Physical description

.1PAINTING OF A COTTAGE WITH PICKET FENCE AND FRONT GARDEN OF THE HILL STREET HOME

.2 OVAL PHOTOGRAPH OF LOUISA SWAINSON

.3 PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN SWAINSON

.4 HANDWRITTEN LETTER
:DEAR SIR OR MADAM
PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED
PHOTO OF LOUISA SWAINSON NEE WORLEY.SHE WAS A NURSE AT HOSPITAL. THE SECOND WIFE OF JOHN SWAINSON..THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN. A PAINTING OF THE HILL STREET HOME, BY THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER RUBY.
SHE MARRIED A WELSH MERCHANT MARINE SAILOR. FOR MANY YEARS THEY LIVED ON THE ROAD UP TO TH MITCHELL'S PROPERTY. AFTER LOUISA PASSED AWAY (JOHN'S FIRST WIFE DIED AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO 4 CHILDREN)
ALSO ENCLOSED IS A HANDPAINTED PHOTO OF JOHN SWAISON. ALSO HIS DETAILS WHICH WERE SENT TO UK FOR THE PAINTING. ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER HAS INFORMED US ACTUALLY JOHN'S NAME WAS SVENSON. HE CHANGED IT WHEN HE JUMPED SHIP IN SYDNEY ON HEARING THAT GOLD HAD BEEN FOUND IN CLUNES.

Inscriptions & markings

.3
ON THE BACK
: HANDWRITTEN ON TOP: THIS PICTURE IS TO GO TO AUSTRALIA AND AS IT CANNOT COME BACK FOR ALTERATIONS PLEASE SEE THAT THE PROOF IS FOLLOWED

IN THE MIDDLE A GLUED ON DAMAGED PIECE OF PAPER HANDWRITTEN -
EYES: HAZEL, WHITE STREAKED WITH BLOOD VEINS
hAIR, WHISKERS AND BEARD: DARK BROUN ALMOST BLACK
DREE DARK 23/2/80

ON THE BOTTOM ARECTANGLE PIECE OF PAPER GLUED ON AND TYPED
THIS PICTURE IS TO GO TO AUSTRALIA AND AS IT CANNOT COME BACK FOR ALTERRATIONS PLEASE SEE THAT THE PROOF IS FOLLOWED
EYES HAZEL WHITE STREAKED SLIGHT WITH BLOOD VEINS
HAIR WHISKERS AND BEARD DARK BROWN ALMOST BLACK
DRESS DARK