Accession[1963.0020] Papers of the Butler FamilyIdentifierUMA-ITE-1963002000006Scope and ContentWalter Butler, letters to his family in Ireland. Mainly concerned with family news, hopes of a reunion, and details of weather. Most letters note an enclosure of money for his parents. They provide quite good insights into a man who is not very happy in the Colony. Walter Butler arrived in Melbourne in 1854, stayed with his aunt and uncle and worked first in a Government Department (possibly Customs House). Mid 1856 joined a regiment which was stationed mainly at Beechworth.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnitSI (Gen) Unit 0012Copyright StatusPublic domainConditions of Use and ReproductionThis item is out of copyright. Please acknowledge the University of Melbourne Archives as the source of this material. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online
Butler Family, Walter Butler to his father and mother from Ship ‘Mersey’, Table Bay. (4 February 1854), [UMA-ITE-1963002000006]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 17/02/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/205147
