Achille Balliere - Journal, 1873
Achille Balliere - Journal, 1873
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Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]
Call Numbers
PMB 148
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microfilm reel 35 mm
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Microfilm : PMB 148
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Contents
Balliere's journal begins on 1 January 1873 when he left the Citadelle de St Martin de Re, a place of detention on an island near Rochefort in the Bay of Biscay. He sailed from Rochefort in the ship Orne and touched at Quiberon, Brest, Dakar, Melbourne and Noumea before reaching the Isle of Pines on 9 May 1873. He lived on the Isle of Pines for sev...
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Full title
Achille Balliere - Journal, 1873
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 148
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held in private ownership
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Balliere (1840-1905) was an architect, writer and politician. As a Communard, he was deported from France in 1873 to New Caledonia
A brief biography of Balliere appears in Patrick O'Reilly's Caledoniens, Paris, 1953
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PMB 148
Record Identifier
92eVRX3Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVRX3Y
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440468
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