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Letters sent by Bertha Turnor to Dora Trench regarding her life in Bolingbroke and Branscombe, Australia.
She discusses topics such as educating children, making Kangaroo soup, the guests who pass through her home, white ants eating the school books, moving in with the Davidson family, her trips to the sugar field with Mr. Davidson and the extreme weather.

File of professional photographic portraits of Benjamin Bloomfield, Dora, Sheelah and Theodora Trench. This file includes three copies of a photograph of Dora Turnor and her sister Bertha Turnor. Examples of photographs within the file include portrait of Benjamin Bloomfield Trench and of Dora Trench taken in South Africa, childhood photographs of Dora Turnor, childhood photographs of Sheelah Trench and a photograph of Theodora Trench in her voluntary aid detachment uniform.
Also included in this file are two photographs of a young woman and a child. The young woman in the photos is possibly Dora Trench as indicated by a small note on one of the photos.

Three personal cash books belonging to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench which record his monthly spending habits.

Two diaries which belonged to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench. The diaries were used to record appointments, social gatherings and the weather.

By 1926 Benjamin grew too ill continue to too ill to continue his diary. The entry regarding his death on 24 January 1926 has been written by another hand.

File of diaries belonging to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench. The file contains diaries for the years 1868, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875 and 1876.

Benjamin used these diaries to record appointments, social gatherings and the weather.

Diaries written by Benjamin Bloomfield Trench.Benjamin used these to record appointments, social gathering and significant events.

The subseries also includes a diary which included a timeline of Dora Trench's death.

Letters sent to Henry Trench, Georgiana Mary Amelia Trench (née Bloomfield) and Benjamin Bloomfield Trench in regards to Benjamin's wish to get engaged to Miss [Amy] Martin.

Included in the file is a letter from Augustus L. Martin, 65 Cornwall Gardens, Queens Gate, asking the Trench family to allow the engagement to go ahead albeit for a longer period than originally planned. Henry and Georgiana opposed the marriage as they believed Benjamin was in no position in life to marry.

Notebooks owned by Benjamin Bloomfield Trench containing educational notes.

Letters sent to Benjamin Bloomfield Trench between 1864 and 1919.

The letters in this series cover a wide variety of topics. During this time period Benjamin forged a career and created a family. The letters reflect this and as such cover personal issues such as his the death of his wife and business issues such as time working in South Africa.