Mary Jane Read journal mainly reminiscences 'of an overland journey from Botany Bay to Port Phillip...
Mary Jane Read journal mainly reminiscences 'of an overland journey from Botany Bay to Port Phillip in 1838' with extract of letter from George Faithful to Latrobe 9 September 1853 and newsclippings from the Argus 22 July 1905
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Date
1838-1905
Call Numbers
B 1397
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Manuscripts and Clippings
Physical Description
Contents
1 volume of textual material - carbon typescript
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Contents
Relates to the removal of the Docker family from Clifton near Windsor to Bentharambo Plain with 2,000-3,000 sheep and 300 head of cattle when writer was 10 years of age. With:
1. Extract of letter from George Faithful to Latrobe 9 September 1853 relating to encounter with the blacks at Oxley Plains, published in 'Letters from Victorian pione...
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Full title
Mary Jane Read journal mainly reminiscences 'of an overland journey from Botany Bay to Port Phillip in 1838' with extract of letter from George Faithful to Latrobe 9 September 1853 and newsclippings from the Argus 22 July 1905
Notes
Description source
Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-103A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Contextual Information
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Original is in the possession of Mr Clive Langdon, Melbourne, 1953
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B 1397
Record Identifier
9AL46y4Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL46y4Y
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931426
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