First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage records, [ca. 1977-ca. 2016]
First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage records, [ca. 1977-ca. 2016]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
[ca. 1977-ca. 2016]
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10342/1-5 , MLMSS 10342/6X-14X , R 2332/1-4
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures and Objects
Physical Description
Contents
2.57 metres of textual material (5 boxes, 9 outsize boxes)
3 medallions, 1 stamp
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright – life of author(s) plus 70 years
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
BOX 1
Two hand-written journals written by Dr. Jonathan King, official scribe on board the First Fleet Re-enactment Expedition, 13 May 1987 to 26 January 1988. These journals were designed to replicate the two brown leather bound journals that Lt. Philip Gidley King, 2nd Lt. aboard HMAS Sirius, wrote on the First Fleet voyage, May 1787 to Janu...
Alternative Titles
Full title
First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage records, [ca. 1977-ca. 2016]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Description source
Contents listing adapted from inventory supplied by Jonathan King
Object History
Compiled by Dr. Jonathan King
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Dr. Jonathan King in 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
Jonathan King is an Australian historian and film maker who has published extensively. In his published and other works King highlights the fact that he is a descendant of Lieutenant Philip Gidley-King.
In 1975 Jonathan King conceived the idea to re-enact the voyage of the First Fleet to celebrate the Australian Bicentenary. The First Fleet...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10342/1-5 , MLMSS 10342/6X-14X , R 2332/1-4
Record Identifier
Yr8M5gXn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8M5gXn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1006374
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