Dr Watson - Letter from Peter A. Lorimer regarding the Andrew Hume expedition of 1874, 1908
Dr Watson - Letter from Peter A. Lorimer regarding the Andrew Hume expedition of 1874, 1908
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Date
1874, 1908
Call Numbers
B 155
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Photographs - 1 cabinet photograph - 16.4 x 10.7 cm.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
PHOTOGRAPH
"Hume the Explorer" beneath image. Handwritten on reverse of image; "Hume gave me this photograph / in July 1874 prior to his unintentional / end in Warrego district where he / perished through thirst while leading / the Leichardt [i.e. Leichhardt] search party / Peter A. Lorimer / 16th Janry 1908". Signed at lower right on back of p...
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Full title
Dr Watson - Letter from Peter A. Lorimer regarding the Andrew Hume expedition of 1874, 1908
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Notes
General note
A pencil notation in the margin reads, "30.10.11 [i.e. 1911] (Don) Dr Watson"
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
Signature / Inscriptions
Photographer's signature on reverse of photograph.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Administrative / Biographical history
Among several expeditions that searched for the graves and possessions of Ludwig Leichhardt's exploration party of 1848, the most notorious was that of Andrew ("The Black Prince") Hume, Timothy O'Hea, and Lewis Thompson in 1874. Hume was a bush wanderer who, whilst in Parramatta jail serving a ten-year sentence for robbery, disclosed that he had me...
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B 155
Record Identifier
Yr8RKdbn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RKdbn
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Reference code
433063
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