George Kershaw notebook, 1840-1853
George Kershaw notebook, 1840-1853
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1840-1853
Call Numbers
MLMSS 624
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 folder of textual material
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : MAV/FM4/1629
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Memorandum book with short diary entries, lists of income expenditure and family biographical notes. The diary entries, Aug.-Dec. 1841, describe weather conditions and daily routine on the voyage to Australia. There are lists of his earnings and places worked while a plasterer in Liverpool from May 1840 to Aug. 1841, in Sydney from Dec. 1841 to Jul...
Alternative Titles
Full title
George Kershaw notebook, 1840-1853
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; A189
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneo...
Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-169B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Emigrant to N.S.W. Arrived in Sydney from Liverpool in Dec. 1841 on the Columbine. He worked as a plasterer and as a policeman at Braidwood, N.S.W.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 624
Record Identifier
Yr8RKq4n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RKq4n
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Reference code
432497
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