Series 1: Letters of Capt. Richard Hanmer Bunbury to his sife Sarah Bunbury, 1840 - 1857

Most of these letters were written when either Hanmer or Sally were visiting Sydney. They refer to preparations for their departure from England, family matters, friends, travels in Victoria, Government House at Parramatta, meetings with Sir Charles Fitzroy, the Wynyard family and Bishop W.G. Broughton, church affairs, Charles Joseph La Trobe, growth of Williamstown, Victorian gold discoveries, gold sales, robberies in Melbourne, journeys to goldfields, visit of Sally to England in 1852, shipping, increase in population and social problems, sale of properties, railway construction, recall of C.J. La Trobe, preachers, and the departure of the Bunburys from Australia in 1857.