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Author	Forrest, John, Sir, 1847-1918, creator.
Title	John Forrest papers, 1862-1919.
Published/Produced	1862-1919.

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ACC 104AD/1: Copy of letter from Colonial Secretary to Surveyor General, 21 Dec. 1865, re John Forrest's appointment as temporary surveyor

ACC 104AD/2: Copy of letter from Colonial Secretary to Surveyor General, 25 July 1866, re John Forrest's appointment as temporary surveyor

ACC 532AD/52: Letter to John Forrest from Conservative Club, 25 May 1911

ACC 532AD/70: Telegram from Lord Lonsdale to John Forrest, 21 July 1911

ACC 532AD/100: Letter to John Forrest from the Royal Geographical Society, 4 March 1915

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ACC 532A/103: Letter to John Forrest from Lewis Harcourt, 14 July 1915

ACC 532AD/157.1: Plan of burial plots, Karrakatta Cemetery

ACC 532AD/157.2: Receipt issued to John Forrest from Karrakatta Cemetery Board, 7 June 1918

ACC 532AD/157.3: Grant of right of burial to John Forrest issued by Karrakatta General Cemetery, 7 June 1918

ACC 532AD/157.4: Receipt for fees paid by John Forrest to Karrakatta General Cemetery, 31 May 1918

ACC 532AD/157.5: Letter to John Forrest from Karrakatta Cemetery Board, 4 April 1918

ACC 532AD/224.1: Great Western Railway pass issued to Lady Forrest, June/July 1897

ACC 532AD/224.1: Reverse of Great Western Railway pass issued to Lady Forrest, June/July 1897

ACC 532AD/224.2: Great Western Railway pass issued to John Forrest, June/July 1897

ACC 532AD/224.2: Reverse of Great Western Railway pass issued to John Forrest, June/July 1897

ACC 532AD/224.3: London & North Western Railway Company pass issued to John Forrest, June/July 1897

ACC 532AD/224.3: Reverse of London & North Western Railway Company pass issued to John Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.4: London & North Western Railway Company pass issued to Lady Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.4: Reverse of London & North Western Railway Company pass issued to Lady Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.5: Great Eastern Railway pass issued to John Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.5: Reverse of Great Eastern Railway pass issued to John Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.6: Great Eastern Railway pass issued to Lady Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.6: Reverse of Great Eastern Railway pass issued to Lady Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.7: London, Chatham & Dover Railway Company pass issued to Lady Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.7: Reverse of London, Chatham & Dover Railway Company pass issued to Lady Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.8: London, Chatham & Dover Railway Company pass issued to John Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.8: Reverse of London, Chatham & Dover Railway Company pass issued to John Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.9: Midland Railway pass issued to John Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.9: Reverse of Midland Railway pass issued to John Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.10: Midland Railway pass issued to Lady Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.10: Reverse of Midland Railway pass issued to Lady Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.11: South Eastern Railway pass issued to John Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.11: Reverse of South Eastern Railway pass issued to John Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.12: South Eastern Railway pass issued to Lady Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.12: Reverse of South Eastern Railway pass issued to Lady Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.13: Great Northern Railway pass issued to John Forrest, 1897

ACC 532AD/224.13: Reverse of Great Northern Railway pass issued to John Forrest, 1897

ACC 5868AD/4: Scrapbook of newspaper articles (Sept. - Oct. 1918) on John Forrest's death and tributes to him

ACC 5868AD/1: Scrapbook, 1870-1909: newspaper articles (p. 1)

ACC 5868AD/1: Scrapbook, 1870-1909: newspaper articles (p. 2)

ACC 5868AD/1: Scrapbook, 1870-1909: "Australian exploration" (p. 5)

ACC 5868AD/1: Scrapbook, 1870-1909: "Australian exploration" (p. 6)

ACC 5868AD/1: Scrapbook, 1870-1909: "Australian exploration" (p. 7)

ACC 5868AD/8: Scrapbook, May-Aug. 1909: "John Forrest" (p. 87)

ACC 5868AD/8: Scrapbook, May-Aug. 1909: "John Forrest" (p. 88)

LOCATION	CALL NO	STATUS	NOTE	MESSAGE
Online	ACC 532A.52, 70, 96, 100, 103, 157, 224 (Online)	AVAILABLE
Online	ACC 5868AD/1, 4, 8 (Online) Selected articles in scrapbooks	AVAILABLE
Digital Stack	ACC 532AD/96 Letter to John Forrest from Lady Denman, 1914 (Digital)	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY		ASK SLWA STAFF
3rd Floor Microfilm	ACC 730A	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY
3rd Floor Microfilm	ACC 766A	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY
3rd Floor Microfilm	ACC 814A	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY
3rd Floor Microfilm	ACC 877A	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY
3rd Floor Microfilm	ACC 1912A	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY
3rd Floor Rare Materials	ACC 91A	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY	First ticket on the TransAustralian Railway (no. 000), 20 October 1917	ASK SLWA STAFF
4th Floor Stack	ACC 89A	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY		REQUEST RETRIEVAL

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Call Number	MN 34
Physical description	7.03 m
Notes	Title devised by cataloguer.
Access advisory	Available for reference; not for loan.
Cite As	State Library of Western Australia, MN 34, John Forrest papers, ACC 89A-94A, 102A-104A, 140A, 278A, 308A, 316A, 390A, 408A, 529A-532A, 577A, 730A, 766A-768A, 814A, 816A, 839A, 877A, 918A, 927A, 1004A, 1286A, 1752A, 1765A, 1912A, 1953A, 2644A, 2753A, 4340A, 5868A, 6002A, 6065A, 6630A.
Notes	In part, microfilm.
Rights advisory	Copyright or other restrictions may apply. For public use, contact the State Library of Western Australia.
Acquisition source	Donation; 199307; ACC 390A
	Donation; 20030428 ACC 6002A
	Donation; 200601; ACC 6630A
Biography/history	Explorer and statesman; first premier of Western Australia (1890-1901); after federation, he entered Federal Parliament (1901-1918); first native-born Australian to receive a peerage.
Associated with	Diaries of expedition in search of Leichhardt (1869), located at MN 145, ACC 1241A /1 (Security Stack); diaries of John and Alexander Forrest's 1874 expedition into Central Australia located at MN 145, ACC 1241A/2 (Security Stack)
Additional formats	A digital reproduction of selected papers is also available online.
Summary	Diary of a trip from Fremantle to Cambridge Gulf (1886); correspondence, cuttings, files, illuminated addresses, scrapbooks and other material relating to his personal life as well as his political career and elevation to the peerage. Includes papers relating to the Western Australian exploring expedition through the centre of Australia, from Champion Bay, on the west coast, to the Overland Telegraph Line between Adelaide and Port Darwin, commanded by John Forrest in 1874. It was the first west-to-east expedition through the western centre of Australia.
SUMMARY	See also MN 145, Forrest and Company records.
Subjects	Forrest, John, Sir, 1847-1918 -- Archives
	Forrest, John, Sir, 1847-1918 -- Travel -- Western Australia.
	Forrest, John, Sir, 1847-1918 -- Travel -- South Australia.
	Forrest, John, Sir, 1847-1918 -- Travel -- Australia, Central.
	Forrest, John, Sir, 1847-1918 -- Death and burial.
	Statesmen -- Western Australia -- Archives.
	Explorers -- Australia -- Archives.
	Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Central.
	Western Australia -- Politics and government -- 1851-1901.
	Central Australia -- Discovery and exploration.
	Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1922.
Genre/Form	Scrapbooks.
Related item	Forrest and Company records MN145
	John and Alexander Forrest exploration diaries of the search for Ludwig Leichhardt, 1869 and expedition into Central Australia, 1874 ACC 1241A/3473-3476