Reel 2, Part I, Medical Diary of Rev William Gray, 1882 - 1894
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- 1882 - 1894
Reel 2, Part I, Medical Diary of Rev William Gray, 1882 - 1894
Reel 3, Part III, Correspondence to William Gray, M-P
Reel 3, Part III, Correspondence to William Gray, R-Unknown
Elizabeth Gray to William Gray (2 letters)
Parte de Journal and correspondence
Agnes Watt to Elizabeth Gray (11 letters)
Parte de Journal and correspondence
William Gray to Elizabeth Gray (2 letters)
Parte de Journal and correspondence
Irene Gray to Elizabeth and William Gray (2 letters)
Parte de Journal and correspondence
Captain Hamilton (1852-1937) was born in Scotland and came to Australia at the age of 10. In 1882 - 1883 he made voyages from Brisbane to Vanuatu (at that time the New Hebrides), New Britain and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) in labour recruiting vessels. For a dozen or so years from the late 1890s, he ran the Hamilton Pearling Co. with luggers operating out of Komuli in the Admiralty Islands and Gizo in Solomon Islands. This company also traded in copra, tortoise shell, black lip and green snail shell. Later, Captain Hamilton had big planting interests in the Solomons, mainly on Choiseul. He died in Sydney in November, 1937.
The papers copied on this microfilm are the most interesting and valuable historically of a large collection (in the Oxley Memorial Library) relating to Captain Hamilton's career. They comprise:
For further details of Captain Hamilton's career and of his other papers in the Oxley Memorial Library, see the Bureau's newsletter 'Pambu' October 1968:3, pp.3-6.
Hamilton, William
Reel 3, Part II, Certificate of marriage of William Gray and Elizabeth McEwen
Two manuscripts by William Gray
Parte de Manuscripts, pamphlets and press cuttings relating to Rev. William Gray