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Alfred, H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh - Documents concerning his Royal Tour and visit to Australia, 1868...

Alfred, H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh - Documents concerning his Royal Tour and visit to Australia, 1868...

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Alfred, H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh - Documents concerning his Royal Tour and visit to Australia, 1868-1870

About this item

Full title

Alfred, H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh - Documents concerning his Royal Tour and visit to Australia, 1868-1870

Date

1868-1870

Call Numbers

Aa 37

Record Identifier

1wN2BE2n

Reference Code

423709
Physical Description

Contents

1 folder - 0.01 Meters

Textual Records

Textual Records - (printed)

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Issue Copy

Microfilm : CY 3560, frames 34-52 (Aa 37/1-8)

Finding aids

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

Autograph letter written by Prince Alfred, expressing confidence in the loyalty of the people of Australia, 19 March 1868
Bill of exchange, 18 Nov. 1870
Sea Pilot's Certificate, signed by Prince Alfred as Captain, 3 April 1869
Instructions from Commodore Stirling for placing HMS Galatea in dock, 25 Sept. 1870
Invitation issued to Rev. D...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Alfred, H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh - Documents concerning his Royal Tour and visit to Australia, 1868-1870

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 824018

Contextual Information

Administrative / Biographical history

Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, visited Australia as part of a world tour on HMS Galatea. On 12th March 1868, while attending a picnic at Clontarf, he was shot and wounded by Fenian sympathiser Henry James O'Farrell.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

Aa 37

Record Identifier

1wN2BE2n

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2BE2n

Other Identifiers

Reference code

423709

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