William Hilton Hovell - Journal kept on the journey from Lake George to Port Phillip, 1824-1825
William Hilton Hovell - Journal kept on the journey from Lake George to Port Phillip, 1824-1825
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
2 October 1824 - 21 December 1824
Call Numbers
DLMSQ 322
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 volume of textual material (96 p.) - 28 cm. - typescript
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Finding aids
Transcript available online - http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D02321/a1659b.html
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More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Covers period 2 October 1824 - 21 December 1824 describing daily movements, landscape, vegetation of country passed through.
Alternative Titles
Full title
William Hilton Hovell - Journal kept on the journey from Lake George to Port Phillip, 1824-1825
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Transferred from DLSPENCER 117
Description source
Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
Published information
Edited version published in Royal Australian Historical Society Journal, vol. 7, 1921.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
William Hilton Hovell and Hamilton Hume undertook this expedition at their own expense with some government assistance in place of an official expedition planned by Governor Brisbane that did not eventuate.
Typescript copy, with manuscript corrections, of original manuscript in the Mitchell Library. Original has title 'Remarks on a journey f...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DLMSQ 322
Record Identifier
1wN2zQpn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2zQpn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
946550
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