Butler Family Collection

Description: Captain Gerald V. Butler was appointed Government Resident at Guichen Bay (near Mt. Gambier) in 1846. He moved to Hobart in 1849. His son, Lieutenant Villars Butler saw action in New Zealand in 1863-64 before returning to Ireland. Villar's cousin, Walter, arrived in Melbourne in 1854 and worked in the Customs Department before joining the Gold Warden's office at Beechworth in 1856. Joel Smith Tompkins, presumably an acquaintance of Walter's, was an American who went to the Beechworth gold diggings in 1853.

Dates Covered: 1846 -- 1876

Holding Institution: University of Melbourne

Archive: University of Melbourne. Archives

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Captain Villars Butler, Certificate: Qualified to Instruct Army Signalling from the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, August 2, 1870

in Butler Family Collection, of University of Melbourne. Archives , 1 page(s)

Previous control number 5/11.

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Envelope from Edward Butler to his mother, Bally Adams, August 1858

written by Edward Butler, in Butler Family Collection, of University of Melbourne. Archives (August 1858) , 2 page(s)

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Envelope from Walter Butler to his mother, 1857

written by Walter Butler, in Butler Family Collection, of University of Melbourne. Archives (1857) , 2 page(s)

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Letter from a Member of Butler Family to Kate Butler, Undated

in Butler Family Collection, of University of Melbourne. Archives , 2 page(s)

Previous control number 4/2.

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Letter from Annette Butler to Kate from South Yarra July 14, no year given

written by Annette Butler, in Butler Family Collection, of University of Melbourne. Archives , 3 page(s)

Previous control number 4/1.

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Letter from Anonymous to Kate from South Yarra July 19, no year given

written by Anonymous, in Butler Family Collection, of University of Melbourne. Archives , 7 page(s)

Previous control number 4/3. Dated 19 July, no year given.

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Letter from Colonial Secretary's Office, Melbourne, to Major Edward Butler, Bally Adams, Athy, Ireland, October 27, 1854

written by John Blaheney, in Butler Family Collection, of University of Melbourne. Archives (27 October 1854) , 3 page(s)

Previous control number 2/2.

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Letter from John Blaheney, Colonial Secretary's Office, Melbourne, to Major Edward Butler, Bally Adams, Athy, Ireland, August 15, 1855

written by John Blaheney, in Butler Family Collection, of University of Melbourne. Archives (15 August 1855) , 5 page(s)

Previous control number 2/3. Notes low ebb in Walter Butler’s fortunes

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Letter from Walter Butler to his Father and Mother, February 4, 1854

written by Walter Butler, in Butler Family Collection, of University of Melbourne. Archives , 4 page(s)

Previous control number 3/1. Walter 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 arrive...

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Letter from Walter Butler to his father, August 15, 1855

written by Walter Butler, in Butler Family Collection, of University of Melbourne. Archives (15 August 1855) , 3 page(s)

Previous control number 3/9.

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