Wood and crocodile skin sea chest from Australia
Sea chest made of wood and crocodile skin owned by Dugald MacKinnon, Heanish (Dughall an Oir, b.1840), who brought it back from Australia.
2013.120.1
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2013.117.1
Newspaper notices of deaths, marriages and anniversaries in Australia 1887-1947
Printed transcripts of newspaper notices & obituaries regarding the deaths, marriages and anniversaries of Tiree Australians appearing in various Australian newspapers during 1887-1947. Includes: Jessie Hughes (1836-1886) and Jane Campbell (1828-1891) daughters of Archibald and Mary Campbell, Tiree; Captain Archibald MacLean (1821-1901); Donald Brown (1868-1947); Catherine MacKinnon, Tiree (d.1947); Dr Charles Nicol Macquarie (1861-1937); Niel Campbell (1832-1912); marriage of David MacKinnon to Euphemia MacKechnie, daughter of Donald MacKechnie, Heynish (1921); silver wedding anniversay of Dugald Colquhoun of Tiree and Eliza MacFadyen (1933).
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2013.112.1
Information about Coll MacColl of Tiree (1787-1842)
History of Coll MacColl, son of the Rev. Archibald MacColl of Tiree, compiled by Alasdair Roberts in 2013. “As a young man he fathered an illegitimated child in Tiree, went as a gardener to Bishop Ranald MacDonald`s Lismore seminary, became a Catholic and then a priest, undertaking pastoral journeys through the Highlands. Emigrated to Australia after falling out with the Vicar General in Arisaig, dying within 3 weeks of arrival.”
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2013.99.1
List of Tiree-related archival items, 2012
Printed compiled list of archival items using `Tiree` as the search term from an unknown source. The list includes items from several different archives and may have been created from the CommunityArchives.org website.
2013.97.2
Various articles relating to Tiree from Australian and New Zealand newspapers 1875-1936
Newspaper articles about Tiree and Tiree people from various Australian and New Zealand newspapers. Includes `Aeroplanes Banned` by the Duke of Argyll 1936; marriage of Mary Brown, Tiree, to Thomas Lindsay of Maruimato, NZ, 1896; marriage of Flora MacIntyre, Tiree, to George Theyers of Maori Creek, NZ, 1875; death of Neil Campbell (1833-1912) of Tiree and Parramatta, Australia, 1912; diamond wedding anniversary of Donald Kennedy, Tiree, and Alice Hardman, York, 1818; `Another Island for Sale` 1911; `In the Western Highlands`, 1894.
2013.97.3
List of emigrants from Tiree and Coll to Australia, 1852-1857
List of emigrants from Tiree and Coll to Moreton Bay, Portland Bay, Geelong and Hobart Town in Australia, during 1852-1857, giving record no., surname, residence, estate, parish, county, ship name, departure date, port of departure, port of arrival, remarks (incl. finances and deaths) and page no.
2013.14.1
Booklet `Sìl an Eòrna – Children of the Barley` 2006
Booklet about the circumstances and fates of people who left Tiree en masse, sailing to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Patagonia and USA during the mid 1800s to early 1900s. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.
2012.12.1
CD containing the Genealogical Research Directories, Australia, 1994-2007
CD-ROM containing the results of 500,000 national and international research queries from the Genealogical Research Directories over the perdiod 1994-2007. Produced by editors Keith Johnson AM & Malcolm Sainty AM, Australia.
2011.113.19
Photograph of Mary Ann (Colquhoun) MacFadyen (1874-1949), 1942
Black & white photograph of Mary Ann (Colquhoun) MacFadyen (1874-1949) and a baby in 1942. Mary was born in Balephetrish and died in Wollongong, Australia.
2011.93.1
Information about Australian airmen who served with the RAF on Tiree during WWII
Printed pages from the Australian War Memorial website about Australian airmen who served with RAF Tiree 518 Squadron Meteorological Observers during the second World War (1939-1945). Includes information and photographs of airmen Lloyd Winters, L. R. Lambert, Eddu Rudd, Fred Green, Bob Hunt, George Hoare, Summers, Eastwood, Williams, Bill Brocket, Candy, Bonas, Westcott, Moore, and John Charles Grant and Alan Piree who died as a result of accidents at Tiree.
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