| Call Number |
MN 2575 |
| Physical description |
6 cm. |
| Notes |
Photocopies of letters. |
| Access advisory |
Available for reference; not for loan. |
| Cite As |
Battye Library, MN 2575, Papers of the H.W. (Henry William) Bunbury, ACC 327A, 6895A, 7146A. |
| Additional formats |
Diary available also on microfilm and in typescript; letters available also in transcript. |
| Holder of originals |
Some originals in private ownership. |
| Biography/history |
Soldier and explorer. Arrived in WA in March 1836 as Lieutenant of the 21st Regiment stationed at York, Pinjarra and Busselton. Discovered the Bunbury district on a pioneer overland journey from Perth to the Vasse River settlement (later Busselton). Led a punitive expedition against Aborigines in the Avon Valley after the murder of white settlers there. Left WA in November 1837. |
| Indexes |
Detailed listing available (MN 2575). |
| Summary |
Diary (1834-1837) entitled "Book of odds and ends in the Australian colonies" includes notes on the Aborigines of W.A. and the York district; letters (1834-1837) to his father, Sir Henry Bunbury, in Suffolk, England (with two to his brother Charles) covering Bunbury's departure from England; voyage to, and life in, NSW; transfer to, and life in Van Diemen's Land; transfer to, and life in the Swan River Colony with descriptions of Fremantle and Perth, patrol duties in the Avon, and assignments to Pinjarra and the Vasse; and departure for England; journal entitled "Western Australia 1837 : from the Murray River to the Vasse". |
| Subjects |
Bunbury, H. W. (Henry William), 1812-1875 -- Archives.
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Explorers -- Western Australia -- Archives.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia.
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Swan River Settlement (W.A.) -- Description and travel.
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York Region (W.A.) -- History.
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Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1851.
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Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 1788-1851.
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