Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. New South Wales Branch - Further records, 1883-192-
Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. New South Wales Branch - Further records, 1883-192-
About this item
Full title
Date
1883-192-
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7540
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
9 boxes - 1.44 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (printed)
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Physical Access Conditions
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : Letters received, 1883 - June 1885).
Microfilm : Letters received, June - Dec. 1885).
Microfilm : Letters received, 1886-1890).
Microfilm : CY 4890, frames 1-581 (MLMSS 7540/9: Scientific papers, 1884-1896)
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1889-1891; Minutes and rough minutes of the Administrative Council and general meetings (Call No.: MLMSS 7540/1)
1883-1894; Miscellaneous papers of the Administrative Council. Includes papers concerning the founding of the organisation, Antarctic exploration committees and visit by H.M. Stanley (Call No.: MLMSS 7540/1)
Dec. 1884; Minutes...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. New South Wales Branch - Further records, 1883-192-
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Borchgrevink, C. E. (Carsten E.), 1864-1934
Brett, E. E.
Brew, R.
Carpenter, John Bolton
Carruthers, J. H. (Joseph Hector), 1857-1932
Chalmers, James, 1841-1901
Collingridge, George, 1847-1931
Creagh, R. Gethin
Du Faur, Eccleston, b. 1832
Everill, H. C. (Henry Charles)
Favenc, Ernest, 1846-1908
Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932
Froggatt, Walter W. (Walter Wilson), 1858-1937
Giles, Ernest, 1835-1897
Gipps, F. B.
Haacke, J. W.
Hargrave, Lawrence, 1850-1915
Helms, Richard
King, Philip Gidley, 1817-1904
Macdonald, A. C. (Alexander Cameron), 1828-1917
Macgregor, William, Sir, 1846-1919
Maiden, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1859-1925
Mann, John F. (John Frederick), 1819-1907
Merewether, Edward Christopher, 1820-1893
Morton, Alexander, 1855?-1907
Mueller, Ferdinand, Baron von, 1825-1896
Pears, P. W.
Notes
General note
This collection was formerly located at MLMSS 2134 and MLMSS 2134 ADD-ON 397
Further collections of the Society's records are listed in the manuscripts card catalogues available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room.
A photograph of S.A. Loxton from this collection is located in the Small Pictures File
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Royal Australian Historical Society in 1971 and 1972
Administrative / Biographical history
The Geographical Society of Australasia was inaugurated at a meeting in Sydney on 22 June 1883. Later that year branches were formed in Victoria and Queensland. In July 1886 the society became the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. The Society's principal objective was to encourage exploration in Australia and surrounding islands, especiall...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7540
Record Identifier
16AJB0gn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJB0gn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
422826
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