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- 1960-1964 (Creation)
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Notebooks and loose papers in manila folders, 2 boxes
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Name of creator
Biographical history
John Barrett was born in Yorketown, South Australia and studied at the University of Adelaide. He was ordained as a Methodist minister and served in the parishes of Snowtown and Naracoorte. In 1969 he was awarded a PhD from the Australian National University, and then lectured at La Trobe University from 1969-1990. He is the author of "That better country : the religious aspect of life in eastern Australia, 1835-1850", "Falling in : Australians and "boy conscription', 1911-1915" and "We were there : Australian soldiers of World War II", and served on the editorial board of the Journal of Australian Studies.
Archival history
Donated by John Barrett to the Centre for the Study of Australian Christianity 1997
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
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Scope and content
Notebooks:
Miscellaneous reports: orders of service
Society reports/Aborigines/Education #1
Van Diemen's Land education #1
Van Diemen's Land education #2
Tasmania
Wesleyan Methodists
Material in Mitchell Library/Methodist Church Papers
Pamphlets
VDL Archives
VDL Tracts
VDL Newspapers
Education #2/Emigration#2/Transportation/Roman Catholicism #2
Census and emigration
Wakefield - Ireland/Stoughton - Religion/Backhouse - Narrative
Catholic Church
SAGEA and SPCK/Religious Tract Society
Votes and proceedings, NSW Legislative Council 1844, 1848-9
Votes and proceedings, NSW Legislative Council 1841-2, 1836-9
Great Britain Parliamentary Papers
Miscellaneous
Religious writings inc. Mr W. Burton
Church statistics
HRA 1838-40
HRA 1836-7
Sydney Herald 1844, 1848-9 and other Sydney papers
Sydney Herald 1836
W.G. Broughton
Photocopied documents:
Religion - statistics and reports
Misc. journals, letters, pamphlets
Methodist Church papers
Education - Van Diemen's Land
Maps
Church Acts - NSW and VDL
Government - estimates and statistics
Correspondence relating to St Joseph's Catholic Church, Hobart 1844-50
Census figures
Photographs of clergy including Lang, Broughton, Ullathorne
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As found
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Open access
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Further papers relating to "That better country" and Barrett's other books and research are held in the National Library of Australia http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2076528
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- Broughton, William Grant (Subject)