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
About this item
Full title
Date
1842-1843
Call Numbers
A 536
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Drawings and Manuscripts
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)
Subjects
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
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arp6oXn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
423823
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