John Longville Price
1838-1908

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• John Longville Price
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John Longville Price by Vivian Hill
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It could almost be said that J.L. Price died with his boots on.  He was in his 70th year when he died at home on the morning of the 12th March 1908.  He had been at his office the previous day transacting normal business including a professional appearance in the Police Court on a matter of dispute between husband and wife.  No doubt he intended to attend his office on the day of his death.

For the purposes of historical research it is fortunate that, in earlier times, newspapers published obituaries of some length.  As most Geelong lawyers engaged in community service it is usual to find in an obituary details of that service but little concerning his daily work as a lawyer.  In J.L. Price's case in the obituary held in this collection there is a description of his professional life as well as his many other contributions to the Geelong district.

A copy of the letter he wrote in December 1851, when aged 13, to his grandparents in England describing the finding of gold at "Bathirst" and in Victoria is an interesting addition to other material held.

Arrangement of material

The list below describes material held in the John Longville Price archive box, which is located at 340.099452 Price Hil/Jlp on the shelves in the Geelong Lawyers' Collection within the Special Collection at the Waterfront campus.  The material has been arranged in date order. 

Date	Title	Item no.
1844	Portrait [Click on image to enlarge it]	JP1
23/12/1851	Photocopy of letter written by J.L. Price to his grandparents in England re discovery of gold at Bathurst	JP2
23/12/1851	Typewritten version of above letter (JP2)	JP3
28/11/1878	Typewritten version of letter written by J.L. Price's niece Elizabeth Jane Price when 13 to her great aunts in England	JP4
9/7/1879	Photocopy of letter from J.L. Price's daughter Lizzie (Lonzie) Longville Price when 11 to a young friend	JP5
1885	Photograph of Longville House, 2 Fitzroy St., Eastern Beach, built by Col. J.L. Price in 1880's [Click on image to enlarge it]	JP6
1888	Extract from 'Victoria and its Metropolis' by A. Sutherland re J.L. Price [Click on image to enlarge it]	JP7
1890's	Photograph of the Battery at Queenscliff Fort	JP19
13/3/1908	Photocopy of obituary from Geelong Advertiser [Sample of the obituary.  Click on image to enlarge it]	JP8
1936	Photocopy of extract from the 'Victorian Centenary Book' re. J.L. Price	JP9
1937	Scanned extract from Kenyon's 'Founders of Australia' re. J.L. Price [Click on image to enlarge it]	JP10
10/4/1995	Photocopied extract from Geelong Advertiser re. restoration of residence 'Longville'	JP11
14/9/1995	Photocopied extract from Geelong Advertiser re. restoration of residence 'Longville'	JP12
2/1997	Photograph of Price Higgins offices at Yarra St. Geelong	JP13
17/5/1996	Photograph of Price Higgins sign	JP14
7/2001	2 photographs of grave of John Longville Price, Eastern Cemetery, Geelong	JP20
	Photocopied portraits of Mayor and Councillors 1884-5 J.L. Price Mayor	JP15
	Summary of material for proposed Regional Biography of the Western District by Sandra Price	JP16
	Photocopied portrait	JP17
	Copy of family tree prepared by Sandra Price, a descendent of the brother (Thomas) of J.L. Price	JP18

Additional note:

•     John Longville Price is also mentioned in the following archive boxes:
  
      T.C. Harwood
      Harwood & Pincott
      Geelong Law Association
      Henry Speed (Senior)
      James Wighton

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