Samuel Stutchbury 'Diary of a geological and mineralogical survey of the Colony of New South Wales d...
Samuel Stutchbury 'Diary of a geological and mineralogical survey of the Colony of New South Wales during the years, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853' and report on the gold-bearing country discovered by Hargraves and examined May 10-13, ca. 1842-1855
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ca. 1842-1855
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A 2639
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1 volume of textual material
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Microfilm : CY 1406, frames 1-579
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The diary begins with the writer's voyage on the ship Waterloo from London to Sydney where he took up his position as government geologist. It appears to be a fair copy.
Sketches by W. Curtis, T. H. T. Harford? and some unsigned are inserted. These seem to be pages of a field book and are mainly of geological formations. Bound at the end are...
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Samuel Stutchbury 'Diary of a geological and mineralogical survey of the Colony of New South Wales during the years, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853' and report on the gold-bearing country discovered by Hargraves and examined May 10-13, ca. 1842-1855
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Geologists, Australian -- Diaries -- 19th century.
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-175A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
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A 2639
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9Bv7gxL9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7gxL9
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932957
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