Stewart C. Weigall sketchbook, with notes, 1893-1895
Stewart C. Weigall sketchbook, with notes, 1893-1895
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1893-1895
Call Numbers
MLMSS 843
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 folder of textual material
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Sketchbook containing a sketch map and 18 profiles of coasts in New Georgia, Solomon Islands, with notes of observations, a Tongan vocabulary and at the other end scores of a cricket match played in Tonga. Period covered is 1893 to 1895
Alternative Titles
Full title
Stewart C. Weigall sketchbook, with notes, 1893-1895
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Cover title 'Penguin / Lieut. Weigall / Australia'
Keyword subjects:
Tonga -- Language -- vocabulary
Cricket -- Tonga
Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-354B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Lt. Weigall was promoted to that rank on 1 Oct 1887 and commissioned on HMS Penguin on 1 March 1893. The Navy list lists him on HMS Penguin until Dec. 1895, gives no ship against his name in 1896. In 1898 he was commissioned on board the Waterwitch
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 843
Record Identifier
1wN2BlBn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2BlBn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
422051
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