William Wedge Darke - surveyor fieldbooks, 1830-1858
William Wedge Darke - surveyor fieldbooks, 1830-1858
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Author / Creator
Date
1830-1858
Call Numbers
B 170 - B 181 ; MLMSS 305
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Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts and Drawings
Physical Description
Contents
29 volumes - 0.43 Meters
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Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Ascending order of volume number.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Notebooks include notes, and pencil, ink, and watercolour maps and sketches, annotated with bearings and chain measurements, of geographical features, water courses, and street grids mainly in the Port Phillip, Clarence River, and Sydney areas. Many drawings are within gridlines. Also includes seperate index to field books highlighting name of feat...
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Full title
William Wedge Darke - surveyor fieldbooks, 1830-1858
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
These field books were originally owned by Edward J.H. Knapp, who sold 13 volumes (Nos. 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12-14, 22, 23, 32-34) to D.S. Mitchell in 1895. In 1921 the Mitchell Library purchased 17 volumes from Knapp, being Nos. 2, 5, 8, 11, 15, 18, 20, 21, 24-31.
In a letter of offer of thirteen volumes to D.S. Mitchell from Edward Knapp of the Aus...
Signature / Inscriptions
Handwritten in black ink on the reverse of the front endpaper of Index volume, "Edward J.H. Knapp C.E. / St. James's Court / 169 Phillip Street, Sydney".
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907 (Nos. 3-4, 6-7, 9, 12-14, 22-23, 32-34)
Purchased from E.H.J. Knapp, Jan. 1921 (Nos. 2, 5, 8, 11, 15, 18, 20-21, 24-31, Index)
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Administrative / Biographical history
William Wedge-Darke, son of John Darke and his wife Elizabeth (nee Wedge), was a land agent and surveyor. In 1837 he became assistant to the Robert Hoddle, the chief surveyor of the Port Phillip District. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.1, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1966
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
B 170 - B 181 ; MLMSS 305
Record Identifier
9qoQbVO1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQbVO1
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Reference code
433039
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