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Author Sykes, William, 1827-1891.
Title Papers, 1867-1879 [manuscript]
Published/Produced 1867-1879.

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 3rd Floor  MN 613  Detailed listing    NOT FOR LOAN  
 4th Floor Stack  ACC 564A    FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY  REQUEST RETRIEVAL


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Call Number MN 613
Physical description 1.5 cm.
Access advisory Available for reference; not for loan.
Cite As Battye Library, MN 613, Papers of William Sykes, ACC 564A
Biography/history William Sykes was a convict transported for life to W.A. in 1867 after a manslaughter conviction. He worked in the Toodyay area. The letters were found in 1931 at Toodyay Gaol in a kangaroo skin pouch in a nook of a wall in one of the cells.
Finding Aids Detailed listing available (MN 613)
Notes Originals and photocopies.
Summary Letters from Myra Sykes to her husband William Sykes while he was in prison at Portsmouth Prison (1867) and in Western Australia (1868-1879); brief notes of voyage to W.A. on the convict ship "Norwood"; list of articles sent in boxes to Sykes.
Subjects Sykes, William, 1827-1891 -- Archives.
Sykes, Myra, -- Archives.
Convicts -- Western Australia -- Toodyay -- Archives.
Convicts -- Western Australia -- Correspondence.
Prisoners' spouses -- England -- Sheffield.
Toodyay (W.A.) -- Biography.