Series 3: King family - Papers of Philip Gidley King, 1783-1811
Series 3: King family - Papers of Philip Gidley King, 1783-1811
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1783-1811
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SAFE/MLMSS 4530/Box 1 (Safe 1/325)
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0.03 metres of textual material (4 folders, 3 rolls) - 24.0 x 35.5 cm; 4 cm (dia.) - manuscript
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Microfilm : CY 3735, frames 1-76 (MLMSS 4530/1, Items 1-16
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1783-1807; Commissions of appointment to various ships including H.M.S. Sirius, 1786, and Buffalo, 1801 (Call No.: MLMSS 4530/1/1-7)
1790; Commission of appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island (Call No.: MLMSS 4530/1/8)
1798; Commission of appointment as Governor of New South Wales in case of death or absence of John Hunter (C...
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Series 3: King family - Papers of Philip Gidley King, 1783-1811
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Administrative / Biographical history
Philip Gidley King, 1758-1808, joined the British Navy in 1770 and after service on several ships was selected by Arthur Phillip as second lieutenant on the Sirius. Subsequently in 1788 and 1791 he went to Norfolk Island in charge of the settlement. He went back to England in ill health in 1796, but returned to New South Wales in 1799 with a dorman...
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SAFE/MLMSS 4530/Box 1 (Safe 1/325)
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93QpkmQ1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93QpkmQ1
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10353
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