Edward Palmer was an Australian pastoralist, public servant and conservative Queensland politician. Born at Wollongong in 1842, from the 1860s he leased country in northern Queensland : Canobie Station and Gamboola station. Palmer described attacks from local Aboriginal people defending the colonising of their country, especially around Gamboola station. This included being 'tomahawked'.
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Aldridge to Howitt 30 September 1883Pages 3Registration Number XM4Author —Physical Description Letter, handwritten. One sheet, four pages. Good Condition
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Taplin Notes undatedRegistration Number tip70-10-24-9Author —Physical Description — -
Roth to Howitt 28/2/1904Registration Number XM297Author —Physical Description Letter and notes, handwritten in ink. Three sheets, three pages. Letter consists of one page on letterhead of Department of Public Lands, Brisbane. Notes consist of two sheets - 'Group relations on the Annan River'; and a genealogical chart. Condition: good. -
NotesRegistration Number XM615Author Howitt, Mr Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Notes, draft, handwritten in ink, undated. 53 foolscap sheets, 61 pages. Annotations and corrections throughout. Condition: generally good; small number of sheets with slightly tattered edges. -
Letter from Jocelyn Brooke 14 March 1884Registration Number XM64Author —Physical Description Letter, handwritten, ink. One sheet, four pages. Condition: fair with some foxing. -
Notes by FisonRegistration Number XM668Author Fison, LorimerPhysical Description Notes, handwritten in ink, undated. Two sheets and one slip of paper; three pages. Range of questions and corrections of text, with page references. Condition: good. -
Letter from Jocelyn Brooke, undatedRegistration Number XM67Author —Physical Description Letter, incomplete, handwritten in ink, undated. One sheet, four pages. Top corner torn off otherwise condition is good.