An article entitled 'William Telfer in Australia (1825-1850) and his Association with the Australian Agricultural Company.' The article was written by Mrs. Beverley Wilson in 1976. Mrs. Wilson is the great-great-granddaughter of William Telfer. 1 folder.

The original manuscript of these reminiscences is held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney (ML A2376). It is interesting to compare this version of the reminiscences with the so-called 'Wallabadah Manuscript', the original of which is held at UNE (See A147 - V 213)

Multiple roneo-ed TS. Copies of the reminiscences of William Telfer Jr., Who was born at Calala (West Tamworth) in July 1841, was the son of the first manager of 'Warrah', in the employ of the Australian Agricultural Company under 'Commissioner' Parry. The reminiscences relate to the period from the 1840s to the years after Federation. The original manuscript from which these copies were made is in the UNE Archives (A147 - V213). It was found among papers deposited by Gen. J.M.L. MacDonald in 1961, and for more than a decade after that was known as 'the shepherd's diary' or 'the Wallabadah MS.', Until the identity of the author was definitely established in 1972. 120 pages per copy