George Augustus Robinson - 'Report of a Journey of two thousand two hundred miles to the Tribes of t...
George Augustus Robinson - 'Report of a Journey of two thousand two hundred miles to the Tribes of the Coast and Eastern Interior during the year 1844', ca.1844; with a printed British Parliamentary Paper announcing the appointment of Robinson as Chief Protector of the Aborigines at Port Phillip, 1838
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Author / Creator
Date
1838, ca. 1844
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7335
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Physical Description
Contents
1 folder - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (printed)
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Level of description
Fonds
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Physical Access Conditions
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 4387, frames 1-33 (MLMSS 7335)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D04795/a2078.pdf
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Robinson's report of his expedition to the Aboriginal tribes of south-eastern Australia, accompanied by George Henry Haydon and ten others. Leaving Melbourne in May, they travelled to Wilson's Promontory, then to present-day Lakes Entrance, north to Lake Omeo and across the Snowy Mountains to Twofold Bay, south to Cape Howe, north over the mount...
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Full title
George Augustus Robinson - 'Report of a Journey of two thousand two hundred miles to the Tribes of the Coast and Eastern Interior during the year 1844', ca.1844; with a printed British Parliamentary Paper announcing the appointment of Robinson as Chief Protector of the Aborigines at Port Phillip, 1838
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Notes
General note
Robinson's report comprises 39 pages, unbound in an art morocco folder and slipcase with bookplates of George Mackaness and John M. Chapman.
A large collection of George Augustus Robinson papers, 1818-1924, is held at A 7022 - A 7092 (71 volumes). All volumes have been copied onto preservation microfilm
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Peter Arnold Pty Ltd, March 2004
Administrative / Biographical history
George Augustus Robinson was Chief Protector of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land between 1829 and 1838. In 1839 he moved to Port Phillip to head the Aboriginal Protectorate there and over the next eleven years undertook a number of lenghty excursions throughout Victoria.
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 7335
Record Identifier
9PQ87jOn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQ87jOn
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Reference code
440109
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