• Title
  Collection 01: Frank Hinder papers relating to the Pockley family, 1837-1972
• Call number
  MLMSS 7324
  
• Level of description
  sub-fonds
• Date
  
  1837-1972
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Clippings, Photographs
• Reference code
  433200
• Physical Description
  3 boxes - 0.54 Meters
  Textual Records
  Textual Records - (typescript)
  Clippings
  Photographs
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Robert Francis Pockley (1823-1892) went to sea in 1832 and obtained his master's ticket in 1841. He brought the barque Tobago to Sydney in 1842 and was master of the Emma on the Sydney to Hobart run. He came a shipowner and harbourmaster of Sydney in the 1850s. He married Selina Antill (1837-1924) in 1854. They had 15 children including Robert Francis, Eric Osbaldistone, Ella, and Enid Marguerite.
  Enid Marguerite Pockley (1879-1970) travelled to Europe in 1895. In 1897 she married Dr Henry Critchley Hinder in Jersey. Dr Hinder died in 1913 and she married Robert Holloway in 1916.
  Eric Osbaldistone Pockley (1876-1956) graduated in medicine from Sydney University and became resident doctor at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He had a passion for travelling and before World War 1 made a motor cycle tour of Europe. Later he shot big game in East Africa and travelled up the Fly River in New Guinea. He was an outstanding tennis player and won the European Covered Court Doubles Championship in 1912 as well as the NSW and Queensland titles.
• Scope and Content
  ROBERT FRANCIS POCKLEY
  1848-1855; Accounts book relating to cargo shipped on the brig Emma, 1848. Also includes victualling bills for officers and crew of the ships Hellespont and Governor General, 1854-55, and Captain Pockley's personal accounts,1848-50. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  1853-1854; Letterbook. Copies of business letters by Captain Pockley to Broadfoot Bonar & Co., Maning Bros., W. & P. Turnbull, J.F. Moss, Cloer & Co. and John A. Bridges. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  1837-1880; Various legal documents, letters and other papers including victualling bills for the steamship Phoenix; certificate of sale of the ship Atrevida; and survey of the brig Lallah Rookh (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  ca. 1885; Carte de visite of Robert Pockley by Henry King. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  
  SELINA POCKLEY, nee Antill
  1896; Power of Attorney to her son Francis Antill Pockley. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  1896-1899; Diary of travels in England and Europe. Includes newscuttings, letters and pressed leaves. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  1905-1906; Diary of travels in England and Europe. Includes pressed leaves and a school timetable for her daughter, Enid Pockley, at Winchester High School, England, 6 Oct. 1896. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  17 August 1913; Letter from her son Eric Pockley. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  
  ENID MARGUERITE POCKLEY
  1892; Diary (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  1892-1961; Birthday Book (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  1896-1898; Diaries (2) of travels mainly in Germany and England, 1896-98; Orient Line timetable, 1896; match card and dinner menu for the cricket match Lord Sheffield's XI v Australia, 1896; marriage certificate, 1898. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  1912; Diary of a train journey across Russia to China, Korea and Japan. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/1)
  1913; Letters received on the death of her husband, Dr H. Critchley Hinder. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/2)
  
  ERIC OSBALDISTONE POCKLEY
  1921-1950; Diaries and notebooks (18) concerning life in New Guinea, 1921-23, Motu language, 1921, trips in Australia, 1933-35, trip to Africa, birds, entomology, anthropology (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/2)
  1921-1956; Various documents including: copies of his of last will and testament, biographical notes, correspondence, newscuttings and articles by Eric Pockley concerning his experiences in New Guinea. Includes a typescript carbon copy of a letter written by Eric Pockley "on board our ketch Kareema, leaving Karema Bay, 21 March 1921-25 May 1921". Also includes an undated child's writing exercise book. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/2)
  
  FRANCIS ANTILL POCKLEY
  1877-1912; Various legal documents and other papers. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/3)
  
  ELLA POCKLEY
  1942; Diary (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/3)
  ca. 1877-1909; Scrapbook of newscuttings. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/3)
  
  HENRY CRITCHLEY HINDER
  1895-1913; Printed material including Application & Testimonials for the position of Ho. Assistant Surgeon to Prince Alfred Hospital; invitations; material relating to a tour of Europe, Russia and India 1911-12; obituaries. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/3)
  
  POCKLEY FAMILY
  1878-1972; Newscuttings and other printed material relating to Robert Francis Pockley and his descendants; 'Carleton', the home of Dr H. Critchley Hinder; the Antill family; biographical notes on Edith Pockley. (Call No.: MLMSS 7324/3)
  
  This collection includes pictorial material (Pic.Acc.2038) see:
  Collection 03: Frank Hinder - pictorial and manuscript collection, ca. 1745-1992
  Series 02: Hinder and Pockley family pictorial collection, ca. 1745-1770, 1850-1954
• Related Material
  Pockley and Antill family photograph albums, 1868-1890 and 1921-1925 / various commercial photographers and unidentified family photographer(s) (955949)
• General note
  
  This collection was formerly filed at MLMSS 2031 and MLMSS 2031 ADD-ONs 414 and 841.
  Digital order no:a2008001
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Pockley, Ella
  Pockley, Enid Margurite, 1879-1970
  Pockley, Eric Osbaldistone, 1876-1956
  Pockley, Robert Francis, 1823-1892
  Pockley, Selina, 1837-1924
  
• Name
  Atrevida (Ship)
  Emma (Ship)
  Governor General (Ship)
  Hellespont (Ship)
  Lalla Rookh
  Phoenix (Ship)
  
• Subject
  Cricket matches--England--19th century.
  Travelers--Papua New Guinea--Diaries.
  Women travelers--Europe--Diaries.
  Women travelers--Germany--Diaries.
  Women travelers--Great Britain--Diaries.
  Women travelers--Russia--Diaries.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
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