Lionel Gilbert - papers relating to William Carron, 1849-1876, 1923, 1950-1961, undated
Lionel Gilbert - papers relating to William Carron, 1849-1876, 1923, 1950-1961, undated
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Author / Creator
Date
1849 - 1876, 1923, 1950-1961, undated
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7597
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Physical Description
Contents
1 folder - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
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Fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A. RESEARCH MATERIAL
Transcripts of: 'Some Australian Expeditions. Exploratory and Semi-Scientific' by A. Meston (1923); letter from William Carron to the Sydney Morning Herald regarding the cassowary controversy (8 Feb. 1867), together with other material about the discovery of the cassowary; article 'The Australian Cassowary' in The Illustr...
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Full title
Lionel Gilbert - papers relating to William Carron, 1849-1876, 1923, 1950-1961, undated
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Notes
General note
William Carron's notebooks are located at C 351 & C 352 (both copied onto preservation microfilm: CY 1508 - 118 frames). See also 'Narrative of an expedition', 1849, at A 305 and C 983 (both on CY 1644 - 149 frames).
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Dr Lionel Gilbert, September 2005
Administrative / Biographical history
William Carron (1821-1876), botanist and explorer, accompanied Edmund Kennedy's ill-fated expedition to travel overland from Rockingham Bay, Queensland to Cape York in 1848. Carron was one of only three survivors. In 1866 he was appointed collector for the Sydney Botanic Gardens.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7597
Record Identifier
9Bv7KmB9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7KmB9
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Reference code
446968
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