Charles Sturt - Diary, 3-21 November 1845, including sketches, ca. September 1844 - November 1845
Charles Sturt - Diary, 3-21 November 1845, including sketches, ca. September 1844 - November 1845
Charles Sturt - Diary, 3-21 November 1845, including sketches, ca. September 1844 - November 1845
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1844-1845
Call Numbers
Safe 1/23b
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Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures and Drawings
Physical Description
Contents
0.01 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript
1 album (notebook containing ca. 51 pencil and watercolour sketches) - 10.0 x 16.5 cm.
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Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A small pocket notebook. The sketches are in watercolour and pencil. Portion of the diary appears to have been written first in pencil and afterwards in ink.
The diary records events from 3-21 November 1845 when the party was on the return journey to Adelaide. They explored Cooper's Creek before returning to The Park, or Fort Grey, a depot which...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Charles Sturt - Diary, 3-21 November 1845, including sketches, ca. September 1844 - November 1845
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823634...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Dora Montefiore in 1929
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Administrative / Biographical history
Charles Sturt (1795-1869) arrived in New South Wales in May 1827 as a captain in the 39th regiment. The following year he set out with Hamilton Hume to trace the course of the Macquarie River. They discovered and named the Darling River. In subsequent years Sturt explored the Murrumbidgee, Darling and Murray Rivers. On 10 August 1844 he left Adela...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Safe 1/23b
Record Identifier
Yr8RJlbn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RJlbn
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Reference code
447155
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