James Erskine Calder - History &c. of Tasmania, ca.1844-1881
James Erskine Calder - History &c. of Tasmania, ca.1844-1881
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1844, 1849, 1851, 1857-1858, 1860-1861, 1868, 1870-1871, 1875, 1879, 1881
Call Numbers
A 596
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Clippings and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 0.06 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Clippings
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Series
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 3315, frames 1-337 (A 596).
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Various notes, letters, and accounts of the history of Tasmanian including geographical divisions, mountains and principal rock formations, descriptions of landscapes and water course, population figures, and major towns. Also includes the following:
Tasman's visit to "Antoni van Diemen's Landt" 1642 [handwritten note by Calder in 1881 and news...
Alternative Titles
Full title
James Erskine Calder - History &c. of Tasmania, ca.1844-1881
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
The volume was rebound into new covers at an unknown date.
Papers bear several watermarks including, "Edward Smith / 1848" ; "Avondale / 1866" ; "Stowford / Mills / 1873" ; "T.H. Saunders / 1875" ; "W. Collins" ; "W. Collins & Sons" ; "E. Towgood"
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled on spine.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 596
Record Identifier
9qoQDB01
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQDB01
Other Identifiers
Reference code
430389
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