Anning Family, Reedy Springs
These papers were assembled by Mrs. M.E.A. Reid in the course of her research into the history of the Anning family in north Queensland. The results of her research have been compilied into a volume titled Sun on the Right which can be found in the North Queensland Collection.
Charles Cummins (spelling varies) Stone Anning, his wife Cleopatra, and seven of their surviving nine children arrived in Victoria in 1851. At various times they held the leasehold of the following stations: Cargoon, Reedy Springs, Chudleigh Park, Charlotte Plains, Compton Downs and Mount Sturgeon in Queensland and Wollorgorang in the Northern Territory. Mrs. Reid traces, in particular, the history of C.C.S. Anning's seventh son Francis Albert Anning and his wife Elizabeth and their life at Reedy Springs.
The papers comprise correspondence, legal documents and copies, unpublished memoirs, miscellaneous notes, account books and some letters and articles contributed by H. Anning to rural periodicals.
Archive Location: 155R
Series Listing
Detailed Listing
Correspondence
This collection of forty-eight letters and enclosures comprises mainly letters written to or by Mrs. Reid concerning information about the Anning family. The letters are arranged chronologically in subject groups assigned by Mrs. Reid.
AFRS/CORR/1 2/12/1897. Handwritten letter in envelope from "Alys" Anning to her cousin Jean Anning.
AFRS/CORR/2-8 1972-1978. Letters and enclosures include reminiscences of Anning descendants, an account of a lawsuit and information derived from parish registers dated 1538-1934.
AFRS/CORR/9-11 1974-1975. Letters and enclosures from the Bank of New South Wales in Bowen and in Sydney give details of Anning family accounts.
AFRS/CORR/12-15 1972-1973. Letters to and from Lloyds of London concern departure dates and other information on vessels sailing from England to Australia, 1849-1951.
AFRS/CORR/16-33 1967-1975. Letters and enclosures concerning land transactions by the Anning family in Victoria.
AFRS/CORR/34-46 1972-1975. Letters and enclosures trace the details of land transactions by the Anning family in Queensland.
AFRS/CORR/34-46 1972-1975. Letters and enclosures trace the details of land transactions by the Anning family in Queensland.
AFRS/CORR/47-48 1979. Letters concerning the Anning property, Wollorgorang in the Northern Territory.
Legal Documents
These legal documents and copies include leases, entries in parish registers and certificates of birth, marriage and death.
AFRS/LD/1-3 1849-1851. Photographic reprints of portions of lease agreements drawn up between Lord Clifford and Charles Anning and subsequently between Lord Clifford and Charles Johnstone, regarding Bellamarsh Estate in Devon.
AFRS/LD/4-7 1837-1849. Birth certificates for Louisa, William, John and Francis Albert, children of Charles Cummins Stone Anning and Cleopatra Mary Ann Tuckett Anning.
AFRS/LD/8-12 1787-1871. Photocopies of entries in parish register, or marriage certificates, for Richard Anning and Elizabeth Splatt; Charles Cummins Stone Anning and Cleopatra Mary Ann Tuckett Cox; Henry Betts and Charlotte Anning and Louisa Humphrey.
AFRS/LD/13-19 1839-1908. Death certificates for Nicholas Anning, Patrick Deehan, Charlotte Betts, Cleopatra Mary Ann Tuckett Anning, Charles Cumming Stone Anning and Francis Albert Anning.
Unpublished memoirs
There are three versions of Elizabeth Anning's memoirs and her son Harry's memoirs.
AFRS/MEM/1 1929. Memoirs of Elizabeth Ann Anning, nee King, 1852-1935, wife of Francis Albert Anning. Twelve leaves of typescript; two handwritten notes on first page:
1. "I think this will interest you".
2. "This was very heavily edited and romanticised by N. Revell-Smith daughter-in-law of Cleo Anning, eldest daughter of F.A. Anning".
AFRS/MEM/2 Another version of portion of Elizabeth Anning's memoirs, labelled "Rough transcript". Five leaves of typescript.
AFRS/MEM/3 Another version of Elizabeth Anning's memoirs; photocopy of 24 handwritten leaves. Handwritten note:
"All this dictated by Elizabeth Anning (wife of F.A. Anning, Reedy Springs) to daughter Alice - obviously her memory was inaccurate from time to time".
AFRS/MEM/4 Circa 1930. Thirty Years Ago. Unpublished memoir by Harry Anning, son of Francis Albert and Elizabeth Anning. One hundred and two leaves of typescript, bound.
Photographs
Photographic prints, photocopies, negatives and Anning family photographs.
AFRS/PH/1 Adelaide Times 11/10/1849. "Shipping Intelligence". Photocopy.
AFRS/pH/2 Melbourne Daily News 24/9/1851. "Shipping Intelligence". Photographic print.
AFRS/pH/3 A Glance at Australia in 1880. H. Mortimer Franklyn. Melbourne, The Victorian Review Publishing Company Limited, 1881. Two photocopied pages.
AFRS/pH/4 Queensland Government Gazette Vol. 3, 16 August 1867, No. 77. Negative print of 1 page.
AFRS/pH/5-6 Two photocopied pages, unidentified. A note jotted inter alia on an envelope with the paper says "White's Devon 1850".
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous working notes and fragments.
AFRS/MISC/1-9 Nine leaves of typed and hand-written notes.
Account Books
Theses comprise a variety of station records, from 1925 to 1942.
AFRS/ACC/1 Day book, kept from January 1925 to July 1941.
AFRS/ACC/2 Day book, for the period September 1932 to June 1940. (The back page includes a list of "sheep marks" from different properties).
AFRS/ACC/3 Cash book, for the period July 1925 to August 1932.
AFRS/ACC/4 Ledger accounts book, for the period October 1909 to December 1913.
AFRS/ACC/5 Ledger accounts book, from September 1942 to December 1929.
AFRS/ACC/6 Ledger accounts book, for the period August 1930 to November 1937.
AFRS/ACC/7 Ledger accounts book, from January 1938 to December 1939.
AFRS/ACC/8 Ledger accounts book, for the period January 1940 to December 1941.
AFRS/ACC/9 General accounts book, for November and December 1942. (Also used as a rough notebook from 1960 to 1962).
AFRS/ACC/10 General accounts book (undated).
In addition to financial information, this volume contains a number of journal articles on pastoral management (some written by H. Anning), which are listed in an index on the back page.
Also included are a number of letters, from 1932, viz:
(a) To H. Anning, from the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society, Scotland, 29 March, 1932, concerning numbers of Aberdeen-Angus herds world-wide. 3p. Typewritten.
(b) To H. Anning, from J. Chisholm, Winton, 23 February, 1932, regarding management of stud properties. 2p. Typewritten.
(c) To. H. Anning, from N. Rose, Hughenden, 16 August, 1932, on cattle diseases. 2p. Manuscript.
(d) Copy of a letter to J. Whyte, Scotland, from H. Anning, 13 February, 1932, on the relative merits of Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorn breeds. 1p. Typewritten.
(e) Copy of a letter to the Aberdeen-Angus society, Scotland, from H. Anning, 13 February, 1932, requesting information on cross-breeding. 1p. Typewritten.
(f) To H. Anning from F. Anning, Cargoon Station (via Pentland), 24 October, 1932, on various aspects of station management. 4p. Manuscript.
(g) To H. Anning from F. Armstrong, New Zealand, 26 January 1932, on the successes of crossbreeding Aberdeen-Angus. 4p. Manuscript.
AFRS/ART/1-19 The material in this section comprises "Letters to the Editor" by H. Anning and letters and articles that were published in "The Graziers Review" and "The Pastoral Review", between 1924 and 1933 .
AFRS/ART/1 Letter to the Editor, Graziers Journal, Brisbane, from Cornolia, Pentland, on 11 May, 1925. 4p. Typewritten.
AFRS/ART/2 Letter to the Editor, N.Q. Register, Townsville, from Sarre, 28 March, 1925. 2p. Typewritten.
AFRS/ART/3 Letter to the Editor, The Graziers Review from Pentland, 6 September, 1924 regarding Dingo Destruction and other matters. 1p. Typewritten.
AFRS/ART/4 Letter to the Editor from H. Anning, Wetherby, Richmond on 29 March, 1928. 1p. Typewritten.
AFRS/ART/5 Letter to the Editor from H. Anning, Wetherby via Richmond, Qld. Northern Railway on 25 April, 1928 regarding Pressure testing of boxes. 4p. Typewritten.
AFRS/ART/6 Letter to the Editor from Wetherby South, May, 1928 regarding Artesian Water. 3p. Typewritten.
AFRS/ART/7 Letter to the Editor from H. Anning, Wetherby via Richmond, Qld Northern Railway on 1 June, 1929. 3p. Typewritten.
AFRS/ART/8 "Oil" by "Grazier" from The Graziers Review, 16 December, 1927. pp. 1075-1076 1p.
AFRS/ART/9 "The Eagle Screams - As gently As A Sucking Dove" by "Grazier" from The Graziers Review, 16 November, 1927. Pp. 947-948 1p.
AFRS/ART/10 Letter from "Grazier" from The Graziers Review, 16 May, 1928. Pp. 227-228 1p.
AFRS/ART/11 The Graziers Review, 16 August, 1928. Pp. 597-598 1p.
AFRS/ART/12 'A Rich Uncle" by "Mulhall" The Graziers Review, 16 October, 1928. Pp. 831-832 1p.
AFRS/ART/13 'Organisation" by "Grazier" The Graziers Review, 16 February, 1929. p. 1266 1p.
AFRS/ART/14 Letters to the Editor "The Pastoral Review", 16 January 1933. Newspaper clipping. 2p.
AFRS/ART/15 Letters to the Editor "The Pastoral Review", 16 February 1933. p. 144. 1p.
AFRS/ART/16 "The Pastoral Review", 16 February 1933. Pp. 145-146. 1p.
AFRS/ART/17 "The Pastoral Review", 16 February 1933. Pp. 147-148. 1p.
AFRS/ART/18 "The Pastoral Review", 16 March 1933. Pp. 251-252. 1p.
AFRS/ART/19 Australia's Cattle Trade by Grazier. 3p. Typewritten.
