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Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal on board the Wanderer, Nov. 1842 - Feb. 1843

Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal on board the Wanderer, Nov. 1842 - Feb. 1843

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arp6oXn

Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal on board the Wanderer, Nov. 1842 - Feb. 1843

About this item

Full title

Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal on board the Wanderer, Nov. 1842 - Feb. 1843

Date

1842-1843

Call Numbers

A 536

Record Identifier

9arp6oXn

Reference Code

423823
Physical Description

Contents

Textual Records - (manuscript) 1 volume - 0.02 Meters

Drawings

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Item

Access and use

Issue Copy

Microfilm : CY 1070, frames 1-76 (A 536)

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

[front cover]
Sydney in 1842
General information [such as appearance of harbour, frequency of ships visitation, weather]
Sketches to accompany notes [list of 5 drawings]
13 Dec. 1842 - 8 Feb. 1843; Daily journal entries, some in letter format, describing daily activities, places and terrain visited, including Hobart Town. Also includes...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal on board the Wanderer, Nov. 1842 - Feb. 1843

Notes

General note

The volume is reversible, as it has been used from the front and back.
The journal was bound into new covers at an unknown date.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on inside original front cover.

Signature / Inscriptions

A non-contemporaneous label on front cover, "Australia. Occasional Sketches &c. Twofold Bay, Maneroo, Van Diemens Land &c. O.w Brierly 1843"
Signed and dated, "O.W. Brierly 1842" on p.1 of original volume.

Contextual Information

Source

Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

A 536

Record Identifier

9arp6oXn

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arp6oXn

Other Identifiers

Reference code

423823

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