Biographical entry: Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone (1792 - 1855)
- Born
- 1792
- Died
- 1855
Summary
The Mitchell Library holds a number of manuscripts relating to Sir Thomas Mitchell, the following is a selective listing. Miscellaneous papers, 1836-1853.
I. Correspondence, 1843-1853.
A. Letters, Ludwig Leichhardt to T.L. Mitchell, mainly regarding proposed Port Essington expedition,
(i) from Mr Archer's station Bunya Bunya, 11 December 1843,
(ii) from Sydney 24 July 1844.
B. Letter from Mitchell's sister Bentley, 27 January 1852 to another brother quoting two letters from T.L. Mitchell to herself regarding inter alia the death of his son, Roderick.
C. Letter from T.L. Mitchell from London, 23 July 1853, to his wife Mary in Australia regarding inter alia the Boomerang propeller.
II. Poems addressed to explorers, 1836-1845.
A. To T.L. Mitchell Esq., M.R.G.S. and F.G.S. on an expedition of discovery, by H. Halloran, 4 March 1836.
B. Lines addressed to the party proceeding on the track of Dr Leichhardt by R. Lynd Esq., headed: Sydney Barracks, 2 July 1845. One volume. MITCHELL: ML.MSS.1009.
Papers, 1846-1938; diagrams
A. Correspondence 1846-1938, including E.W.H. Fyers, 1938 regarding Fyers family; W.L. Hutton, 1851; L. Lindley, 1848 regarding Kennedy expedition; J. Martin, 1853 regarding boomerang propeller; L. Mitchell, 1846 regarding expedition between the Bogan and the Darling; R. Mitchell, 1846 and Sir C. Nicholson, 1852.
Index to writers.
B. Diagrams of the boomerang propeller. One folder. MITCHELL: ML.MSS.1118.
Journal 1845-1846. Journal of Sir Thomas Mitchell's expedition to the north in connection with his scheme of communication with India, 1845-1846. MITCHELL: A.1935.
Correspondence, 1848-1854. Selected letters from the Mitchell papers:
Letter, Admiral King to Sir Thomas Mitchell, 31 July 1848, with a plan of the route of the new [Kennedy] expedition. MITCHELL: A.293,pp.550-551.
Letter Sir Thomas Mitchell to R.M. Martin, 1849 reporting the destruction of Edmund Kennedy's party on Cape York Peninsula in 1848. MITCHELL: A.294, p.125.
Letter Sir Thomas Mitchell to Sir George Grey of the Colonial Office, 19 September 1854, in which he enthuses on the prospects for the northern region "Capricornia"; he also presents proposals for the settlement of the area and advocates the use of convict labour for the necessary public works. MITCHELL: A.294, p.403.
Letter, Adam King to Sir Thomas Mitchell, n.d., in which he states that the "cream of the Intertropical country of New South Wales is from Cape Tribulation to Whitsunday Passage, and more particularly behind Halifax Bay. Mitchell papers Vol.6, p.152Y. MITCHELL: A.295.
Letter, Sir Thomas Mitchell to the Sydney Morning Herald 1849, relating to a coal depot on Cape York. Mitchell papers, Vol.7, p.533. MITCHELL: A.295.
See also additional collections: Papers of Sir Thomas Mitchell, 1822-1855. MITCHELL: A.7131.
Papers of Sir Thomas Mitchell, 1830-1880. MITCHELL: A.5357.
Papers of the Mitchell and Mann Families, ca.1400-1918. MITCHELL: ML.MSS.731.