Peel, Robert (Sir), 1788-1850 : Papers

Papers relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region, taken from his correspondence as Chief Secretary for Ireland 1812-1818, as leader of the Conservative Party 1834-1846, and as Prime Minister 1834-1835 and 1841-1846. Includes transportation (especially from Ireland) to the Australian penal colonies; political and social matters in NSW; emigration; problems with the New Zealand Company, Fitzroy, Grey and the Wairau affray; French activities in the Pacific and in Tahiti; the guano industry; the New Zealand wars in Northland (1845); magnetic and scientific research observations; Pacific naval station; settlement of Auckland Islands; proposals for future government of New Zealand; Ross's explorations in the Antarctic; banks, financial matters and customs duties; Dutch in the East Indies.

Correspondents include J W Crocker, W Gregory, Lord Aberdeen, H Goulburn, R Wilmot Horton; Sir James Graham, Lord Haddington, Lord Stanley, Charles Buller, G Hope, Bishop Selwyn, E G Wakefield, H Wise and W E Gladstone. Also copy of NZ Spectator for Dec 1844.

Source of title - Transcribed

Quantity: 9 microfilm reel(s).

Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1985

Alternative form available: A digitised copy of this microfilm is available on the National Library of Australia website Trove at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-762029452/findingaid