Diaries and papers of Alfred William Crowe
Identifier(s): MS 12890
Scope and contents
Diaries of Alfred Crowe, including details of small mining ventures in Ballarat and Carngham, his opening the first school at Pitfield, school life at Winchelsea and Happy Valley Schools, and reminiscences from 1854; also includes scrapbooks of press cuttings and a copy of a 1911 diary kept by William Crowe Jnr. between 1893-1894, mainly about Glengarry, as well as photographs of Crow-gate and surrounds in England; marriage certificate and will of Alfred Crowe; two Gold licenses in the name of A.N. Crowe.
Dates
- 1856-1911
Creator
- Crowe, Alfred William, 1822-1907 (Person)
Conditions governing access
Access restricted; use digital copies.
Copies in boxes 3749, 3641 and 4218 to be issued instead of originals.
Biographical / Historical
Alfred William Crowe was born at Southend, Essex and came to Port Phillip and the Ballarat Goldfields after prospecting for gold in California. There is some evidence that he may have participated in the Eureka Rebellion, but it is certain that between 1856-1890 he worked on small mining ventures in Ballarat and Carngham. In 1962 he opened the first school in Pitfield, later relocating to teach in schools in Cape Clear, Winchelsea and Happy Valley. He was the Principal of Glengarry State School No. 2888 from 1889-93.
Extent
93 cm.
Language
English
Existence and location of copies
Copies of the diaries produced for the Australian Manuscripts Collection have been retained. Their location is included on the item record with the qualifier "Photocopy".
General note
Original ms. and xerox copy of original ms, printed.
Individual diaries digitised.
Details of Alfred Crowe's life in notes with provenance file.
Processing information
Material in this collection was donated to the library between 1987 and 2008. The first donation include 29 diaries, some of which were photocopied by the Library, and 1 scrapbook of press clippings. Diaries for the years 1983 and 1911 were copied in 1995 and returned. The original diaries held by the library were digitised in 2013. In 2022 the finding aid was updated to reflect the contents of the entire collection.
Creator
- Crowe, Alfred William, 1822-1907 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Diaries and papers of Alfred William Crowe
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository details
Part of the Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria Repository
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia
03 8664 7002