Part 3 - Goldrushes and the Coal Debate 1851 - 1869
All correspondence is inwards to Clarke (WBC) unless otherwise indicated. The majority of the correspondence is to be found amongst the Clarke family papers and other collections in the Mitchell Library and Dixson Library, Sydney. Entries marked with an asterisk *' are items of correspondence involving Clarke but not necessarily addressed to him. An entry with a question mark ?' indicates some doubt exists regarding the precise date or authorship of the letter. Historical annotations of a personal nature are also included. Items marked with a hash # are transcribed and reproduced in Ann Moyal, The Web of Science , 2003.
1851
{Edward Hammond Hargraves discovers' a workable goldfield at Summer Hill Creek on 12 February 1851. It is publically announced in the Sydney Morning Herald on 3 May}
3 May - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
5 May - Rev. T.C. Ewing
7 May - Rev. Thomas Hassall
8 May - Rev. William West Simpson
9 May - Rev. G.E. Gregory
12 May - Edward Hammond Hargraves*
12 May - Rev. William West Simpson
13 May - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
15 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
17 May - Charles I. Tyers
17 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
19 May - Edward Hammond Hargraves*
20 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
21 May - Rev. James Allan
21 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
24 May - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
29 May WBC to Sir Roderick Murchison {EUL} #
30 May Rev. James Walker #
31 May WBC to Sir Roderick Murchison {EUL} #
31 May Rev. James Walker #
2 June - Rev. N. Stone
9 June - H.W. Nichols
24 June - Rev. E. Smith
24 June - Plain Statements.... published
27 June - WBC to John Dunmore Lang
30 June Sir William Denison #
3 July - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
4 July - NSW Colonial Secretary #
5 July - Enoch William Rudder *
7 July - NSW Colonial Secretary #
7 July WBC to Sir Roderick Murchison {EUL} #
14 July - James Wright
22 July - John Gill
22 July - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
24 July - Rev. Edward Rogers
26 July - Rev. James Gunther
1 August - Edmund C. Bryant
2 August WBC to Ronald Campbell Gunn #
5 August WBC to Sir Roderick Murchison {EUL} #
8 August - NSW Colonial Secretary #
12 August - Sir T.L. Mitchell #
14 August - NSW Colonial Secretary *
15 August - NSW Colonial Secretary *
21 August - NSW Colonial Secretary *
22 August - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
25 August - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
25 August - James Charles Burnett #
27 August - NSW Colonial Secretary
1 September - James Dwight Dana #
2 September - NSW Colonial Secretary [Edward Deas Thomson] (3) #
5 September - NSW Colonial Secretary
8 September - NSW Native Police Commandant
15 September - Edward W. Blaxland #
17 September - NSW Colonial Secretary *
18 September 1851 to 5 June 1852 Clarke carries out geological survey of the southern goldfields of New South Wales.
18 September - John W. Macansh #
19 September - NSW Colonial Secretary #
20 September - 1st Southern Goldfields report from Bungonia
27 September - NSW Colonial Secretary #
10 October - 2nd Southern Goldfields report from Mount Elrington
21 October - 3rd Southern Goldfields report from Jineroo
23 October - Sir R.I. Murchison #
29 October - Edward Hammond Hargraves
6 November - Ronald Campbell Gunn #
9 November - Philip Parker King #
10 November - Philip Gidley King, the younger #
10 November - 4th Southern Goldfields report from camp at Bulonamang
15 November - 5th Southern Goldfields report from Bulonamang
17 November - 6th Southern Goldfields report from Cooma
20 November - Fred. E. Manning
5 December - Mrs W.B. Clarke (Maria Moreton Stather)
6 December - Joseph Beete Jukes #
15 December - Mrs Sarah Trollope (Clarke)
24 December - 7th Southern Goldfields report from Jindebain
26 December - Philip Parker King #
27 December WBC to Philip Parker King #
1852
William Sharpe Macleay #
21..? - Jane Carter
3 January - 8th Southern Goldfields report from Cooma
6 January - Philip Parker King #
7 January - Philip Parker King #
12 January - Mrs Sarah Trollope (nee Clarke)
c.12 January - Mrs William Clarke (nee Branwhite)
17 January - Enoch William Rudder
26 January - Philip Parker King
26 January - H.J. Rimington
29 January - 9th Southern Goldfields report from camp at Buckalong
4 February - Article read to the Geological Society of London
6 February - 10th Southern Goldfields report from Brogalong Creek
10 February - Sir R.I. Murchison #
18 February WBC to Sir Roderick Murchison {EUL} #
18 February - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
21 February - NSW Colonial Secretary #
22 February - Rev. Adam Sedgwick
26 February - Philip Parker King #
26 February - 11th Southern Goldfields report from Maharatta Creek
28 February - Harriett (Mrs P.P.) King
2 March - Auditor General, NSW
3 March - Philip Parker King
6 March - 12th Southern Goldfields report from Eden , Twofold Bay
8 March - William Foster
8 March - George L. Parret
10 March - 14th Southern Goldfields report from Pambula
13 March - NSW Colonial Secretary #
18 March - WBC to E.D. Thomson
22 March - 13th Southern Goldfields report from Boroungama, Bendoc River
23 March - Elijah Smith
8 April - Philip Parker King
15 April - L.C. Whitty
16 April - Sir T.L. Mitchell
16 April - Sir Charles Nicholson
19 April - NSW Colonial Secretary #
20 April - Rev. James Walker
22 April - Philip Parker King
3 May - 15th Southern Goldfields report from Jejedzic
20 May - 16th Southern Goldfields report from Yarallumla
June - Sir R.I. Murchison #
1 June - 17th Southern Goldfields report from Winderreedeen
3 June - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
3 June - 18th Southern Goldfields report from Marulan
16 June - Coles Child
19 June - H.W. Nichols
21 June - Robert Copeland Lethbridge
23 June - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
24 June - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
25 June - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
28 June - NSW Colonial Secretary
29 June - NSW Colonial Secretary
30 June - C.N. Crocker
30 June - Philip Gidley King, the younger #
4 July Rev. James Allan
15 July - Sands & Kenny, publishers
17 July - NSW Colonial Secretary's Office #
21 July - Rev. William West Simpson
26 July - Sir Charles Nicholson
28 July - Coles Child
28 July - WBC to Adam Sedgwick {CUL} #
3 August - Joseph Milligan #
4 August WBC to William Hopkins #
18 August - Frederic King
20 August - Bishop William Tyrrell, Newcastle
24 August - W. Hopkins
28 August - 19th Southern Goldfields report from St Leonard 's
30 August - NSW Colonial Secretary (2) #
30 August - Richard Roods
2 September - NSW Colonial Secretary
4 September - Charles G.N. Lockhart
16 September - NSW Colonial Secretary
16 September Sir Thomas Mitchell #
18 September WBC to Sir Roderick Murchison {EUL} #
24 September - Thomas Townsend
24 September - Clarke appears before a Select Committee on the Management of the Goldfields
25 September - Thomas Cooke
1 October - Thomas Dobson
2 October - R. Therry
6 October - C.N. Crocker
7 October - Church wardens, St Thomas 's, St Leonards
11 October - Charles Blakefield
12 October - Keith Steuart
25 October - William Bloxsome
1 November - Rev. Edward Gifford Pryce
1 November 1852 - July 1853: Carries out geological survey of the northern goldfields of New South Wales
5 November WBC to Sir Roderick Murchison {EUL} #
5 November WBC to Philip Parker King #
6 November - 1st Northern Goldfields report from camp on Cann's Plains, Peel River
8 November - W.H. Palmer
12 November - Mrs W.B. Clarke (Maria Moreton Stather)*
15 November - Charles Campbell
15 November - Philip Parker King #
15 November - 2nd Northern Goldfields report from camp near Assistant Gold Commissioner's Tents, Peel River
16 November - Mrs W.B. Clarke (Maria Moreton Stather)
20 November WBC to William Sharpe Macleay {Linnean Society, London } #
24 November - 3rd Northern Goldfields report from camp at Tamworth
29 November - Mrs W.B. Clarke (Maria Moreton Stather)
30 November - 4th Northern Goldfields report from Crown Land 's Office, Liverpool Plains
4 December - Charles Kemp
4 December - J.C. White
5 December - Philip Parker King #
7 December - 5th Northern Goldfields report from camp near Tamworth
9 December - W.H. Christie
14 December William Bloxsome
20 December - Samuel Stutchbury #
23 December - Philip Parker King #
28 December - Isabella Reddall
28 December - 6th Northern Goldfields report from camp at Walcha
31 December - Philip Parker King
1853
c.1853 - Rev. Robert Lethbridge King
1 January Sir Roderick Murchison #
5 January - Sir Alfred Stephen
7 January - John Durbin
7 January - Sir R.I. Murchison
7 January - William Simms
9 January - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
18 January - Auditor General, NSW
19 January - Elijah Smith
29 January - Enoch William Rudder
31 January - NSW Colonial Secretary
4 February - Isabella Reddall
5 February - Rev. Robert Lethbridge King
5 February - Rev. Henry Lingcombe
8 February - Philip Parker King #
10 February - Samuel Stutchbury #
10 February - J.C. White
14 February - 7th Northern Goldfields report from Armidale
19 February - Philip Parker King
24 February - E.F. Oakley
25 February - Enoch William Rudder
26 February - Coles Child
26 February - Philip Parker King #
28 February - Victorian Crown Lands Office
2 March - William Curtin
2 March - Auditor General, NSW
9 March - Coles Child
11 March - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
21 March - Enoch William Rudder
22 March - Philip Parker King
29 March - Mrs W.B. Clarke (Maria Moreton Stather)
31 March - William Bloxsome
5 April - WBC to E.D. Thomson
8 April - Philip Parker King
8 April - NSW Colonial Secretary
13 April - Philip Parker King
15 April - Philip Parker King #
17 April - WBC to E.D. Thomson
21 April - Enoch William Rudder
30 April - Richard Hughes
4 May - Frederick R. Simms
5 May - Philip Parker King
7 May - 8th Northern Goldfields report from Tarahmbwoan, Ranger's Valley, Severn River
13 May - NSW Colonial Secretary #
14 May - Henry Kerrison James
15 May - Victorian Crown Lands Office
4 June - WBC to P.P. King #
19 June - I. Carter
24 June - 9th Northern Goldfields report from Coolambaurra
27 June - Philip Parker King
30 June - Matthew Thomas Pratt
4 July - WBC to E.D. Thomson
18 July - Australian Board of Missions subscription notice
30 July - NSW Colonial Secretary
17 August - Edward B. Proctor
20 August - A. Wauchope
31 August - Capt. John Elphinstone Erskine
2 September - NSW Colonial Secretary #
6 September - Coles Child
6 September - NSW Colonial Secretary #
8 September - Rev. Edward Gifford Pryce
12 September WBC to Sir Charles Nicholson #
13 September - WBC to Sedgwick {CUL} #
16 September - G.A. Nhealand
14 October - 10th Northern Goldfields report from St Leonards
18 October - John Fairfax
25 October - Alfred Fairles
1 November - Colonial Secretary, Victoria *
4 November - Colonial Secretary, Victoria *
16 November - Sir R.I. Murchison #
18 November - WBC to Sedgwick {CUL} #
30 November - Review for Sydney Morning Herald
9 December WBC to Ronald Campbell Gunn #
12 December - The Courier (2)
13 December - James M. Sperling
13 December - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
21 December - WBC to E.D. Thomson
24 December - Review for Argus
1854
c.1854 - Unidentified
c.1854 - William Chimmo
1854 - H.C. Baddeley (?)
2 January - Richard Bligh
4 January - Ronald Campbell Gunn #
7 January - Sir Charles Cowper
13 January - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
25 January - Review for Sydney Morning Herald
14 March - Mark Nicholson #
25 April - General Department, Bombay , India #
28 April - William Sowerby, Dean of Goulburn
9 May - John Gill
24 May - Charles I. Tyers
29 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
3 June - Henry Kerrison James
6 June - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
28 June - WBC to Sedgwick {CUL}
13 July - NSW Colonial Secretary *
29 July - James Macarthur #
30 July - James Dwight Dana*
c.August - James Dwight Dana #
2 August - Samuel Stutchbury #
8 August - Victorian Crown Lands Office
27 September - WBC to Sedgwick {CUL} #
1 October - Sermon
1 October - WBC to E.D. Thomson
16 October - Mark Nicholson #
17 October - William Nooles
17 October - WBC to E.D. Thomson
28 October - NSW Colonial Secretary #
31 October WBC to NSW Colonial Secretary #
3 November - Samuel Stutchbury #
6 November - Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki #
11 November WBC to NSW Colonial Secretary #
22 November - Archdeacon William Macquarie Cowper
4 December - Australian Museum catalogue
9 December - R.H. Baddeley
17 December - D.S. McKay
20 December - Coles Child
27 December - Frederic Odernheimer #
1855
Mrs Clarke, mother of WBC, dies in England at the age of 80. W.B. Clarke sends a collection of fossils to Cambridge.
16 January - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
16 January - C.B. Godfrey
30 January - Richard Bligh
5 February - Delaunay, Ponsard & Co, Sydney
8 February - James King
13 February - Joseph Beete Jukes #
22 February - Review for Sydney Morning Herald
23 February - General Department, Bombay , India #
23 February - Frederick McCoy #
28 February - Ernest Bonifas
7 March - Articles read to Geological Society of London
7 March - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
12 March WBC to Joseph Milligan #
17 March - Richard Bligh
21 March - Vicomte d'Archiac #
26 March Archille Ernest Delesse, Societe Philomatique, Paris #
7 April - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
20 April - WBC to Osmund Fisher {CUL}
28 April - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
30 April - Murchison to Sedgwick re WBC {CUL}
16 May - Philip Parker King
23 May - Archdeacon William Macquarie Cowper
25 May - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
28 May - Church wardens, St Thomas 's, St Leonards
30 May - Murchison to Sedgwick re WBC {CUL}
6 June Sir Thomas Mitchell #
7 June - Superintendent, Nelson , New Zealand #
13 June - Provincial Secretary, Nelson , New Zealand #
14 June - Mary Anne Hargreave Watson
18 June WBC to Frederick McCoy {NMV} #
3 July - Fanny Walker
11 July - J.S. Wilson
14 July - Rev. William West Simpson
16 July - WBC to Sedgwick {CUL} #
8 August - Colonial Secretary, Victoria *
10 August - Colonial Secretary, Victoria
15 August - Sir R.I. Murchison #
3 September - Richard Bligh
4 September - WBC to Henry Parkes
8 September - William Middleton
12 September - F. Knyvett to Osmund Fisher re WBC {CUL}
13 September - Osmond Fisher
17 September - WBC to J. Macarthur
30 September - Mary Anne Hargreave Watson
c.October - Sir George Macleay #
12 October - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
15 October - William Forster
16 October - Colonial Secretary, Victoria *
17 October - Colonial Secretary, Victoria
25 October - Rev. Adam Sedgwick #
26 October - Sir William Thomas Denison #
14 November - Thomas Lloyd
15 November - NSW Legislative Council
6 December - Sir William Thomas Denison #
8 December - Colonial Secretary, Victoria
14 December - Colonial Secretary, Victoria
21 December - William George Augustus Fitzhardinge
1856
10 January - Clara S. Reddall
4 February - WBC to Sedgwick {CUL} #
9 February - J. Durant
12 February - Sir R.I. Murchison #
13 February - William Foster
26 February - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
2 March - Funeral of Philip Parker King
4 March William Howitt #
17 March John Woolley #
31 March - Sir William Thomas Denison #
2 April - Mordaunt William Shipley Clarke
Easter Sunday - Clarke suffers a mild stroke and his parishioners send him to his sister in Green Ponds, Tasmania for rest. Whilst there he undertakes a survey of the Fingal goldfield.
19 April - Rev. Edward Gifford Pryce
22 April - J.H. Gregory
26 April - Sir Terence Aubrey Murray #
9 May John William Salter #
13 May - William Braine to Adam Sedgwick re parcel for WBC {CUL}
26 May - Colonial Secretary, Tasmania #
26 May - J.W. Salter to Sedgwick re WBC {CUL}
27 May WBC to Colonial Secretary, Tasmania #
28 May - McCoy to Sedgwick re WBC {CUL}
29 May - Sir Frederick McCoy #
29 May - Rev. J. Vincent Russell
3 June - Osmond Fisher to Sedgwick re WBC {CUL}
6 June - Sedgwick to Osmund Fisher re WBC {CUL}
10 June - Thomas Daniel Chapman
10 June - Rev. M.W. Haughton
19 June - 1st Fingal Goldfield report from Green Ponds, Tasmania
20 June - Fingal Gold Committee, Hobart #
20 June WBC to Sir Roderick Murchison {GS, London } #
23 June - Ronald Campbell Gunn #
10 July - Sir R.I. Murchison #
22 July - Joseph Milligan
28 July - 2nd Fingal Goldfield report from St Leonards
30 July WBC to Ronald Campbell Gunn #
31 July - The Empire
4 August - Edward Edwards
6 August - James G. Sawkins
12 August - Lavington Roche *
14 August - Fingal Gold Committee, Hobart #
14 August - Thomas Daniel Chapman
14 August - Thomas Daniel Chapman*
14 August- Edward Edwards
16 August - William C. Horton
23 August - John M.T. Voorhies
30 August - Fingal Gold Committee, Hobart #
3 September - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
5 September - Lavington Roche *
8 September WBC to Ronald Campbell Gunn #
15 September - Philip Gidley King, the younger #
18 September - Lavington Roche *
19 September - Thomas Daniel Chapman
21 September - William C. Horton
22 September WBC to Philip Gidley King #
24 September WBC to Fingal Gold Committee, Hobart #
27 September - 3rd Fingal Goldfield report from St Leonards
1 October - Fingal Gold Committee, Hobart
7 October - Joseph Milligan
7 October - Fingal Gold Committee, Hobart #
4 November - Joseph Milligan
7 November - Sydney Morning Herald
10 November - Rev. Robert Allwood
10 November - Sir Ferdinand Mueller
11 November - 4th Fingal Goldfield report from St Leonards
12 November - Tasmanian Goldfield analysis from St Leonards
16 November - William C. Horton
20 November - Joseph Milligan
26 November WBC to Sir Edward Deas Thomson #
26 November WBC to Philip Gidley King #
17 December - Article read to Geological Society of London
24 December - Philip Gidley King, the younger #
30 December - Sir R.I. Murchison #
1857
3 January - WBC to Sir James Macarthur
26 January - Alexander Berry
17 February WBC to Frederick McCoy {NMV} #
27 February - WBC to S.A. Donaldson
16 March - C.F. Hemington
26 March - Coles Child
26 March - observations regarding solar eclipse
April - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
13 April - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
15 April - Charles J. Hodgson, assayer
5 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
11 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
June WBC to Alexander Berry #
10 June Alexander Berry #
12 June - Western Australia Commissariat Office
23 June WBC to Ronald Campbell Gunn #
3 July - Sir William Thomas Denison
11 July - Charles J. Hodgson, assayer
15 July WBC to Ronald Campbell Gunn #
18 July - W.B. McLeod
23 July - William Foster
6 August - Robert Brough Smyth #
8 August - Philip Gidley King, the younger #
20 September - R.J. Childe
25 September - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
29 September - John Fairfax
30 September WBC to James Dwight Dana {Yale} #
10 October - R.J. Childe
16 October - R.J. Childe
22 October - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
29 October - Joseph Milligan
29 October - Robert Brough Smyth #
2 December - R. Thompson
1858
5 January - WBC to Horticultural Society
15 January - James Dwight Dana #
10 March - Colonial Secretary, Tasmania #
18 March - Thomas Daniel Chapman
9 April - Thomas Daniel Chapman
9 April WBC to Colonial Secretary, Tasmania #
14 April - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney #
14 April - Sir R.I. Murchison #
19 April - Rev. S. Hislop
26 April - H.W. Nichols
27 April - Colonial Secretary, Tasmania
20 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
15 June - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
20 June - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
30 June - William Essington King
6 July - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
9 July - Colonial Secretary, Tasmania #
12 July William Lonsdale #
23 July - Horace Bennett #
26 July - Rev. Thomas Druitt
30 July - The Courier
30 July - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
31 July - John Kent
3 August - Review for Sydney Morning Herald
5 August - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
23 August - Michael J. Patrick
24 August - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
25 August - James G. Sawkins
27 August - Sermon
5 September Ferdinand Mueller #
6 September - NSW Customs Department
8 September - Presents article to Philosophical Society, Sydney
9 September - Robert Brough Smyth #
10 September - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
12 September - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
23 September - John Thompson
2 October - Lindsey Cooper
12 October Sir Roderick Murchison #
18 October - Sydney Morning Herald letter from F.N. Isaac commenting on Clarke's article of 24 August
19 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
20 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
28 October - Sir William Thomas Denison #
29 October - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
4 November Thomas Herriot #
5 November - William Stanley Jevons #
6 November WBC to Sir William Thomas Denison #
6 November - Chief Secretary , South Australia
25 November - Alfred Compigne
28 November John William Salter #
30 November WBC to Ferdinand Hochstetter #
13 December - Charles Weldon Birch
18 December WBC to Henry Chamberlain Russell #
1859
c.1859 - The Yeoman
1859 - Philip Gidley King, the younger*
1 February - General Department, Bombay , India *
28 February - Charles Weldon Birch
3 March - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
4 March - WBC to George Bennett {BMNH}
29 March - Rev. Robert Lethbridge King
April - William James French
13 April - Thomas Holt
20 April - John Fairfax
21 April - Thomas Horton
7 May - 7th report on Fingal Goldfield , Tasmania
16 June - Philip Gidley King, the younger*
17 June - Philip Gidley King, the younger*
18 June - Philip Gidley King, the younger*
18 June - 8th report on Fingal Goldfield , Tasmania
6 July - Sir Charles Cowper
23 August - Thomas Holt #
30 August - Philip Gidley King, the younger (2) #
13 September WBC to Archille Ernest Delesse #
19 September - Charles Moore #
8 October - Philip Gidley King, the younger #
25 October - Alexander Berry
1860
Clarke visits Tasmania during this year
10 January - William George Augustus Fitzhardinge
15 January - Alexander Berry
17 January - Charles Tompson
12 March - Robert Thompson
15 March - Robert Thompson
17 March - Cocky? Flexmore
27 March - The Claims.....
9 May WBC to Ronald Campbell Gunn #
18 May - H. Moss
31 May - H. Moss
1 June - WBC to Sir Henry Barkly #
12 June - WBC to Sedgwick {CUL} #
19 June - Sir Henry Barkly #
26 June - H. Moss
26 July WBC to Frederick McCoy {NMV} #
6 August WBC to Frederick McCoy {MNV} #
9 August - Thomas Hale
14 August - Henry Carr
14 August - Thomas Burr #
16 August - M.W. Thornton
16 August - Rev. William Trollope
17 August - William Rutledge (2)
22 August WBC to William Sharpe Macleay #
28 August Researches on the Southern Goldfields completed
30 August WBC to John Smith #
31 August - H. Moss
3 September - Thomas Burr #
6 September - Sir Henry Barkly #
11 September - Sir Edward Deas Thomson #
11 September - Article for The Empire
16 September - Charles Gould #
21 September - Robert Brough Smyth #
26 September - Article for The Empire
27 October - H. Moss
29 October - Review for Sydney Morning Herald
31 October - Sir R.I. Murchison #
November - December Clarke surveys the area between Shoalhaven, Jervis Bay , Marulan and Bungonia
16 November - H. Moss
21 November ? - Sir Thomas Gore Browne
10 December - Paper read at Royal Society of Victoria
26 December - Sir R.I. Murchison #
1861
2 January - W. Hanson
13 January - Enoch William Rudder
16 January - Sir George Ferguson Bowen #
18 January - H. Moss
28 January - Letter to The Empire
4 February - H. Moss
5 February - W. Cleghorn
14 February - William Northwood
14 March - H. Moss
19 March - H. Moss
20 March - Paper read at Geological Society of London
22 March - Joseph Beete Jukes #
26 March - William Stanley Jevons #
4 April - H. Moss
9 April - Henry Lumsdaine
15 April - Sir Henry Barkly #
22 April - Charles Gould #
24 April - Enoch William Rudder
29 April - Alexander Berry
3 May - Select Committee report on Clarke
23 May - Sir John Young Lisgar
15 June - Sir Henry Barkly #
18 June WBC to Richard Owen #
20 June - Charles Gould #
25 June Thomas Rupert Jones, Geological Society of London #
26 June - Sir R.I. Murchison #
13 July - Auditor General, NSW
19 July - Philip Gidley King, the younger
21 July Alfred Richard Selwyn #
23 July - H. Moss
31 July - W.P. Gordon
31 July - Alfred Selwyn
August WBC to Charles Darwin #
14 August - Sir William Thomas Denison #
17 August - North Australian , Ipswich
19 August Ferdinand Mueller #
20 August - Treasurer, Victoria
29 August - Sir Henry Barkly #
12 September - Sir Henry Barkly #
13 September - James Snowden Calvert
20 September - Sir R.I. Murchison #
29 September - Sir William Thomas Denison #
8 October WBC to Frederick McCoy #
19 October - Exhibition catalogue article
25 October Charles Darwin #
30 October - H. Moss
November Clarke at the Shoalhaven River
2 November - G.F. Angas #
11 November - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
14 November - W.P. Gordon
15 November - George H.F. Ulrich #
15 November - The Daily Mercury , Hobart
18 November - T.I. Walford
20 November - Lecture to Philosophical Society
25 November - T.I. Walford
29 November - Sir Henry Barkly #
2 December - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
3 December - H. Moss
7 December - Alfred Selwyn #
9 December - Sir Henry Barkly #
9 December - Letter to The Sydney Mail
10 December - Sir Charles Cowper
10 December - NSW Legislative Council
11 December - Sir Henry Barkly #
23 December - Article for Royal Society of Victoria
24 December - Charles McLurkin
27 December - W.P. Gordon
30 December - Sir Henry Barkly #
1862
2 January - Sir Henry Barkly #
8 January - Sir Henry Barkly #
10 January - North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
15 January - Richard Sadler #
16 January - H. Moss
16 January WBC to Charles Darwin #
22 January - Sir John Young Lisgar
28 January - Sir Henry Barkly #
7 February - Sir Henry Barkly #
13 February - Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson
20 February - Christopher D'Oyly Aplin #
6 March - Sir Edward Deas Thomson #
20 March - George H.F. Ulrich #
22 March WBC to General Department, Bombay , India #
26 March - Australian Agricultural Company, London
2 April - A.H. Wyatt
15 April - J.K. Wilson
22 April - WBC to Sir William Macarthur
26 April - Article for MNH
3 May - Sir Henry Barkly #
14 May - Sir Henry Barkly #
21 May - W.P. Gordon
22 May - J.K. Wilson
28 May - George French Angas #
20 June WBC to Charles Darwin {CUL} #
27 June - J.K. Wilson
30 June - Sir John Young Lisgar
8 July - Sir Henry Barkly
12 July - Herbert Mackay
21 July - John Kent
31 July - Rev. Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods #
2 August - Sir Henry Barkly #
5 August W. Lockhart Newton #
20 August - Sir Henry Barkly #
20 August - John Smith #
24 August - Sir T.A. Murray
24 August - J.K. Wilson
31 August - Rev. Carl Muecke #
7 September - William Landsborough #
8 September - J.K. Wilson
20 September WBC to Charles Darwin {CUL} #
24 September - Charles Moore #
3 October WBC to John Smith #
12 October - J.K. Wilson
25 October - Charles Robert Darwin
10 November - I. Dalton
13 November - J.K. Wilson
25 November WBC to Julius Haast #
6 December - J.K. Wilson
12 December John Smith #
15 December - Letter to The Empire
17 December - NSW National Education Office
18 December - Letter to The Empire
29 December - Letter to The Empire
29 December - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
1863
c.1863 - Rev. J.E. Tenison-Woods #
17 January - J.K. Wilson
24 January - W. Lauder Lindsay #
February Clarke holiday's at Burrawang Station, Forbes
1 February - R.K. Wilson
9 February - H. Moss
10 February? - Mackenzie
19 February Georg von Neumayer, Melbourne Observatory #
19 February - J.K. Wilson
28 February - J.K. Wilson
5 March - General Department, Bombay , India #
7 March Rev. - William Frederick Creeny
30 March - George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple #
2 April Thomas Rupert Jones, Geological Society of London #
9 April WBC to Julius Haast #
21 April - J.K. Wilson
26 May - Robert Brough Smyth #
29 May - Archdeacon William Macquarie Cowper
31 May - Sir Alfred Stephen
7 June - Sir Alfred Stephen
8 June - Sir Augustus Charles Gregory #
9 June - Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee #
10 June - Letter to The Empire
11 June - James W. Waugh
27 June - William Sharp Macleay #
3 July - J.K. Wilson
8 July Sir Henry Barkly
13 July - Herbert Mackay
14 July - C. Henry Richards
15 July - Richard Daintree #
26 July Richard Daintree #
13 August Julius Haast #
17 August - Richard Daintree #
23 August - J.K. Wilson
27 August - Richard Daintree #
7 September Ferdinand Mueller {NMV} #
10 September - James C. Crawford #
14 September WBC to Julius Haast {TL}
15 September - Sir Henry Barkly #
16 September - J.K. Wilson
19 September - Charles Moore #
21 September - Richard Daintree #
21 September - J.K. Wilson
7 October WBC to Secretary, Philosophical Institute of Canterbury , NZ #
8 October - J. Hector Julius Haast #
15 October - George H.F. Ulrich #
19 October - Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee
23 October WBC to Julius Haast {TL}
c.November WBC to Julius Haast #
2 November - Frederick George Waterhouse #
2 November WBC to Julius Haast #
10 November - James Hector #
10 November Ferdinand Mueller {MNV} #
11 November - Meeting of Philosophical Society
17 November - William Lauder Lindsay #
19 November George Frederic Ulrich #
21 November - Geological Society of London #
26 November - Joseph Pittman #
9 December - Charles Gould #
10 December - J. Hector Julius Haast #
10 December - NSW Department of Lands
15 December WBC to John Smith #
31 December - NSW Department of Lands
1864
2 January - J.K. Wilson
4 January - John Fairfax
5 January WBC to James Coutts Crawford #
2 February - Sir Ferdinand Mueller
13 January - Mrs Jane Sophia Barker, wife of Bishop of Sydney
16 January - Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee #
25 January - James C. Crawford #
25 January - Charles Moore #
29 January - J.K. Wilson
2 February Ferdinand Mueller #
14 February - Western Australian specimens article
16 February - J.K. Wilson
19 February - NSW Colonial Secretary
25 February - James C. Crawford #
26 February Laurent Guillame de Koninck #
29 February - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
3 March - Rev. William Frederick Creeny (3)
4 March - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
7 March - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
19 March - Sir Charles Nicholson
21 March - Charles Moore #
22 March - Geological Society of London #
24 March - Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee #
29 March - William Keene #
1 April WBC to William Keene #
4 April - William Keene #
7 April WBC to William Keene #
12 April WBC to John Smith #
15 April - Michael Fitzpatrick
18 April - Searles Valentine Wood #
19 April - Geological Society of London #
25 April - William Keene #
25 April - J.W. Salter #
7 May - William Keene
16 May - Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee
17 May - Frederick George Waterhouse #
23 May - Church wardens, St Thomas 's, St Leonards
31 May - James C. Crawford #
2 June - WBC to Alexander Berry
7 June - WBC to Alexander Berry
16 June - Sir Charles Nicholson *
26 June - Christopher D'Oyly Aplin #
2 July - W.B. Clarke to ?
4 July - Jules Garnier #
11 July - Stephen J. Vale
14 July - Sermon
18 July - Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee #
21 July - Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton #
22 July - Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton #
25 July - Geological Society of London #
10 August - S. Edmonstone Plumb
17 August - L.G. de Koninck #
19 August - Geological Society of London #
21 August - Geological Society of London #
23 August - N. Shenton
24 August - Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee #
31 August - Alexander Berry
4 September - Philosophical Society meeting
7 September - James C. Crawford #
8 September - William Keene
8 September - Thomas Nathan
8 September - Sydney Morning Herald
23 September Ferdinand Mueller #
24 September - Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee
26 September - Road Office, Sydney
30 September - Nerrigundah Prospecting Association
3 October - Thomas Oldham #
8 October WBC to Jules Garnier #
11 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
12 October - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
18 October Ferdinand Mueller #
24 October - James C. Crawford
13 November - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
16 November - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
19 November - J.J.D. Atkinsin
26 November - Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee #
30 November - Richard Daintree #
December - St Thomas 's Church Building Committee
6 December - St Thomas 's Church Building Committee
7 December - J.K. Wilson
8 December - Jules Garnier
17 December - J.K. Wilson
1865
c. 1865 - Alexander Rattray
2 January - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
6 January - J.W. Salter #
9 January WBC to John Tebbutt #
12 January - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
13 January WBC to Louisa Atkinson #
13 January WBC to John Tebbutt #
21 January - St Thomas 's Church Building Committee
30 January - Sydney Morning Herald
10 February - Alfred McFarland
18 February - Alfred McFarland
4 March - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
3 April - WBC to J.S. Hassall
12 April Ferdinand Mueller #
24 April - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
26 April - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
29 April - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
2 May - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
3 May - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
10 May - Philosophical Society
10 June - William Foster
28 June Ferdinand Mueller #
13 July - H. Moss
26 July - Christopher D'Oyly Aplin #
26 July - James Ivory
3 August - Royal Mint, Sydney
1 September - Alexander Rattray
2 September - Peak River Downs....
22 September - Alexander Rattray
25 September - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
20 November - Rev. Edward Gifford Pryce
26 December - Geological Society of London #
1866
14 January - Edward Thomson
10 February - Richard Daintree #
11 February - Queensland Department of Lands *
15 February - Queensland Department of Lands *
17 February - Edward F. Trollope
19 February - Queensland Department of Lands *
26 February - Geological Society of London #
3 March - Karl Theodore Staiger #
2 April - Perth Gazette
11 April - Richard Daintree #
11 April - Transmutation article
11 April - Oil shale article
22 April - John M.T. Voorhies
2 May - H. Moss
17 May - Archille de Zigno
8 June - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
26 June - Geological Society of London #
9 July WBC to John Smith #
25 July - Geological Society of London #
31 July - Alfred Selwyn #
14 August - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
26 August - Alfred Selwyn #
11 September - George H.F. Ulrich #
6 November - Royal Mint, Sydney
18 November - Richard Daintree #
21 November - Article read to Geological Society of London
26 November - Government Shipping Office, Hobart
December - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
17 December - Rev. E. Saliniere
25 December - Alexander Flood
26 December - Church wardens, St Thomas 's, St Leonards (2)
28 December - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
1867
Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
1 January - Alfred McFarland
4 January - Alfred McFarland
5 January - Alfred McFarland (2)
17 January - Alfred McFarland
30 January - Richard Daintree*
30 January - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
14 March - Alexander Berry
15 March - Alfred McFarland
16 March - Alfred McFarland
18 March - Alfred McFarland
21 March - Alfred McFarland
23 March - Alfred McFarland (2)
25 March - Alfred McFarland
25 March - Church wardens, St Thomas 's, St Leonards (3)
27 March - Alfred McFarland
27 March WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
29 March - Church wardens, St Thomas 's, St Leonards
30 March - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
30 March - Church wardens, St Thomas 's, St Leonards
1 April - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
1 April - Church wardens, St Thomas 's, St Leonards
3 April - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
5 April - Church wardens, St Thomas 's, St Leonards
22 April - Church wardens, St Thomas 's, St Leonards
30 April - Rev. William Frederick Creeny
1 July - Alexander Berry
9 July - Inaugural address to Royal Society of New South Wales
23 July - Richard Daintree
15 August - John M. Lett
30 August - Royal Mint, Sydney
4 September - Addresses Royal Society of New South Wales
6 September - John M. Lett
9 September - Richard Daintree #
9 September - Queensland Department of Lands #
20 September - William Macredie
28 September - Letter to The Empire
10 October Charles Todd, Electric Telegraph Department, Adelaide #
10 October - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
1 November - Hannah Hands
4 November - Enoch William Rudder
6 November - Addresses Royal Society of New South Wales }
8 November - Clergy Widows & Orphans Fund
12 November - Sydney Hospital
13 November - Archdeacon William Macquarie Cowper
20 November - Sir T.A. Murray
30 November - Richard Sadler
5 December - Royal Mint, Sydney
16 December - Richard Daintree #
27 December - William Henry Walch
1868
c.1868 - Clergy Widows & Orphans Fund
10 January - John M. Lett
26 January - Jules Marcou #
29 January - Sir George Ferguson Bowen #
29 January - Henry W. Hammond
29 January - Queensland Colonial Secretary #
3 February - J.C. White
8 February - Queensland Colonial Secretary
15 February - William Henry Walch
19 February - Christopher D'Oyly Aplin #
22 February - Queensland Colonial Secretary #
24 February - Jules Marcou
4 March - John M. Lett
5 March - Henry W. Hammond
6 March W.H. Knight #
27 March - H.A. Thompson
2 April - Henry W. Hammond
11 April - Rev. E. Saliniere
15 April - Queensland Department of Lands
17 April - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
27 April - John M. Lett
28 April - Hymn
5 May - Christopher D'Oyly Aplin #
15 June - H. Moss
15 June - Queensland Department of Lands
22 June - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
30 June - John M. Lett
2 July WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
6 July WBC to John Herschel #
9 July WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
3 August - W. Tucker
5 August WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
25 August - I. Norton
31 August - Alexander Morrison Thomson #
2 September - Addresses Royal Society of New South Wales
3 September WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
3 September - Article for Sydney Morning Herald
4 September - C.M. Palmer
5 September WBC to John Tebbutt #
15 September - G.H. Vicy
8 October - J.C. White
31 October WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
11 November - Charles Mayes
12 November - Thomas McWilliam
21 November WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
30 November - R.A. Edwin
1 December - Sir T.A. Murray #
3 December WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
15 December - Alexander Morrison Thomson #
16 December WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
18 December - John Mills
1869
18 January WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
20 January Georg Frederick Ulrich #
27 January WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
1 February - Robert Dawson
3 February - W.W. Billyard
8 February - W.W. Billyard
22 February - Enoch William Rudder
24 February - Sir T.A. Murray #
24 February Jules Marcou #
6 March - W.H. Knight
9 March? - Bayley
11 March - John Rogers
21 March - Alfred Selwyn #
2 April - Alexander Morrison Thomson #
5 April WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
8 April - Christopher D'Oyly Aplin #
9 April - R.B. Haskew
9 April - Alexander Morrison Thomson #
12 April WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
22 April - H. Moss
26 April WBC to Alexander Walker Scott #
27 April - Alexander Walker Scott #
29 April - NSW Customs Department
30 April - Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee #
May - James Smith
12 May - Addresses Royal Society of New South Wales
17 May - W.L. Bowen
19 May - Article for Geological Magazine
20 May - Letter to Sydney Morning Herald
25 May - Charles Gould #
26 May - Thomas Hood Cockburn-Hood
28 May - W.H. Knight
5 June - W.W. Billyard
18 June - Richard Daintree
23 June - Jules Marcou #
28 June - Sydney Morning Herald
6 July - Alexander Morrison Thomson
24 July - H. Moss
16 August - Thomas K. Girth
17 August - Alexander Morrison Thomson #
18 August - Robert Brough Smyth #
26 August WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
26 August WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
7 September - H. Moss
11 September - H. Moss
18 September - Peter McIntosh
18 September - Richard Daintree #
28 September - Royal Mint, Sydney
2 October - Charles Gould #
4 October - Sir Frederick Palgrave Barlee #
4 October - Thomas Stephens #
14 October - Sir T.A. Murray #
15 October - Eliza Crawford
23 October - H. & F. Lockyer
25 October - Dennis Donnelly
1 November - Alexander Morrison Thomson
3 November - George Woollett
12 November - Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney
14 November - Henry M. Bode
18 November WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
19 November - Alexander Morrison Thomson #
24 November - Dennis Donnelly
24 November - Robert D. Wilson
26 November - Louis Barton
28 November - Thomas Stephens #
1 December WBC to Thomas Ridge Hacket #
9 December - T. McAnoy
11 December - Alexander Morrison Thomson #
23 December - Alexander Morrison Thomson
31 December WBC to Alexander Morrison Thomson #
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