Oswald W.B. Brierly - H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Torres Straits, New Guinea, Louisiades &c., 18 Sep. - 20 N...
Oswald W.B. Brierly - H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Torres Straits, New Guinea, Louisiades &c., 18 Sep. - 20 Nov. 1849
About this item
Full title
Date
1849-1849
Call Numbers
A 508
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Formats
Drawings and Manuscripts
Physical Description
Contents
Textual Records - (manuscript) 1 volume - 0.03 Meters
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Item
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : MAV/FM4/2560 (A 508)
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Scope and Contents
Contents
10 Sep. - 20 Nov. 1849 ; Journal entries for voyage onboard Rattlesnake sailing commencing off Cape Cassy, S.E. Coast New Guinea, sailing past Warrior and Low Islands, to Evans Bay (Cape York). Includes movements of H.M.S. Bramble; weather and sailing conditions; places of anchor; interactions with Indigenous people; descriptions of outrigger...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Oswald W.B. Brierly - H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Torres Straits, New Guinea, Louisiades &c., 18 Sep. - 20 Nov. 1849
Notes
General note
In Sep. 1944, the journal was bound into new covers.
Paper label with number "6" appears at top right of original cover.
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on verso of front endpapers
Signature / Inscriptions
Handwritten on page i, "1849 / Journal commencing September 19 / Ending"
A non-contemporaneous label on original cover, "H.M. Rattlesnake. Torres Straits, New Guinea &c. &c. (M.S. only) O.W. Brierly, Sep 49. - Nov."
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
A 508
Record Identifier
Yj7dPZl9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7dPZl9
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Reference code
423759
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