George Boyle White - Journal on expedition with Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, from 26 November 1831 to 14 M...
George Boyle White - Journal on expedition with Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, from 26 November 1831 to 14 M...
George Boyle White - Journal on expedition with Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, from 26 November 1831 to 14 March 1832
About this item
Full title
Date
1831 - 1832
Call Numbers
B 182
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Physical Description
Contents
0.02 metres of textual material (1 vol.)
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Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 527, frames 1-98 (B 182)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D00007/a1741.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1831-1832; Journal of an expedition to the interior [of New South Wales] through the Liverpool Plains. Describes outset of the journey from Greenwood; waiting for Major Mitchell, the Surveyor General; nature of the exploring party and provisions; weather conditions; landscape traversed; places of encampment; daily activities; taking of meas...
Alternative Titles
Full title
George Boyle White - Journal on expedition with Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, from 26 November 1831 to 14 March 1832
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823793...
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled from inscription on front endpaper.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907.
Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, the colony's fourth Surveyor-General, journeyed to the area between the Castlereagh and Gwydir Rivers in search of the Kindur River that purportedly flowed inland to the north-west of New South Wales. On this expedition, George Boyle White accompanied Mitchell as Assistant Surveyor. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary o...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
B 182
Record Identifier
1wN262mn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN262mn
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Reference code
433191
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