First Fleet Re-enactment Company records, 1978-1990
First Fleet Re-enactment Company records, 1978-1990
About this item
Full title
Date
1978-1990
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7796/Boxes 1-9 , MLMSS 7796/Boxes 10X-11X , VT 1267-VT 1274
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts and Video
Physical Description
Contents
2.57 metres of textual material (9 boxes and 2 outsize boxes) - manuscript, typescript, printed
8 videocassettes
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Physical Access Conditions
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Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
BOX 1
Correspondence, 1985-1990: correspondents include Wally Franklin, Jonathan King, Philip King, Gerald Weingarth;
Wally Franklin’s appointment diaries, 1986-1989, and file
‘1985 World Trip’: notes and itinerary of trip to negotiate charter of ships for the First Fleet Re-Enactment Voyage (FFRV)
File: ‘Historical Info’: including...
Alternative Titles
Full title
First Fleet Re-enactment Company records, 1978-1990
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Trish and Wally Franklin in 1994
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1975 Jonathan King had the idea to re-enact the voyage of the First Fleet to celebrate the Australian Bicentenary. The First Fleet Re-enactment Company (FFRC), with Wally Franklin as its Executive Director, was formed in the mid 1980s to organise the First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage (FFRV). The FFRC chartered square-rigged sailing ships from arou...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7796/Boxes 1-9 , MLMSS 7796/Boxes 10X-11X , VT 1267-VT 1274
Record Identifier
YoldJAW9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YoldJAW9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
825606
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