Oswald W.B. Brierly - Voyage on the H.M.S. Maeander, 1842-1844, 1850-1851
Oswald W.B. Brierly - Voyage on the H.M.S. Maeander, 1842-1844, 1850-1851
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1842-1844, 1850-1851
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Pictures, Drawings and Manuscripts
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Contents
Albums - 4 sketchbooks
Drawings - 28 watercolour - pencil drawings
Textual Records - manuscript, 2 volumes
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This collection comprises 7 pictorical and manuscript record series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record.¶By subject series.
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1. [Sketches made in Australia, and during the voyage of the H.M.S. Maeander, in New Zealand, Tonga, and South America], 1842-1844, 1850 / O.W. Brierly
2. H.M.S. "Maeander" - Sketches. Tongatabou to Valparaiso, 1850 / O.W. Brierly
3. Sketches in the South Seas, 1850 / O.W. Brierly
4. H.M.S. Maeander, South American Sketches, Valparaiso to...
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Oswald W.B. Brierly - Voyage on the H.M.S. Maeander, 1842-1844, 1850-1851
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Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Administrative / Biographical history
After the death of Owen Stanley (Commander of H.M.S. Rattlesnake) in 1850, Brierly joined Henry Keppel on the H.M.S. Maeander's voyage across the Pacific. The Maeander visited New Zealand, Tahiti, the Friendly and Society Islands, and South America, returning to England in 1851. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.3, 1851-1890. Ca...
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YezdblM9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezdblM9
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423738
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