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Title: James Graham overland letter
Contributor(s):
Collection Name: GRAHAM BROS. AND CO
Collection/Series: Consolidation: [1961.0014] "GRAHAM BROS. AND CO."
Reference Code: 1961.0014.00046
Format:
Documents--Correspondence--Letters
Description: Lengthy, cross-hatched letter from James Graham to his father, outlining his experiences on an overland trip from Sydney to Melbourne in 1839.
Includes a frank and sympathetic outline of conditions of Indigneous peoples; description of conflict and reasons for conflict between white and Indigenous peoples.

A transcript is available - see 1961.0014.00045
Size cm: 41 x 32.5cm
Date: 12 July 1839
Copyright: Copyright owned by University of Melbourne Archives. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.au
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