Papers relating to Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific and the Far East, 1895-1904
File
Dep. Monk Bretton 98
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises
- Papers (manuscript and printed) on Australian federation, 1895-1900
- Pamphlets: `Australian popular delusions', n.d.; `The defence and defensive power of Australia', 1902; `The Federated Master Builders' Association of Australasia. Eighth Convention', 1904
- Notebook containing notes in Monk Bretton's hand on Australian trade, n.d. [? c.1904]
- Exercise book containing an essay in Monk Bretton's hand on Australia, n.d. [? c.1904]. It also contains a few notes on the American desire for Canada.
- Exercise book containing an essay in Monk Bretton's hand on Western Australia, n.d. [? c.1904]
- Colonial Office printed paper, `Correspondence [October 5, 1900 - April 15, 1901] relating to a proposal for the incorporation of Fiji with New Zealand', 1902
- Colonial Office printed paper, `Correspondence relating to labour traffic in the New Hebrides', 1903
- References to command papers etc. relating to Hong Kong, Wei-Hai-Wei, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States and Ceylon.
- Papers (manuscript and printed) relating to Wei-Hai-Wei including i typescript report to Lord Lansdowne by A. R. F. Dorward on military value of Wei-Hai-Wei, 1899; ii printed report from Sir Frank Swettenham, 1900; iii printed Colonial Office papers `Correspondence relating to the administration of Wei-Hai-Wei', 1900 and 1901; iv printed `Medical-topographical report on Wei-Hai-Wei' by Major W. H. Starr, 1900; v printed Colonial Office paper `Report of a journey in the province of Shantung including a visit to Kiaochou' by J. H. Stewart Lockhart, 1903; vi typewritten general description of Wei-Hai-Wei, [1902]
- Printed memorandum by George Thompson Hare on expediency of creation of a new department of state for Asia, 1902
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1904
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
Dep. Monk Bretton 98
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk