Ronald Campbell Gunn, 'Van Diemen's Land Exploration Reports, 1826-1828, ca. 1825-3 March 1829
Ronald Campbell Gunn, 'Van Diemen's Land Exploration Reports, 1826-1828, ca. 1825-3 March 1829
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1825-3 March 1829
Call Numbers
DLMSQ 571
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Reference Code
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume of textual material (118 p.)
- 34 cm. - manuscript
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Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 2562, frames 1-70
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Exploration reports and copies of exploration reports by surveyors employed by the Van Diemen's Land Company in the search for sheep country in North and West Tasmania describing the physical aspects of the country traversed, the trees, and plants and climate of the area.
Also includes Francis Kent's 'Statement of his escape from Macquarie...
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Full title
Ronald Campbell Gunn, 'Van Diemen's Land Exploration Reports, 1826-1828, ca. 1825-3 March 1829
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Transferred from DLSPENCER 20
Description source
Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
Bound in maroon leather, a companion to DLMSQ 167, R.C. Gunn, correspondence. Evidently acquired by Gunn and included among his papers.
Ronald Campbell Gunn, 1808-1881, botanist, public servant and politician, was born in Cape Town. He arrived in Hobart in 1830, and held a wide range of government positions. He was appointed to the Van Dieme...
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Call Numbers
DLMSQ 571
Record Identifier
94Rx2Aj1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94Rx2Aj1
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Reference code
945966
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