Identity area
Reference code
AU AU-MTC 186/2
Title
Bibles
Date(s)
- 1851-1863 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
2 bound volumes
Context area
Name of creator
(1829-1969)
Biographical history
Joseph Fillingham was a Methodist minister at Grafton, NSW, who also traveled the Maitland circuit. He was born and raised in York, and married Eliza Rebecca Orton in 1855. He died of consumption (tuberculosis).
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Bible (published 1851) was given to Joseph Fillingham on his ordination at York Street Chapel Sydney on 24th January 1855. The other, with prayer book but missing title page, was given to Mrs Fillingham in appreciation of her ministry in a Sunday School in Tasmania, dated 1863.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Chronological
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted. Handle with care.