Box 1 - State Library of South Australia

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PRG 847 Box list of 17

HAWKER, George Charles, 1818-1895 PRG 847 Box List

Box 1 Papers of Frances Carstairs Hawker (Lady Hawker)

1-2 Correspondence of Mrs F.C. Hawker (from 1965 Lady Hawker) 1930-1965, 1967 removed from box and housed in 2 ALBOX folders 1930-1961, 1961-1965, 1967

3 Letters received by Lady Hawker on the death of Sir Richard Hawker 1982 removed from box and housed in ALBOX folder

4 Correspondence with Eleanor Rymill, Old Penola Estate 1938-1967

5 ‘Morden” Mount Lofty residence and 245 Stanley Street, North Adelaide valuation of household furniture and effects, china, silver and plate ware, estate of Mrs Mary Carstairs Baker, nee Rymill 1945, and other household furniture purchases and insurances etc

6 Marriage settlement documents: Indentures for Richard George Hawker and Frances Carstairs Rymill 1940, 1955, 1978

7 Financial papers 8 Copies of birth certificate of Frances Carstairs Rymill 1915

and marriage certificate for Richard George Hawker and Frances Carstairs Rymill 1940

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Plans of Bungaree homestead near Brinkworth for alterations for R.G. Hawker by Caradoc Ashton & Fisher, Architects 1948- 1949 OUTSIZE 6

12 Reminiscences of her life by Lady Hawker (typescript, 5 pp) 1960s with separate typescript set of answers to questions from Sidney Nicholls, North Marola written ca.1982.

13 Small painting by Frances Rymill with note by Lady Hawker 14 Booklet with list of wedding presents 1940 15 Letter book of Sidney Rymill, Glenelg & Somerton, 1923-

1927

Box 2 Papers of Sir Richard Hawker 1 Hawker estate papers 1931-1956. Includes outline of

Hawker family partnerships, and a paddock diary 1940-1944.

2 Papers relating to St Michael’s Church of England, Bungaree. Includes historial notes and extracts, Hawker family involvement and plan of new gates 1955 by Dean W. Berry & Gilbert OUTSIZE 6. Other papers housed in ALBOX wallet

3 School reports for Richard G. Hawker from Geelong Grammar 1917-1920

4 Papers relating to R.G. Hawker’s education at Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1925-1928, 1935 with photograph of reunion of graduates in 1973.

5 Letters received by R.G. Hawker 1930-1946

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6 Photograph (colour) of Bungaree exterior and grounds ca.1965

7 Loan documents re loan to D.K. Thompson, 1953, 1973 8 1950 Business Diary of R.G. Hawker 9 Personal correspondence of R.G. Hawker 1939, 1941-1971 10 Income tax papers 1968-1982

Box 2 11 Political correspondence 1946-1955, 1967 12 Correspondence relating to Roseworthy Agricultural College

Advisory Council 1963-1973 13 Income & Expenditure statements 1932-1966 14 Biographical details re R.G. Hawker 15 Typescript re Bungaree Merino Stud 16 Death certificate for R.G. Hawker 1982 (certified copy)

Box 3 Papers of Charles Allan Seymour Hawker 1 Correspondence 1931-1932 2 Typescripts re Ottawa agreement 1932, memo re interview

with Prime Minister August 1934, and memo re resignation of C.A.S. Hawker from Government September 1932

3 Correspondence re authors for a biography on C.A.S. Hawker, including SA.’s Governor Sir Edric Bastyan and the Governor –General Lord Casey 1960-1967

4 32 page biographical account of life of C.A.S. Hawker by Douglas Pike

5 Obituary for C.A.S. Hawker by W.S. Kelly 1938 6 Political correspondence 1932-1935 7 Judgement of His Honour Mr Justice Napier re Charles

Allan Seymour Hawker , delivered 20 September 1939 8 Two photographs of C.A.S. Hawker 9 Original newspaper cuttings re Kyeema air accident and

death of C.A.S. Hawker in October 1938

Box 4 Papers of Charles Allan Seymour Hawker 1 Papers relating to estate of late C.A.S. Hawker 1939-1969

Box 5 Diaries of Frances Carstairs Hawker 1 Diaries 1930-1939 (these volumes [Woods Australian Diary]

have been treated for mould), and small pocket diary format volumes for 1947, 1950-1951, 1955-1957, 1959-1960, 1962, 1966-1967, 1969, 1974, 1978 (24 diaries)

2 Small folder with 3 sepia photographs of Frances Carstairs Rymill as young child at Somerton

Box 6A

Papers of R.M. Hawker

Diaries 1888-1895 1

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Box 6B Papers of R.M. Hawker

1 Diaries 1897 -1903 (missing 1896-1897, 1900) 2 Trinity Hall Cambridge exercises (2 volumes) 3 Trinity Hall Cambridge examination & misc. student papers

1885-1886 4 Trinity Hall Cambridge student work (Greek, Biology )

Box 6C Papers of R.M. Hawker 1 Folding map of North East Africa, signed in pencil R.M.

Hawker 1900 2 Game Book with entry on fly leaf : 1887 Hawker Brothers,

Rock House, Ballycroy, Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland 3 Game Book Island of Tiree Argyllshire [Scotland] 1927 4 ‘Sportsman’s & Tourist’s Guide to the Rivers, Lochs, Moors

and Deer Forests of Scotland’ , Summer issue May-July 1914, with initials on cover RMH and signature of A. Hawker on inside front cover

5 Pocket diary for 1900 6 Booklet re Fishing Tackle 7 Pharmacopoeia of The Middlesex Hospital (London 1888)

with signature ‘R. Hawker’ on inside front cover. 8 Papers re fishing in Scotland, written on stationery with

address: ‘Soval, Stornoway, N.B.’ [Scotland]

Box 7 Estate papers of late Andrew Tennant 1 Carriewerloo Limited 1939-1962, meeting of beneficiaries of

Tennant estate 1968, Kokatha Pastoral Company & Carriewerloo 1977, Tennant estate valuation 1974 (envelope)

2 Directors’ reports 1962-1970 3 Financial statements for estate of late Andrew Tennant

1969-1978 (bundle) 4 Copy of Will of William Anstruther-Gray of Kilmany and

Carntyne, 1927; proposed partition of lands in R.M. Hawker and A. Hawker settlement; and Tennant and Mortlock estate correspondence 1968-1970

5 Papers of Carriewerloo Proprietors and Andrew Tennant estate, with plans and auction details for Carriewerloo and Yudnapinna stations, correspondence and statements 1965-1976 (2 envelopes)

6 Specification for constructing homestead at Carriewerloo via Port Augusta for Carriewerloo Proprietors 1965

7 Carriewerloo Proprietors correspondence 1930-1977

Box 8 Estate papers of late Andrew Tennant 1 Kokatha Pastoral Company correspondence 1958-1977 2 Willippa Station correspondence 19138-1951

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Box 9 Estate of Richard MacDonnell Hawker

1 Papers comprising farm statistics 1932-1955, property details – lists, valuations, maintenance 1944-1952, plant inventories, statements by R.G. Hawker, correspondence 1953-1958, financial papers, plan of homestead land, settlement papers, indentures 1955, legal opinion 1956, and memos of conference decisions 1955.

Box 10 Estate of Richard MacDonnell Hawker

1 Profit & loss accounts, income accounts, balance sheets including Bungaree 1930-1950

2 Papers re estate of late Andrew Tennant 1976-1983 3 Papers re property statistics 1950s, indenture 1955, lease

1956, trustee correspondence, estate balance sheets 1927-1953

4 Papers re Kokatha Pastoral Company 1932-1962 & Andrew Tennant estate, 1932-1962, including judgement of His Hon. Mr Justive Napier 1940.

5 Papers re Kokatha Pastoral Company 1959-1977

Box 11/1 Estate of Richard McDonnell Hawker & Andrew Tennant (Papers separated into groups in envelopes, order retained) 1 2 poems: ‘More Valuation Vapourings’ & ‘The Crystal Ball’ 2 Balance sheets &c of estate of late Peter Seymour Hawker

1938-1957, 1968-1970 3 Papers re Estate of late R.M. Hawker incl. Yalluna 1952-

1960 4 Estate papers of R.M. Hawker & Carriewerloo 1928-1982 5 Estate of Andrew Tennant incl. Carriewerloo and Kokatha

1956-1957 6 Estate of R.M. Hawker and Andrew Tennant 1941-1968 7 Estate of Andrew Tennant, trustee appointments 1976-1982 8 Estate of R.M. Hawker, land tax assessments 1931-1952 9 Estate of R.M. Hawker, solicitors’ correspondence 1955-

1966 10 Transcript of proceedings in matter of estate of Richard

MacDonnell Hawker deceased, 22 March-27 May 1956, before David Waterhouse, Arbitrator

11 Valuations on A. Hawker settlement, papers re Coralinga 1950-1958

12 Correspondence with solicitors and others, valuations, new road with plan on linen 1935, 1930-1963

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Box 11/2

13 Estate of R.M. Hawker , balance sheets, case for legal opinion , estate of Andrew Tennant 1968, notes of inspection of Marola, Hart, Bluff and River paddocks and Booborowie 1956

14 Valuations of Booborowie and Marola buildings, Bungaree, details of water supplies, summary of Allen A. Bailey’s valuations 1956

15 Estate of R.M. Hawker, solicitors’ correspondence, directors’ meetings, agistment agreements, station accounts &c 1936-1938

16 Petition to Supreme Court of Richard George Hawker and Roma Elizabeth Levinge re estate of Richard MacDonnell Hawker, 1956 and other related papers 1956

Box 12 Hawker family

1 Correspondence re Hawker family settlements 1945-1978; indenture between R.G. Hawker, A Hawker and R.E. Levinge 1947; indenture between A. Hawker, R.G. Hawker, N.T. Irwin and S.B. Denton 1951

Box 13 Hawker family

1 Valuations for sheep, plant, cattle, profit & loss accounts, estate of late P.S. Hawker, sisters’ trust accounts, settlements &c, 1952-1963

2 Hawker Bungaree Proprietors 1976-1980 3 Hawker Bungaree Proprietors 1948-1982 4 Hector Proprietory Limited: Directors’report to members and

tax returns 1954-1980 5 Lysander Pty Ltd financial statement 1977 6 Bungaree Pty Ltd directors’ reports to members and

financial statements 1959-1980 7 Bills Pty Ltd tax returns and statements 1958-1978 8 Tallala Pty Ltd directors’ reports, balance sheets and tax

returns 1968-1980 9 Bumburnie Pty Ltd income tax and statements 1966-1979 10 Nalpanae Pty Ltd income tax returns and directors’ reports

& statements 1959-1979 11 Tallala Pty Ltd income tax returns, balance sheets and

directors’ reports 1968-1980 12 Bluff Farming Coy. Pty. Ltd. income tax returns, balance

sheets and directors’ reports 1959-1979

Box 14 Estate R.M. Hawker 1 Correspondence estate R.M. Hawker 1931; income tax

assessment objections, stock lists, various settlements, tax returns 1972-1974

2 Income tax returns 1969-1981

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Box 15 Richard MacDonnell Hawker

1 Collection of personal letters to Richard MacDonnell Hawker and C.A.S. Hawker from senders overseas (mostly) 1897-1931, with some by Hawker family members

2 Papers relating to hunting and collecting of specimens in U.K., Europe, North America and Africa (Upper Nile, Somaliland and Abyssinia)1885-1898: newspaper cuttings 1898, 1901, nd; nine envelopes of bullets from killed animals during White Nile trip 1901 in RESERVE 1; British Museum (Natural History) letters to R.M. Hawker 1897-1901 some affected by mould, have copies only; others treated); licences issued by Sudan Government 1901, State of Wyoming USA 1902, and Forest Department, Burma 1906.

3 Papers relating to hunting and collecting of specimens in Europe, North America and Africa (Upper Nile, Somaliland and Abyssinia): freedom to travel documents issued by British Consul, Yokohama, Japan and British Secretary of State to travel in Asiatic and European Russia and the Continent (latter OUTSIZE 7); letters from Public Library, Mseum and Art Gallery re authorization to collect specimens, 1903, 1919, and acknowledgment for collections 1902-1903.

4 Manuscripts by R.M. Hawker re expeditions to Somaliland 1897-1898, & White Nile 1901

5 Manuscripts by R.M. Hawker re expeditions to Abyssinia (1898) and India; lists of animals killed and collected in Upper Nile, February-May 1901, specimens and equipment (location not specified); details of Scottish hunting and Argyllshire accommodation 1924-1927; sketch of animal [gazelle?]

6 Pigeon shooting by R.M. Hawker in Ostende, Belgium 1897 and Monaco 1904, 1926; letter from Department of Game preservation, Khartoum to R.M. Hawker 19 December 1901; directions for preparing small mammal skins from British Museum (Natural History); details re elk-shooting in Norway 1920s; Special Edition Sudan Gazette January 1901; 2 copies of reprint from The Ibis July 1898 with list of small collection of Birds in Vicinity of Lahej, Southern Arabia.

7 Handwritten catalogue of Birds collected by R.M. Hawker and G.H. Cheetham in Nile Valley, January 1901 (575 items) treated after mould;

8 1901 diary of R.M. Hawker in Nile Valley (treated after mould);

9 Game Register (1905) with entries by R.M. Hawker 10 R.M. Hawker’s copy of A Handbook to Colloquial Burmese 11 Biographical details of Richard McDonnell Hawker compiled

in England and printed in Sports and Sportsmen.

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12 Lists of shrubs botanical names and roses for labels required at Bungaree.

13 Pedigree of Sardine , race horse owned by R.M. Hawker 14 Photograph of Bold and Bad, a Hawker stallion; photograph

of mountain scenery [Scotland?], photograph of unnamed young man (photographer W.H. Watts, Ryrie Street, Geelong – possibly a Hawker photographed while at Geelong Grammar?)

15 Letters to R.M. Hawker re use of his Morphettville stud farm estate for Australian Imperial Force military training camp, 5 April, 4 & 11 September 1915

16 Letter to R.M. Hawker re unregistered motor cars, 22 July 1919

17 Miscellaneous papers: certificate of transfer re Brands Act 1913, receipts re land purchases 1906-1907, account from Bakewell Stow & Piper re shares purchases 1901.

18 Govt Commission to represent SA at Franco-British Exhibition of Science, Arts and Industries, London in 1908

19 Volume used to record birds collected by R.M. Hawker & G.H. Cheetham in Nile Valley, January 1901.

Box 16 Papers of Sir Richard George Hawker

1 Architectural plans of Weewanda homestead, Port Lincoln 1969 OUTSIZE 6 with 3 pages of 18 photographs

2 General correspondence 1968-1974 3 Correspondence with Mrs Clayre Anstruther-Gray 1938-

1958 4 Business and supported organizations correspondence

1957-1963 5 General correspondence 1947-1954, 1962-1975 6 General correspondence 1941-1948 7 Papers including obituary for Sir Richard Hawker, speeches

made by him at Clare High School functions, reminiscences of the Clare A. & H. Society 1951-1962, speeches given at Clare Show, historical accounts of St Michael’s Church, Bungaree, writings re pasture improvements, details of breeding and management of Bungaree blood merino flock at Carriewerloo via Port Augusta, brief account of beginning of stud Merino breeding industry and history of Bungaree Merino stud

Box 17 Hawker property reports

1 Kokatha station reports and correspondence1938-1957; 2 Nullabor Station reports and correspondence 11939-1957 3 Willippa Station reports and correspondence 1951-1973 (2

bundles)

Box 18 Hawker property reports 1 Tallala Station reports and correspondence 1938-1957 2 Carriewerloo Station reports and correspondence 1941-

1973 (3 bundles)

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Box 19 1 Income tax returns 1982; directors’ reports Tallala P/L,

Hawker Bungaree Proprietors, Nalpanae P/L 2 Hawker Bungaree Proprietors income tax returns and

directors’ reports and solicitors’ correspondence 1967-1975 3 1969 Income tax returns: Hawker Bungaree Proprietors,

Nalpanae P/L, Bills P/L, Bungaree P/L, Bumburnie P/L, North Marola P/L, Bluff Farming Company P/L

4 1978-1979 income tax returns R. Hawker P/L, Nalpanae P/L, Bills P/L, Bungaree P/L, Bumburnie P/L

5 Financial statements 1965, 1968 Lysander P/L., Hawker Bungaree Proprietors, Nalpanae P/L, Bills P/L, Bungaree P/L, Bumburnie P/L, North Marola P/L, Bluff Farming Company P/L

6 Financial statements 1973: Hector P/L, Lysander P/L, Carob P/L, Tallala P/L

7 Reports and valuations of The Park and Bungaree for Sir Richard Hawker by K.J.M Cuthbertson 1974

8 Papers relating to share holdings re Hawker family companies 1966.

9 Lady F.C. Hawker income tax returns and solicitors’ correspondence 1969-1986

10 R.S. Hawker estate papers 1975-1979 11 Lady F.C. Hawker marriage settlement 1973-1989 12 Correspondence re directorships 1959-1978 13 Correspondence re R.M. Hawker estate 1930-1983

Box 20 Estate of Andrew Tennant 1 Re trustees of estates of R.M. Hawker and P.S. Hawker

1937-1972 2 Correspondence, financial statements and trustee meeting

minutes re 1939-1975 3 Financial statements and agendas of trustee meetings

1939-1941 4 Memorandum by Piper Bakewell & Piper June 1950 of

proposed partnership transaction of estate of late Andrew Tennant by Nullabor Pastoral Company Ltd; draft copy of will of R.G. Hawker 1962; Tennant estate papers 1962-1967

5 Correspondence with solicitors re family companies 1951-1983

6 Estate of late Andrew Tennant: balance sheets 1953-1955, 1961, Tennant investments, and balance sheets for Kokatha, Tallala, estate of late Andrew Tennant, Willippa, Carriewerloo 1966

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Box 21 Estate J.T. Mortlock

1 Martindale returns 1953-1977, 2 Yudnapinna returns 1958-1976(including particulars of sale

of Hesso block & Kootaberra block 1964) 3 Assets Mortlock estate 1958-1964, 1966-1967, 1972-1974

statements

Box 22 Estate J.T. Mortlock 1 Yudnapinna reports & correspondence 1947-1951 2 Plan of Yudnapinna paddock on linen attached to inventory

(stock waters &c) 3 Legal opinion re estate of J.T. Mortlock and Federal Estate

Tax 1954 4 W.T. Mortlock’s estate: account for his car, statement of

financial requirements, Elders Trustee & Executor Company Ltd correspondence 1913 with inspection report by Tom L. Browne

5 Bundle of papers including: plan of Hesso Station (for auction by Elders-GM); report of Deputy-Master Teesdale Smith re probate on J.A.T. Mortlock etstate; opinions 1961-1971; correspondence 1961-1971;

6 J.A.T. Mortlock estate summaries 1951-1956 (4 bundles)

Box 23 Estate J.T. Mortlock 1 Correspondence reports Yudnapinna and Martindale

stations 1952-1956 (2 bundles) 2 Correspondence between Richard Hawker and Mrs Dorothy

Mortlock 1950-1979 3 Opinions re estates of J.A.T. Mortlock (1948-1953) and W.T

Mortlock (1937), will of J.A.T. Mortlock (1950) and synopsis (1950)

4 J.A.T. Mortlock estate statements 1968-1980 (with gaps, see other boxes)

Box 24 Papers relating to Gardiner and Nangwarry

1 Balance sheet &c of estate of Abram Gardiner 1951 2 Letters to Frances C. Hawker 1951-1952, 1955, 1984 (re

loan of painting of Koonongwootong by Thomas Clark to the Hamilton Art Gallery)

3 Biographical details of Robert Gardiner of Nangwarry 4 Nangwarry Pastoral Company statements, minutes and

correspondence 1951-1960 (in 3 bundles)

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Box 25 Estate Adelaide Louise Rymill & others

1 Papers re estate 1932-1946 2 Papers re estate of Isabella Susan Rymill and Sidney

Rymill, with correspondence 1933-1957 3 Papers re estate of Sidney Rymill 1938-1965 4 Papers re estate of late Mary Carstairs Baker/account F.C.

Hawker 1945-1952: includes codicil statements 1939, 1946, 1957, will of Mary Carstairs Baker (1945).

5 Papers re Wirryilka Station, Menindee (60 miles S-E of Broken Hill) including rainfall statistics 1918-1931, business statements and correspondence 1920-1936

6 Letter book 1923-1927 of Sidney Rymill 7 Papers re Wirryilka Station (estate of late Sidney Rymill)

1946-1951

Box 26/1 School and university papers of sons of Sir Richard Hawker

[All items in box 26/1 and 26/2 were returned to the Hawker

family in September 2020]

Box 26/2

Box 27/1 Hawker family business papers 1 Cooee Springs P/L directors’ report and income tax returns

1973-1981 2 Lysander P/L financial statements 1976 1979; directors’

reports for Nalpanae P/L, Bumburnie P/L, Bluff Farming Co. P/L, Bills P/L, Bungaree P/L, Tallala P/L, & Hawker Bungaree P/L

3 Estate of Late R.M. Hawker working account statements 1931-1955

4 R. Hawker Ltd statements 1937-1954 5 Adelaide Steamship Company Ltd memoranda 1977 6 Lysander P/L income tax returns 1951-1982 7 Estate P.S. Hawker income tax retuns 1965-1981

Box 27/2 8 R. Hawker P/L income tax returns 1964-1976 9 North Marola P/L income tax returns 1959-1975

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Box 28 Papers relating to Adelaide Steamship Company Ltd.

1 Financial forecast to June 1978 ( copies); addresses by R.G. Hawker, chairman at AGMs 19 September 1955, 28 September 1959 and 30 September 1960; balance sheet 1959 of Coast Steamships Ltd; papers re visit of ‘Manoora’and ‘Manunda’ to Queensland 1953-1959, including social events; 1968 Board memoranda and correspondence; 1957-1959 papers including memorandum of agreement between Lovering Brothers Ltd and Coast Steamships 1957; menu for luncheon aboard M.V. ‘Morialta’ August 1957; speech notes for ‘Manunda’ launch 1959; invitations, cocktail party menus, ‘Manoora’ passenger baggage labels for R.G. amd Mrs Hawker; photographs of social occasion at Lennons Hotel, Brisbane 1959 following launch of ‘Mundoora’. Photograph of Lady Hawker at social occasion in Adelaide (Max Farrell, 194 Morphett Street, Adelaide: photographer); newspaper cuttings The Mail Saturday 28 September 1940 for death of Edward William Hawker, and launch of ‘ Mundoora’ in Brisbane June 1959.

Other photographs from this box have been arranged and described as Series 29 in this archival group and are available to view online. Do a NUMBER search on PRG 847/29/1-18 to see images.

Box 29 Ephemera and published material collected by Hawker

family members Includes ‘An Analysis of Australia’s 100 Largest Public

Companies December 1959’ including Adelaide Steamship Company Ltd, company publications and reports, souvenir commercial photograph packs of places overseas visited by Hawker family, theatrical productions attended. (1893-1962)

Box 29 Passports to travel overseas for Richard George Hawker

(student) and brother Peter Seymour Hawker, 1923 & 1931

Box 30 Private Journals of E.W. Hawker 1 Journal 17 Janaury 1885 to 9 January 1888 label ‘6’ 2 Journal 1 January 1888 to 16 July 1893 label ‘7’ 3 Journal 1 January 1895 to 31 December 1900 label ‘8’ 4 Journal 1 January 1901 to 31 December 1905 label ‘9’ 5 Journal 1 January 1906 to 14 June 1911 label ‘10’ 6 Journal 1 January 1912 to 24 September 1913 label ‘11’

Box 31 Diaries of E.W. Hawker 1 Australian Rough Diary 1913 2 Ditto, 1914

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Box 31 Continued

3 Australian Rough Diary 1915 4 Ditto, 1916 5 Ditto, 1917 6 Woods’ Australian Diary 1918 used only to record drafts of

speeches and personal feeings about War 7 Australian Rough Diary 1926 8 Ditto, 1927

Box 32 Diaries of E.W. Hawker 1 Australian Rough Diary 1928 2 Ditto, 1929 3 Ditto, 1930 4 Ditto, 1931 5 Ditto, 1932 6 Ditto, 1933 7 Ditto, 1935 8 Ditto, 1936

Box 33 Diaries of E.W. Hawker 1 Australian Rough Diary 1937 2 Ditto, 1938 entry on 3 November records death of his wife 3 Ditto, 1939 4 Ditto, 1940 last entry 19 September 1940, deceased next

day 5 Ditto 1897 with some 1897 entries but re-used by E.W.

Hawker for notes on sheep breeding, then from 15 March 1897 entry, for reasons of World War One being fought. From 13 May 1897 entry onwards, for details of East Bungaree wool in 1917, and drafts of letters etc.

School exercise books of R.G. Hawker 6-9 French, Chemistry, Physics

Box 34 School exercise books of R.G. Hawker 1-3 French, Chemistry & Science 4-8 Chemistry, French & Physics 9-

10 French nouns & verbs

11 Record book of E.W. Hawker, alphabetically indexed with addresses, date at front 3 June 1884, with typescript list at back listing ‘Xmas cards sent 1938’

Box 35 Political correspondence of E.W. Hawker including

copies of 1 Correspondence 1931-1934 his letters, formerly housed in

lever 2 Correspondence 1934-1939 arch file, now in 2 ALBOX

folders

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Box 36 E.W. Hawker family letters, documents & effects 1872-1940

1 Letters (9) from G. Stanley Hawker and wife Stella to his parents while on their overseas trip in 1937, beginning Los Angeles 21 June, through England, Ireland, Scotland , Europe and home via Mediterranean, with last letter from Fremantle 22 November 1937

2 Letters to E.W. Hawker written in 1940 3 War diary for 1917 written by 2nd Lieut. G. Stanley Hawker,

1917. Entries from 1 June to 29 November 4 Letters Patent for Commission to Edward William Hawker,

JP and Barrister at Law, to inquire into matters of Mining and Metallurgy while overseas, signed by R. Homburg, Acting Chief Secretary, 25 March 1891.

5 Document in German, signed at Vienna, 30 April 1892 to E.W. Hawker

6 Document in German, signed at Vienna, 7 May 1892 to E.W. Hawker

7 Document in German, signed at Dresden 4 July 1892 from the Royal Saxony Technical High School

8 Two small name cards for Paolo Marengo, Genova S Luca d’Albaro dated 26 April 1892, with their envelopes

9 Despatch to Her Majesty’s Representatives at Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich, Darmstadt, Dresden & Coburg, enabling E.W. Hawker to visit the Schools of Mines and Works, signed by James Fergusson for the Marquis of Salisbury at the Foreign Office, 12 July 1889, with its envelope. Includes covering letter from L. Conway Thornton, British Embassy, Berlin of 22 June 1892.

9A Letter or authorization in name of E.W. Hawker signed in Budapest, Hungary 1892

10 Certificate of the Council of Legal Education certifying that Edward William Hawker passed an examination at Lincoln’s Inn in Third Term of Legal Year 1873-1874, dated 14 April 1874. With red wax seal of the Council and blue paper wrapper with parts of red wax seals.

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Letters certifying E.W. Hawker of Trinity College Cambridge passed examinations in Roman Law and Real Property in December 1872.

13 Letter from Robert Seymour, to nephew Eward Hawker, 10 December 1883

14 Letter to Edward Hawker from the Earl of Kintore, Governor of South Australia, for his birthday, dated 21 September 18??

15 Certificate from the American Institute of Mining Engineers given to Edward Hawker for life membership, 25 February 1892

16 Letter to Edward Hawker from his mother M.L. Hawker 30 May 1907

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17 Letter from C.C. Mims, Secretary, Adelaide Club to E.W. Hawker re his coming 80th birthday celebrations, 23 December 1929

18 Letter from H.D. Young, Kanmantoo to E.W. Hawker re his 80th birthday, 30 December 1929

19 Reminiscences of a Hawker with mention of John Noble and sheep breeding at Bungaree (typescript)

20 Dedication of altar and reredos and sermon by Rev. A.L. Bulbeck at St Michael’s Bungaree on 31 March 1940 in memory of Mrs M.L. Hawker.

21 Memoirs of a male Hawker, possibly E.W. Hawker (handwritten & typescript)

22 Speech made by E.W. Hawker at Adelaide Club on 14 January 1940 at his 90th birthday

23 Letter from British Prime Minister & Home Secretary to R.G. Hawker re his service as special constable in London during the May 1926 General Strike. Address on envelope was Symonds Hotel, Brook Street,W1

24 Draft of letter from N. Smith, Melbourne to ?. Cohen, Bendigo re Redcastle Company and a Saunders couple, and gold mining at Bendigo, sent to E.W. Hawker family. Dated 15 February 1896.

25 Address of Bishop of Adelaide, Bishop Nutter Thomas at memorial service for Charles A.S. Hawker in St Peter’s Cathedral, 28 October 1938.

26 Obituaries for Mrs Mary Letitia Hawker, wife of E.W. Hawker, died at East Bungaree 3 November 1938.

27 Letter to Edward Hawker from Thomas Seymour at Beltana, 14 August 1883.

28 Election handbill for Hon. George Charles Hawker for electors of North Adelaide, 9 April 18??

29 Hansard reprint of speech by E.W. Hawker on the Crown Lands Amendment Bill (n.d.)

30 Newspaper obituary (The Mail, 28 September 1940) for E.W. Hawker and newspaper photograph of him and another country delegate at Liberal & Country League

31 List of tools etc used by E.W. Hawker for own private work, dated 5 December 1938

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Box 37

1 Large format scrapbook (hardly used) for the Baker family, with a few contents, including a large invitation to the Ball for the Prince of Wales, 14 July 1920, photograph of ‘Rienzi’, winner of the Derby 1 September 1901 with Lady Baker decorating the winner, small letter from Lord Tennyson, ‘Marble Hill’ vice–regal residence, 9 April 1900 to Lady Baker re Lady Tennyson’s brother’s death, newspaper cutting re ‘The federal campaign: Sir Richard Baker at Norwood’ during Boer War, certificate (1919) for Mrs John Baker for 5 years’ service during World War One for Red Cross.

2 Post Card Album of E.W. Hawker family. With a few letters written on back of cards (S.A. and overseas interest cards), with many gaps

3 Large cover file (No.1) with notes on Hawker family, Admiral Edward Hawker, John Hope’s Diary, notes on Carriewerloo & Parallana, Jack Mortlock on pioneers at Port Lincoln, East Bungaree sheep, people & Belcunda (all compiled/transcribed by Lady F. Hawker, ca.1985)

4 Large cover file (No.2) with history of Anama 1896-1950 (draft); affidavit (1918) re introduction of Wanganella & Tasmanian bloodline by John Gerald Darmody, late overseer of Anama & Bungaree; extracts from ‘Henderson’s Australian families’ Vol.1 (1941) re Swan, Chomley, & Armstrong pedigrees; newspaper article by Walter Hawker on early Bungaree, titles & pastoral leases for Hawker land (copies)

Box 38 Papers relating to R.M. Hawker’s race horse stud,

Morphettville 1 Lists of yearlings, foalings, sales, papers relating to

breeding, including annual summaries ca.1923-1930. Includes correspondence and lists supplied by Rodney Cockburn on indigenous words meaning ‘hawk’ to be considered by R.M. Hawker for horse names. Papers formerly tightly rolled, original order maintained. (8 envelopes)

2 Miscellaneous loose papers re Morphettville racing stud, correspondence, newscuttings re stallions ‘Dunnottar’ & ‘Bold & Bad’, ca.1926-1929 (1 envelope)

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Box 39 Miscellaneous papers

1 Agreements for sale and purchase of Glengowrie properties between R.G. and C.A.S. Hawker and F.A. & E.M.H. Robertson, and rental by S.L.J. Smith, 1937-1940

2 Papers re rental of Morphettville house and land 1937-1940 3 Letters to Piper, Bakewell & Piper, solicitor from R.M. and

Mrs Adelaide Hawker re subscriptions, donations etc to be paid during their absence from South Australia in 1927.

4 Power of Attorney document for Mrs Adelaide Hawker appointing her daughter Rona Elizabeth Levinge as her attorney, signed in England 5 February 1937.

5-6 Death certificates for Charles Alan Seymour Hawker, died in Kyeema aircraft accident on Mount Dandenong, 25 October 1938; and Margaret Thompson Webb, of Stifford Clays Estate, Essex, England, died 17 September 1943, with solicitor’s covering letter (beneficiary of estate of late R.M. Hawker).

7 Plan of sections in Hd. of Adelaide along Mount Barker Road, (Hawker property) on waxed linen 32.3 cm x 27.7 cm (folded).

8 Certificate of analysis of water sample from bore at R.M. Hawker’s property at Morphettville, analysed by Department of Chemistry, dated 29 October 1927.

9 Loan agreement papers between Mrs Adelaide Hawker of Bungaree and Nathan Duncan of Prospect, February 1940.

10 Notes re Federal & State Taxation depreciation on bores, 1936.

11 Queensland Insurance Company accident renewal certificates for Talbot Tourer motor car owned by David Hawker while car was laid up and out of use (during WW II) at Waverley Ridge, Mount Lofty 1941-1943.

12 Statements (typescript) by Hawker family beneficiaries of assets received from estate of late R.M. Hawker, various dates in 1935; handwritten inventories of pictures, ornaments, books at Bungaree, dated September 1932 with descriptions, situation and approx. value; handwritten lists of guns and rifles chosen by male Hawker family members, 1933; list of furniture and effects owned by Mrs Adelaide Hawker at Bungaree dated 19 November 1930 (2 envelopes)

13 Photocopy of Police Journal, Bungaree March 1846-January 1848, with accompanying receipt to Lady Hawker dated 3 June 1985 in favour of Clare & District Branch, National Trust of SA. Copied from GRG 5/24 (86 pages)

14 Papers re R.M. and Mrs Adelaide Hawker’s accommodation of The Lodge, Isle of Tiree, Scotland during 1929-1931, with Minute of Lease between the Duke of Argyll and Richard McDonnell Hawker dated 12 June 1928. Includes receipts, Customs declaration and some letters.

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15 Private correspondence of Hawker family: loan to J.F. Bagot 1914; letters from W.R. Swan (relative of Mrs Adelaide Hawker) to R.M. Hawker re loan for purchase of property in North Sydney, 1920; letter to C.A.S. Hawker from R.M. Hawker, 1923 while in England; letter to C.A.S. Hawker from his aunt Adelaide Hawker from co. Meath, Ireland, 30 December 1930.

Box 40 Miscellaneous items

1 Printed item (in German) : ‘Sonderausgabe Die Wehrmacht Manöver 1937 Herausgeggeben vom Reichskriegministerium’

2 Speech delivered in the Reichstag April 28th 1939 by Adolph Hitler, Führer and Chancellor (published in Berlin)

3 Ranks and badges in the Navy, Army, RAF and Auxiliaries, 1943.

4 Flight Transparent Pocket Identification Chart of German Aircraft in envelope.

5 Invitation to Mr and Mrs G. Stanley Hawker to the Royal Garden Party, Buckingham Palace, Thirsday 22 July 1937, in envelope.

6 Invitations to Mr & Mrs G.S. Hawker to Royal Music Festival, Wayville Oval, 24 March 1954

7 Invitation to Mr & Mrs G.S. Hawker to Royal Garden Party at Elder Park, Wednesday 24 March 1954

8 Parliamentary banquet & Women’s Parliamentary reception: Procedure for Royal Visit, Tuesday 23 March 1954

9 Royal Visit, Women’s Parliamentary Reception, Parliament House 23 March 1954, menu, (inside is note from Frankie Hawker to Stella Hawker thanking her for the loan of a tiara)

10 Booklet commemorating visit of Queen Elizabeth to Parliament House, 23 March 1954, with covering note from Speaker of House of Assembly.

11 Letters to G.S. Hawker re application (unsuccessful) for private pilot’s licence 1929.

12 Letter to G.S. Hawker re request to attend Coronation Review of Ex-Servicemen in London, 27 June 1937

13 Cloth wallet with press-stud catch containing negatives of photographs, possibly of G.S. Hawker’s overseas holiday in 1937. (some are of Scottish castles and agricultural machinery in operation)

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