John William MacGillivray - diary, 1882 - 1884; with typescript transcript
John William MacGillivray - diary, 1882 - 1884; with typescript transcript
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Date
1882 - 1884
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MLMSS 6186
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1 box - 0.13 Meters
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Textual Records - (typescript)
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Fonds
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Microfilm : Original diary at MLMSS 6186; frames 163-355: typescript transcript of diary)
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Contents
1 Jan. 1882 - 31 Dec. 1884; John William MacGillivray's diary contains detailed daily entries of the duties he performed at work, the friends and relatives he visited, letters sent and received, the state of his health, the weather. He records his search for accommodation for his family mainly in Sydney's inner west; the illness and subsequent d...
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Full title
John William MacGillivray - diary, 1882 - 1884; with typescript transcript
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Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs J. Baden in 1995
Administrative / Biographical history
John William MacGillivray was born in 1853, the son of John MacGillivray and Williamina Paton, nee Gray. His father, a naturalist and son of the eminent British ornithologist William MacGillivray, was naturalist on the surveying voyage of HMS Rattlesnake which left England for Australia in December 1846.
John William MacGillivray and his wife...
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MLMSS 6186
Record Identifier
9yMdKax9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yMdKax9
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Reference code
96375
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