Palmerston.]

8a/1

Press cuttings relating to Victor Voules Brown (1841).

c.1877-1910. 8 items. Printed.

[Comprises press cuttings relating to the disappearance

of Victor Voules Brown (1841) on a prospecting trip in

the Northern Territory in 1887 and his obituaries in

1910.]

8a/2

Press cuttings relating to Mrs Julia Brown nee Solomon.


[Comprises death notice.]

8a/3

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See also series 6a/13 for letter to Victor Voules Brown (1841)

from his father.

See also series 11/3 for accounts kept by Lucretia Sarah

Brown relating to Victor Voules Brown (1841)’s children

at Brighton.

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Victor


See also series 13c/9 for historical extracts about ‘Brown Mart’

in Darwin, collected by Jenny Rich. ‘Brown Mart’ was the

place of business of Victor Voules Brown (1841) from

1887 to 1910.

Papers relating to Rum Jungle, Northern Territory and

claims by the descendants of Victor Voules Brown

(1841) for adequate compensation from the

Commonwealth for land compulsorily acquired after

uranium was discovered.

8b

Papers relating to claims on the Commonwealth for land

acquired at Rum Jungle.

1907-1969. 88 items. Manuscript, typescript and

printed.

[Relates to a claim on the Commonwealth pursued by

descendants of Victor Voules Brown (1841) for adequate

compensation for land at Rum Jungle, Northern Territory.

Victor Voules Brown (1841) purchased the land in 1905

and it passed to his descendants as part of his estate.

Uranium was found on the land in 1949 and the land

was subsequently compulsorily acquired by the

Commonwealth government. Chiefly comprises

correspondence and legal opinion.]

8b/1

See also series 13c/10 for historical extracts relating to Rum

Jungle, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Emanuel Victor Voules Brown

‘Man’ Brown (1866-1950), son of Victor Voules Brown

(1841) and Julia nee Solomon, his wife Margaret nee

Landles, and their descendants.

8c

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Business correspondence.

C.1911. 3 items. Manuscript.

[Relates to speculation in land and investments in the

Northern Territory. Comprises letter to John Alexander

Voules Brown (1852) promising key to code words and

two coded telegrams, one with translation pencilled on

reverse. See also series 8c/2.]

8c/1

Bedford McNeil Mining and general telegraphic code.

1 volume. Printed.

[Emanuel Victor Voules Brown’s copy, used by him in

business dealings. See also series 8c/1.]

8c/2

Share certificates.


[Comprises Port Darwin Ten Dredging Syndicate share

certificate, Foot Gold Mining Company share certificate

signed by Emanuel Victor Voules Brown as secretary

and McArthur River Exploration Company share

certificate.]

8c/3

Declaration of power of attorney.

1912. 6p. Manuscript and typescript.

[Declaration by Elm ore Wright Brewerton and Emmet

Brewerton signed before the Lord Mayor of London

granting Emanuel Victor Voules Brown power of attorney

to sell sections of land in Palmerston on their behalf.]

8c/4

Report of proceedings of the first public meeting of unionists at

Darwin.

1911. 6p. plus cover. Manuscript.

[This meeting may have been held at ‘Brown Mart’ in

Darwin, which was the place of business of Emanuel

Victor Voules Brown.]

8c/5

Audio visual kit relating to Cyclone Tracy in Darwin.

1974. 1 cassette tape recording and 15 photographic

slides.

[Tape made by John Raymond Bridgland (1931- ),

grandson of Emanuel Victor Voules Brown, who lost his

house and belongings in the cyclone.]

8c/6

War damage compensation claims of Alfred Victor Voules

Brown.

1943. 2 items. Manuscript and printed.

[Submitted for compensation for loss of effects through

looting in Darwin. Alfred Victor Voules Brown (1894-

1961), nicknamed ‘Wonk eye’, was the son of Emanuel

Victor Voules Brown.]

8c/7

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Notification of call up for Civil Construction Corps of Alfred

Victor Voules Brown.

1943. 2p. Typescript and processed typescript.

[Alfred Victor Voules Brown (1894-1961) was the son of

Emanuel Victor Voules Brown.]

8c/8

Will of Emanuel Victor Voules Brown.

1949.

8c/9

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Emanuel

Victor Voules Brown and his family, collected by Jenny

Rich.

See also series 13c/9 for historical extracts about ‘Brown’s

Mart’ in Darwin, collected by Jenny Rich. ‘Brown’s Mart’

was the place of business of Emanuel Victor Voules

Brown from 1910 to 1937.

Papers of and relating to Alfred Joseph Voules Brown

(1868-1955), son of Victor Voules Brown (1841) and

Julia nee Solomon, his wife Mumulaj, and their

descendants.

8d

Letters from Alfred Joseph Voules Brown to his Aunt Lucretia

Sarah Brown.

1889-1927. 3 items. Manuscript.

[Comprises 1889 letter alluding to depression in Port

Darwin and dispute over Chinese labour, 1925 letter

relating to Alfred Joseph Voules Brown’s inheritance of

the Thatched House Tavern at Brighton, and 1927 letter

on the unsuitability of a boat offered.]

8d/1

Papers relating to a disentailing assurance in the estate of

William Voules Brown (1809).

1920, 1942. 2 items. Typescript.

[Comprises letter from solicitors G. and J. Downer

relating to Alfred Joseph Voules Brown’s estate tail in the

Thatched House Tavern at Brighton and opinion of

solicitors Povey and Waterhouse on the validity of his

disentailing assurance deed.]

8d/2

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Press cuttings.

n.d. 2 items. Printed.

[Comprises article ‘Brown vikings of the Arafura’ by

Ernestine Hill, describing Alfred Joseph Voules Brown’s

recollections of Macassan seamen and the trepang

trade. NB this article was probably published in the early

1940s. Also ‘Out Among the People’ by Vox in Advertiser

15 October 1942, which gives details of his time in the

Northern Territory and Kimberley area, when he ran

away from school in Adelaide, and his athletic

achievements.]

8d/3

See also series 13c/7 for a file of historical extracts about

Alfred Joseph Voules Brown, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to John Vabien Voules Brown (1873-

1950), son of Victor Voules Brown (1841) and Julia

nee Solomon, his wife Minna Isabel Erks nee

Jackson, and their descendants.

8e

Bookmark.

1917. 1 item. Printed on silk.

[Commemorates enlistment of members of the

Enginemen, Firemen and Cleaners’ Association in World

War I.]

8e/1

The saga of William and Harriet Voules Brown.

1986. 1 page. Manuscript.

[Poem written by Mrs Doreen Isabel Carter, daughter of

John Vabien Voules Brown. This poem was written for

the family reunion.]

8e/2

The ‘Anzacs’.

1917. 1 page. Electrostatic copy.

[Poem written by Minna Jackson Brown, daughter of

John Vabien Voules Brown, and which won first prize in

the Wattle Day Literary Competition for schools in 1917.

Minna later became Mrs A. Taylor.]

8e/3

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about John Vabien


Papers of and relating to Celia Harriet Brown (1870-1897),

daughter of Victor Voules Brown (1841) and Julia nee

Solomon, wife of Ernest Ewens, and their

descendants.

8f

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Note written by John Alexander Voules Brown (1879) relating

to Celia Harriet Brown.

c.1960. 1 page. Manuscript.

[Refers to her pencil case, which J.A.V. Brown (1879)

gave to his grand daughter Meredith Brown; note also

includes some family information.]

8f/1

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Celia Harriet

Brown and her family , collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Katherine Julia Brown (1875-

1897), daughter of Victor Voules Brown (1841) and

Julia nee Solomon.

8g

No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Katherine Julia

Brown, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Adelaide Victoria Brown (1884-


Eliza Sarah nee Tuckwell, wife of Henry John

Wallace, and their descendants.

8h

No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Adelaide Victoria


Papers of and relating to Laura Eleanor Brown (1889-


Eliza Sarah nee Tuckwell, wife of Norman John

Edwards, and their descendants.

8i

No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Laura Eleanor


Papers of and relating to Jack Roy Brown (1891-1975), son

of Victor Voules Brown (1841) and Eliza Sarah nee

Tuckwell, his wife Eileen Emily Ellen nee Johnson,

and their descendants.

8j

No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Jack Roy Brown

and his family, collected by Jenny Rich.

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Papers of and relating to Albert Brown (1892-1970), son of

Victor Voules Brown (1841) and Eliza Sarah nee

Tuckwell, his wife Violet May nee Gray and their

descendants.

8k

No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Albert Brown and

his family, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Maud Marion Brown (1895-1979),

daughter of Victor Voules Brown (1841) and Eliza

Sarah Tuckwell, and her husband Sydney Phelps

Carpenter.

8l

No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Maud Marion

Brown and her husband, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Louisa Harriet Brown (1898-


Eliza Sarah nee Tuckwell, her husband Charles

Mathew Clark, and their descendants.

8m

No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Louisa

Harriet Brown and her family, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Ethel Vera Brown (1902-1984),

daughter of Victor Voules Brown (1841) and Eliza

Sarah nee Tuckwell, her husband Leslie Gladstone

Barker, and their descendants.

8n

No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Ethel Vera Brown

and her family, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Alfred Victor Voules Brown (1907-

1958), son of Victor Voules Brown (1841) and Eliza

Sarah nee Tuckwell, his wife Grace Louise May nee

Gayleard, and their descendants.

8o

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No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Alfred Victor


Papers of and relating to Victor Voules Brown (1910-

), son of Victor Voules Brown (1841) and Eliza

Sarah nee Tuckwell, his wife Ruby Anne nee Hall, and

their descendants.

8p

No records held.


Voules Brown (1910) and his family, collected by Jenny

Rich.

Papers of and relating to Alfred Voules Brown (1843-1886),

son of William Voules Brown (1809) and Harriet nee

Perkins.

9

Press cuttings relating to Alfred Voules Brown.

1886. 1 item.

[Comprises notice of death of Alfred Voules Brown at

Extended Union, Northern Territory by a fall from his

horse.]

9/1

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Alfred

Voules Brown, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Elizabeth Susannah Brown, Mrs

James Harvey (1845-1926), daughter of William

Voules Brown (1809) and Harriet nee Perkins, and her

husband James Harvey.

10a

Letters from James and Elizabeth Harvey to Lucretia Sarah

and Harriet Louisa Brown.


[Written from ‘The lodge’ and Salisbury, the letters allude

to family news, Lucretia Sarah Brown’s twenty first

birthday and an anticipated visit from the Reverend

Taplin.]

10a/1

Historical notes on James Harvey.

n.d. 1 item. Typescript carbon.

[Compiled by Leonard J. Ewens from South Australian

newspapers between 1840 and 1886.]

10a/2

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NB Mrs Elizabeth Bowey donated some of the papers and

belongings relating to Mr and Mrs James Harvey to the

local history collection of Salisbury Public Library, also to

the John Harvey Gallery at Salisbury.

See also series 6c/11 for indenture relating to assignment of

Brighton Public Cemetery, which was signed by James

Harvey as one of the Trustees of the estate of W.V.

Brown (1809).

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Elizabeth

Susannah Brown and her family, collected by Jenny

Rich.

Papers of and relating to Florence Ida Harvey, Mrs Heinrich

Bussenschutt (1868-1945), daughter of James Harvey

and Elizabeth Susannah nee Brown, and her

husband Heinrich Bussenschutt.

10b

No records held.

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Florence Ida

Harvey and her husband, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Elizabeth Maud Harvey (1869-

1951), daughter of James Harvey and Elizabeth

Susannah nee Brown.

10c

No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Elizabeth Maud

Harvey, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Alfred James Harvey (1871-1953),

son of James Harvey and Elizabeth Susannah nee

Brown, his wife Edith May nee Cleland, and their

descendants.

10d

No records held.

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Alfred

James Harvey and his family, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Ada May Harvey, Mrs Verna

Alfred Leopold Jenkins (1874-1947), her husband

Verna Alfred Leopold Jenkins, and their

descendants.

10e

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No records held.

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Ada May

Harvey and her family, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Ernest Voules Harvey (1877-

1958), son of James Harvey and Elizabeth Susannah

nee Brown, his wife Muriel Eleanor Sarah nee

Jenkins, and their descendants.

10f

No records held.

See series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Ernest Voules

Harvey and his family, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Lucretia Sarah Brown (1947-

1952), daughter of William Voules Brown (1809) and

Harriet nee Perkins.

11

Letters received by Lucretia Sarah Brown.

1861-1925. 16 items. Manuscript and typescript.

[Comprises letters received from J.W. Downer, Eliza

Taplin, Amelia Rivaz, … Cowan, E. Downer, Harold

Downer and Nellie Forster at Hanover, together with an

anonymous note alluding to the whereabouts of St.

Jude’s vestments and a letter from child Arthur Rivaz to

his grandmother. See also series 6a/13 for letter from

her father William Voules Brown (1809). See also series

6b/2 for letter from her mother Mrs Harriet Brown. See

also series 10a/1 for letter from James and Elizabeth

Harvey. See also series 13g/7 for letter from Kathleen

Mary Brown.]

11/1

Diary of a visit to the Barossa Valley.

c.1880. 15p. Manuscript.

[Relates to a visit made by Lucretia Sarah Brown and

Harriet Louisa Brown, possibly to their friend Blanche de

Gacher, and including observations about the Valley, its

inhabitants and a church service. Written for their

parents.]

11/2

Poetry and prose.

c.1885. 1 volume + 8 loose leaves.

[Volume contains verse titled The characters of the

Misses B. and a poem about Mrs Harriet Brown, both

written by John W. Downer; also household accounts

kept by Lucretia Sarah Brown relating to her brother

Victor Voules Brown (1841)’s children at Brighton.]

11/3

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A Cure for Scandal.

c.1877. 1 item. Manuscript, plus typescript transcript.

[Whimsical recipe believed to have been transcribed by

Lucretia Sarah Brown.]

11/4

Testimonial to Lucretia Sarah Brown.


[Attested by the Wardens of St. Jude’s Church, Brighton,

with amounts tendered, for Miss Brown’s ‘long and

gratuitous service at the harmonium’.]

11/5

Press cutting.


[Relates to Lucretia Sarah Brown’s service as organist

and Sunday School Superintendent at St. Jude’s

Church, Brighton.]

11/6

Obituary of Harold Downer.


[The Downer family were close friends of the Brown

family, dating back to 1838, when Henry Downer and his

family were neighbours of William Voules Brown (1809)

and his family in Adelaide. Lucretia Sarah Brown and

John W. Downer are believed to have courted in the

1860s but John eventually married someone else. There

are photos of various members of the Downer family in

series 13d/11.]

11/7

See also series 6c/1 for press cutting about St. Jude’s Church

and its Ministers, which refers to Lucretia Sarah Brown.

See also series 6c/7 for cemetery lease for Brown family

section of Brighton Public Cemetery, signed by Lucretia

Sarah Brown in her role as Manager of the Cemetery.

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Lucretia

Sarah Brown, collected by Jenny Rich.

See also series 13d/10 for portrait albums originally owner by

Lucretia Sarah Brown.

Papers of and relating to Harriet Louisa Brown (1849-

1932), daughter of William Voules Brown (1809) and

Harriet nee Perkins.

12

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Correspondence of Harriet Louisa Brown.


[Comprises letters addressed to Harriet Louisa Brown

from Booyoolee, Naracoorte and Tatiara from John

Charles Gall, believed to be a suitor, together with a

letter addressed from Renmark by Harriet Louisa Brown

to her parents. See also series 10a/1 for letter from

James and Elizabeth Harvey.]

12/1

New Year card.

[Highly decorative card posted from London 1881.]

12/2

Wills of Harriet Louisa Brown.

1913, 1918. 2 items. Manuscript and typescript.

12/3

See also series 11/2 for Diary of a visit to the Barossa Valley

made c.1880 by Harriet Louisa Brown and Lucretia

Sarah Brown.

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Harriet

Louisa Brown, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to John Alexander Voules Brown

(1852).

13a

Marriage certificate of John Alexander Voules Brown (1852)

and Eleanor Johnson.


13a/1

Correspondence of John Alexander Voules Brown (1852).

c.1873-1904, c.1936. 35 items. Manuscript.

[Includes some family letters, but chiefly comprises

correspondence with the firm of Adcock Brothers

(merchants and shipping agents, Port Darwin and

Derby), in which John Alexander Voules Brown (1852)

was a partner from 1885 to 1886. See also series 13e/7

for letter to John Alexander Voules Brown (1852) from

Philip Voules Brown.]

13a/2

Character testimonials.

1895. 2 items. Manuscript.

[Supplied to John Alexander Voules Brown (1852) in

view of his intention to settle in Western Australia and

signed by C.C. Kingston, Premier of South Australia, and

by John W. Downer.]

13a/3

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Album of photographs of mining fields at Wiluna, Western

Australia.

c. 1904. 1 volume.

[John Alexander Voules Brown (1852) went to Wiluna in

about 1898 and lived there until 1904. He built and ran

the Golden Age Hotel, was agent for Cobb and Co. and

also had various mining interests. His son Victor Voules

Brown (1885) spent a few years with him and worked on

the mines near Wiluna.]

13a/4

Invitations.

1910, 1937. 4 items plus cover. Typescript and printed.

[Issued to John Alexander Voules Brown (1852) to

attend memorial services for King Edward VII, 1910, the

Premier’s Office 1910, and South Australia’s 101st

anniversary celebrations at Glenelg 1937.]

13a/5

Speech given by John Alexander Voules Brown at centenary

celebrations, Glenelg.

1936. 5p. Electrostatic copy.

13a/6

Papers relating to the Australian Railways and Territory

League.


[Comprises copy of David Lindsay’s Territoria and two

sheets of press cuttings relating to the League and the

Northern Territory Acceptance Bill.]

13a/7

Electioneering speech by John Alexander Voules Brown.

1910. 26p. Manuscript and typescript transcript.

[John Alexander Voules Brown (1852) was elected

(together with Tom Crush) to represent the Northern

Territory in the South Australian Parliament in 1910. He

campaigned in Darwin and some of the country towns in

the Northern Territory.]

13a/8

Newspapers.

1894-1910. 7 items. Printed.

[Comprises copies of the Yellow Flag and Torrens Island

Terror, Northern Territory Times and Gazette, South

Australian Register and West Australian.]

13a/9

Certificates of appointment.

1887-1914. 3 items. Manuscript and printed.

[Relates to appointment of John Alexander Voules

Brown (1852) to the Local Board of Health for the

Sanitary District of Palmerston, the Council of the South

Australian School of Mines, and as a Justice of the

Peace at Brighton.]

13a/10

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Copy of the Justices Act, no.1479 of 1921.

1921. 1 volume. Printed.

13a/11

South Australian School of Mines commemorative booklet.


[Issued on the occasion of a complimentary dinner to Sir

Langdon Bonython, President. Records John Alexander

Voules Brown (1852) as a member of the Council.]

13a/12

Papers relating to Barrow Creek and Home of Bullion Mine,

Northern Territory.

1930-1931. 3 items + cover. Printed.

[Comprises an account of the mine by William Lees

together with plan and extract from report by Dr H.

Basedow as chairman of Central Australian Silver Lead

and Copper Mining N.L. John Alexander Voules Brown

(1852) had shares in a number of mining companies.]

13a/13

Specifications for ‘Wenlock’, 15 Jetty Road, Brighton.

1919. 14 pages. Typescript.

[‘Wenlock’ was built for John Alexander Voules Brown

(1852).]

13a/14

Plans of ‘Wenlock’, 15 Jetty Road, Brighton.

1919. 2 items.

[Drawn by … Sanders, comprising ground plan and

elevation on one sheet and detail of window and

fireplaces on separate sheet.]

13a/15

Press cuttings and obituary of John Alexander Voules Brown

(1852).

c.1937-1945. 3 pages. Printed.

[Comprises article from Advertiser c.1937 about his

friendship with Adam Lindsay Gordon, and his life of

adventure in the Northern Territory, Derby and Wiluna;

his obituary in the Advertiser 17/3/1945; death notice in

St. Jude’s Church magazine; undated item in the

Advertiser about the John Alexander Voules Brown prize

at the South Australian Institute of Technology;

Advertiser item ‘Old Brighton resident’ published in 1938;

notice of birth of son 14 July 1879.]

13a/16

Book of Common Prayer.

1 volume.

[Inscribed ‘To my darling brother Jack. Lucretia S.

Brown, Brighton, S.A. 16/3/74’.]

13a/17

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See also series 6a/6 for the family bible inherited by John

Alexander Voules Brown (1852).

See also series 6c/1 for press cutting about St. Jude’s Church,

which refers to John Alexander Voules Brown (1852).

See also series 6c/9 for extract from second codicil to will of

William Voules Brown (1809), which assigns to John

Alexander Voules Brown (1852) the power to sell the

property known as Brighton Public Cemetery, excepting

the land containing the W.V. Brown family vault.

See also series 6c/10 for draft legal opinion relating to sale of

right of way and cemetery by John Alexander Voules

Brown (1852) to St. Jude’s Church trustees.


Brighton Public Cemetery to St. Jude’s Church trustees,

signed by John Alexander Voules Brown (1852).

See also series 13c/5 for letter by John Alexander Voules

Brown (1879) about John Alexander Voules Brown

(1852)’s time at Wiluna, Western Australia.

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about John

Alexander Voules Brown (1852), collected by Jenny

Rich.

See also series 13c/9 for historical extracts about ‘Brown’s

Mart’ in Darwin, collected by Jenny Rich. John Alexander

Voules Brown (1852) worked at ‘Brown’s Mart’ from 1887

to 1894.

Papers of and relating to Eleanor Johnson, Mrs John

Alexander Voules Brown (1857-1918), her mother

Amelia nee Wheeler, who married first, Christopher

Dickinson Johnson, and second Mark Edward Lowe,

and her ancestors.

13b

Eleanor Johnson’ s certificate of examination for Confirmation

and Confirmation by Bishop Short.

1871. 2 items. Printed and manuscript.

13b/1

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Letters received.

c.1870, 1912. 10 items. Manuscript plus typed

transcript.

[Includes 1870 letter from Charlotte Maddox with typed

transcript and 1912 letter from cousins relating to a visit

to England.]

13b/2

Postcard views of the United Kingdom and the Continent.


[Relate to a trip undertaken with her daughters Amelia

Harriet, Kathleen Mary and Dorothy Eleanor. Some

cards bear annotations on reverse. See also series

13b/2, 13d/6, 13g/3.]

13b/3

Pedigree of Wheeler family.


[Shows descent of James Wheeler born in 1675.

Believed to be drawn up by Bill Norris, a Wheeler relative

in England.]

13b/4

Portrait miniature.

1840. 2 items mounted in locket.

[Portrait of a lady painted on ivory and marked on

reverse ‘E.W. 1840’, together with photographic portrait

of a man. Amelia Wheeler’s mother was Mrs Elizabeth

Wheeler nee Jarrett, born 11 November 1797 - this

miniature may be of her. Mrs Elizabeth Wheeler died in

1873. Probably given to Amelia when she left England to

come to Australia in 1852.]

13b/5

Marriage certificate of Mrs Amelia Johnson and Mark Edward

Lowe.

1868. 1 item. Printed and manuscript.

13b/6

In memoriam card for Matthew Cupit.


[Matthew Cupit was a Wheeler relative in England.]

13b/7

Indenture of release.

1912. 2p. Typescript.

[Drawn up between Mrs Eleanor Brown, executrix in the

estate of Mark Edward Lowe, and Elizabeth Smith, Mark

Edward Lowe, Fanny Leask, Henry Lowe, Emma Selina

Lowe and Alfred Lowe, releasing Eleanor Brown from

any claims on the estate.]

13b/8

Account for administration of the estate of Amelia Lowe.


13b/9

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Letter from Cavendish Skinner at Charleston, South Carolina,

America to Christopher Dickinson Johnson.

1851. 1 item. Manuscript, plus typescript transcript.

[Written to Christopher Dickinson Johnson in

Westmoreland advising on business opportunities in the

South and describing social life. Refers to Christopher’s

friendship with ‘Miss A’ - probably Amelia Wheeler.]

13b/10

Application for burying ground at Mount Pleasant.


13b/11

Receipt for payment for lease of burying ground.


[Location described as ‘The Church land of St. Mary’s on

Sturt’.]

13b/12

Table of seniority of the Lowe family.


[Evidently drawn up to indicate the position of members

of the Lowe family as beneficiaries of an estate.]

13b/13

Letters of Administration in the estate of Mark Edward Lowe.

1911. 1 item. Manuscript on vellum.

[Includes extract of the will of Mark Edward Lowe, who

died in 1886.]

13b/14

Holy Bible.

1 volume.

[Inscribed ‘Amelia Wheeler, Much Wenlock, Sept. 18th

1842’, probably given to her when she was confirmed.]

13b/15

Book of Common Prayer.

1 volume.

[Inscribed ‘Amelia Wheeler, Much Wenlock, Sept. 18th

1842//Miss Johnson - South Road’. This book was given

by Mrs Amelia Johnson to her daughter Eleanor.]

13b/16

Last Will and Testament.


[Dated 27th May 1886. Inscribed South Australian

Supreme Court testamentary causes jurisdiction, Last

Will and Testament of Mark Edward Lowe licensed

victualler. Died 1st May 1886 at Edwardstown. 2,800,0,0

pounds to be left to his widow, Amelia Lowe of

Edwardstown. Extracted by Ayers, Ayers and Gall.

Adelaide.]

13b/17

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See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Eleanor

Johnson, her mother Amelia nee Wheeler, and her

ancestors, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to John Alexander Voules Brown

(1879-1962), son of John Alexander Voules Brown

(1852) and Eleanor nee Johnson, his wife Mabel

Florence nee Marks, and their descendants.

13c

Press cutting.


[Account of John Alexander Voules Brown (1879)’s

rescue of two girls from drowning at Brighton. He was

later awarded the Royal Humane Society bronze medal

for his bravery. See also series 11/1 for 1895 letter from

J.W. Downer to Lucretia Sarah Brown, which refers to

John Alexander Voules Brown (1879)’s rescue of two

girls from drowning.]

13c/1

Bronze medal presented by the Royal Humane Society of

Australasia to John Alexander Voules Brown 21st

December 1895.

1895. 1 item in box.

13c/2

The Strange Effects of Christmas Dinner at Brown’s Brighton.

1909. 1 item. Manuscript plus typed transcript.

[Ditty composed by John Alexander Voules Brown

(1879) and autographed by family members.]

13c/3

Discharge of memorandum of mortgage to Albert Voules

Brown.


13c/4

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Letters.

1888, 1955, 1960, 1961. 4 items. Electrostatic copy

and manuscript.

[Comprises 1888 invitation to his grandmother and

Aunties Loo and Haddie; 1955 letter to Elizabeth Bowey

relating family stories about the death of Adelaide Brown

in 1837, Adelaide’s first cow, the Brown family’s piece of

cow hide the leaf from the Old Gum Tree at Glenelg

picked by William Voules Brown (1809); 1960 letter to

Eleanor Cosgrove about the Brown family history, the

story of his old clay pipe and bullet, the Marks family and

other family news; 1961 letter to Rita Harrington giving

information about John Alexander Voules Brown (1852)

at Wiluna. NB The 1960 letter includes an abbreviated

family tree, showing what he could remember of the

Brown family, also information about the English

background of W.V. Brown, Voules, Wheeler, Perkins,

Marks, Albert and Newman, which he wrote on a typed

form sent to him by his daughter Eleanor Cosgrove. This

is the only known written document which mentions that

the Voules family came from Bristol. See also series

6a/11 and 6a/12 for the cow hide and gum leaf to which

John Alexander Voules Brown (1879) refers in his

letters.]

13c/5

Copy of a letter from W.J. Thelning to Miss Brown about the

death of her brother John Alexander Voules Brown

(1879).

n.d. 1 item. Manuscript.

[Mr Thelning was Grand Secretary of the Manchester

Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, of which John

Alexander Voules Brown (1879) was Grand

Corresponding Secretary from 1925 until he retired in

1951. Mr Thelning wrote on behalf of the officers and

members of the Society. His letter includes a copy of a

tribute to J.A.V. Brown (1879) in the Society’s annual

report.]

13c/6

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Historical extracts about the W.V. Brown family collected by

Jenny Rich.

c.1770 + c.20 files.


later date. Comprises photographs, press cuttings,

extracts from books, notes of interviews, copies of

documents found in various Archives, etc. collected

during research for the family history book Gum leaf and

cow hide and during research for some other historical

publications. Information in the files is arranged

alphabetically by the name of each person. There are

separate files for William Voules Brown (1809), Victor

Voules Brown (1841), Alfred Jospeh Voules Brown and

John Alexander Voules Brown (1852). Jenny Rich nee

Cosgrove is a grand daughter of John Alexander Voules

Brown (1879).]

13c/7

Letters received and sent by Jenny Rich.

c.1970 + 4 files.


later date. Chiefly comprises letters relating to Jenny

Rich’s search for information about the W.V. Brown

family.]

13c/8

Historical extracts about ‘Brown’s Mart’, Darwin.

1885 + 1 file. Photographs, electrostatic copies and

typescript.


later date. Comprises background material gathered by

Jenny Rich for her booklet Brown’s Mart, Darwin: a

history.]

13c/9

Historical extracts relating to Rum Jungle, Northern Territory

and claims by the descendants of Victor Voules Brown

(1841) for adequate compensation from the

Commonwealth for land compulsorily acquired after

uranium was found.

c.1907 + 1 file. Photographs, maps, typescript and

electrostatic copies.


later date. Comprises extracts from the Australian Atomic

Energy Commission’s files, maps, press cuttings,

photographs and copies of correspondence, collected by

Jenny Rich. See also series 8b/1.]

13c/10

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Historical extracts relating to the Northern Territory.

c.1860 + c.6 files.


later date. Comprises material collected by Jenny Rich

during research for a book about the Brown family in the

Northern Territory. Includes photographs, extracts from

the Northern Territory Times and other newspapers,

copies of documents located in various Archives, etc.]

13c/11

Brown’s Mart, Darwin: a history.


[Not yet in PRG 373 - to be added by Jenny Rich in

September 1988. Written by Jenny Rich.]

13c/12

Historical extracts relating to Brighton, St. Jude’s Church and

Brighton Public Cemetery, collected by Jenny Rich.

1854 + 1 file. Electrostatic copies and photographs.


later date. Comprises material collected by Jenny Rich

during research for Gum Leaf and Cow Hide, including

copies of documents from the Department of Lands,

extracts from various publications, research notes and

photographs. Includes a set of photographs taken inside

the Brown family vault, when it was opened for

inspection in 1984.

13c/13

See also series 6c/8 for sketch of W.V. Brown family section of

Brighton Public Cemetery, drawn by William Voules

Brown (1915), son of John Alexander Voules Brown

(1879).


Brighton Public Cemetery to St. Jude’s Church trustees,

to which John Alexander Voules Brown (1879) was a

signatory.

See also series 8f/1 for note re Celia Harriet Brown, written by

John Alexander Voules Brown (1879).

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about John

Alexander Voules Brown (1879) and his family, collected

by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Amelia Harriet Brown (1882-

1972), daughter of John Alexander Voules Brown

(1852) and Eleanor nee Johnson.

13d

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School report on Amelia Harriet Brown.


[Compiled by Miss M. Martin of Miss Martin’s Academy.]

13d/1

Press cutting.


[Relates to the first reunion of Miss Martin’s Academy

Old Collegians’ Association.]

13d/2

Music examination certificates.


[Comprises certificate from Board of Musical Studies

University of Adelaide, for pianoforte primary music

examination, with Parkside High School music certificate

on reverse.]

13d/3

Nursing certificates.

1923, 1939. 3 items.

[Comprises Australasian Trained Nurses Association

certificate of registration 1923, accompanied by

photograph, nurse’s certificate from the Queen’s Home

1923, and St. John’s Ambulance Association certificate

1939.]

13d/4

Medals.

1919-1920. 3 items.

[Comprises Amelia Harriet Brown’s Wakefield Street

Private Hospital medal 1919, Australasian Trained

Nurses Association registration badge 1920 and

registration badge issued by the Nurses Board.]

13d/5

Travel diary.

1912. 1 volume. Manuscript.

[Relates to a voyage to the United Kingdom with her

mother and sisters. See also series 13b/3 and series

13g/3.]

13d/6

Autograph album.

1900-1925. 1 volume.

[Contains entries of verse, photographs, flowers and

sketches by relatives and friends of Amelia Harriet

Brown.]

13d/7

Letters received by Amelia Harriet Brown.

1912-1913, n.d. 3 items. Manuscript.

[Comprises letters from Nora Perkins at Raglan,

Monmouthshire, W.D. Cupit at Liverpool and Katie Lakie

at South Yarra, Victoria.]

13d/8

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Invitations.

1924-1925. 5 items plus cover. Printed.

[Invitations issued to Amelia Harriet Brown to attend

garden parties at Hampton Court and Buckingham

Palace and a reception for the Australian High

Commissioner in London.]

13d/9

Photograph albums.

1923-1930. 3 volumes.

[Includes family photographs at Brighton and holidays in

South Australia, but chiefly comprises photographs taken

during a trip to the United Kingdom and the Continent in

1923 and 1924.]

13d/10

Portrait albums.

c.1852-1890. 3 volumes.

[These albums were inherited by Amelia Harriet Brown

from her Aunt Lucretia Sarah Brown and contain

photographic portraits of members of the Brown family

and their friends, including the Downer family and other

early settlers of South Australia. Jenny Rich and Kate

Brown have added names wherever the photographs

could be identified. These magnificent albums are some

of the family’s most treasured possessions.]

13d/11

See also series 6a/1 for historical notes on William Voules

Brown (1809) and John Alexander Voules Brown (1852),

written by Amelia Harriet Brown.

See also series 6c/7 for Amelia Harriet Brown’s cemetery

lease for the Brown family section of Brighton Public

Cemetery.

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Amelia

Harriet Brown, collected by Jenny Rich.

Papers of and relating to Victor Voules Brown (1885-1963)

son of John Alexander Voules Brown (1852) and

Eleanor nee Johnson, his wife Helen Dorothea nee

Smith, and their descendants.

13e

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Certificates of character and attainment.

1897, 1901. 2 items. Printed and manuscript.

[Comprises certificate from Henri Vear, ‘Scientific

Character Reader and Professor of Human Science’,

recommending Victor Voules Brown for occupation of

locomotive or mining engineer, and certificate from the

Principal of Way College.]

13e/1

World War I letters of Victor Voules Brown.


[Chiefly comprises letters written by Private Victor Voules

Brown from England and France. He joined the 48th

Battalion, was injured in France in April 1917, then spent

some time in Richmond Military Hospital.

13e/2

Press cutting.


[Comprises text of a paper on Mallee mixed farming read

by Victor Voules Brown (1885) at Karoonda.]

13e/3

A brief history of William Gladwell.


[Compiled by Peter Gladwell. William Gladwell, a

‘Barwell Boy’, was in the employ of Victor Voules Brown

(1885) at Borrika for approximately twelve years and

became one of the family.]

13e/4

World War II letters of Geoffrey Voules Brown.

1942-1945. 5cm. Manuscript.

[Comprises letters to his mother and to his aunt Kathleen

Mary Brown, written whilst serving as a naval rating, from

H.M.A.S. Lonsdale Williamstown, H.M.A.S.

Maryborough, H.M.A.S. Bathurst and unspecified

stations.]

13e/5

Press cutting.


[Relates to the arrival of the corvette Bathurst at a South

Australian port.]

13e/6

Letter from Philip Voules Brown to his Grandfather John

Alexander Voules Brown (1852).


13e/7

Letter from Philip Voules Brown to his Aunt Kathleen Mary

Brown.

1946. 2p. Manuscript.

[Written while Philip Voules Brown was serving in the

Royal Australian Navy, describing social life in Sydney.]

13e/8

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See also series 13a/4 for album of photographs of mining

fields at Wiluna, Western Australia. Victor Voules Brown

(1885) worked on the mines near Wiluna in the early

1900s.



Papers of and relating to Dorothy Eleanor Brown, Mrs

Albert Seary (1888-1954), daughter of John Alexander

Voules Brown (1852) and Eleanor nee Johnson, and

her husband Albert Seary.

13f

Music examination certificate.

1904. Printed and manuscript.

[Comprises certificate from the University of Adelaide in

conjunction with the Royal College of Music for

pianoforte advanced class examination.]

13f/1

Photograph album.

c.1919. 1 volume.

[Chiefly comprises family photographs.]

13f/2

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Dorothy

Eleanor Brown and her husband, collected by Jenny

Rich.

Papers of and relating to Kathleen Mary Brown (1891-

1965), daughter of John Alexander Voules Brown

(1852) and Eleanor nee Johnson.

13g

Autograph album.

1905-1913. 1 volume. Manuscript.

[Contains humorous verse and sketches autographed by

friends and relatives and photograph of Miss Martin’s

Academy senior class.]

13g/1

Photograph album.

1912-1926. 1 volume.

[Contains photographs of Mount Buffalo, the Swiss Alps,

Victor Harbor and other views.]

13g/2

Diaries of Kathleen Mary Brown.

1912, 1937-1938. 2 volumes. Manuscript.

[Volume 1 comprises diary of a voyage to the United

Kingdom and travel on the Continent in 1912. Volume 2

describes events at home in Brighton and in Adelaide in

1937-1938. See also series 13b/3, 13d/6.]

13g/3

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Press cuttings.

c.1939. 2 items. Printed.

[Relates to the Women’s Transport Drivers Unit, of which

Kathleen Mary Brown was a member. Further cuttings

are in her diary, see series 13g/3.]

13g/4

Diploma of Associate in Music.


[Issued by the University of Adelaide, citing Singing as

her principal subject.]

13g/5

Elder Conservatorium Graduation programme.


[Lists Kathleen Mary Brown as one of those graduating.]

13g/6

Correspondence of Kathleen Mary Brown.

1912, c.1937. 3 items. Manuscript.

[Comprises letter from Kathleen Mary Brown to Lucretia

Sarah Brown addressed from Liverpool 1912, letter from

Jennie Lowe 1912, and letter from Dorrie … , New

Zealand, c.1937. See also series 13e/5 for letters from

her nephew Geoffrey Voules Brown and series 13e/8 for

letter from her nephew Philip Voules Brown.]

13g/7

Children’s verse.

c.1919. 3 items. Manuscript.

[Children’s poems titled Everyone ill and On the Beach,

illustrated and written or transcribed by Anne Beckwith,

friend of Kathleen Mary Brown, together with poem titled

Jim.]

13g/8

Australian Red Cross Twenty Years Service medal.

c.1950.

13g/9

See also series 13c/7 for historical extracts about Kathleen

Mary Brown, collected by Jenny Rich.

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