Place: Palmer Goldfield and Hodgkinson
Summary
Correspondence, manuscripts, historical society bulletins, periodical and newspaper extracts, government publications etc. Including the following:
Reminiscences, 'An early day rush -reminiscences by J.J. Hogg, 1873', [1923?], pp.12, relates to the rush to the Palmer River goldfields.
Reminiscences, 'The Palmer goldfield, reminiscences of a pioneer miner by J.J. Hogg, 1873-74', rough draft, pp.21.
Typescript, 'Palmer goldfields, narrative of Foster Rockwell, one of Captain Cook's Endeavour crew, regarding discovery of gold in north Queensland, circa 1770', foolscap, pp.39.
Two letters written by F.W.S. Cumbrae-Stewart, 1918, 1924, concerning the history of the Palmer River region.
Map, Palmer goldfield, 16 miles: 1 inch. DISTRICT FILE.