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'William Charles Wentworth's memoranda of the Tour of Discovery across the Blue Mountains in N.S.W....

'William Charles Wentworth's memoranda of the Tour of Discovery across the Blue Mountains in N.S.W....

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'William Charles Wentworth's memoranda of the Tour of Discovery across the Blue Mountains in N.S.W. by Messrs Blaxland and Wentworth and Lieutenant Lawson in 1813', and correspondence with the Colonial Office, 1813-1817

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Full title

'William Charles Wentworth's memoranda of the Tour of Discovery across the Blue Mountains in N.S.W. by Messrs Blaxland and Wentworth and Lieutenant Lawson in 1813', and correspondence with the Colonial Office, 1813-1817

Date

1813-1817

Call Numbers

DLMS 11

Record Identifier

Yr8RPX8n

Reference Code

947317
Physical Description

Contents

1 volume of textual material - 23.5 cm. - manuscript copies

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Finding aids

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Colonial Office correspondence includes:

a. Request for an order for the passage of John (sic) Charles Wentworth to New South Wales 1814

b. William Charles Wenworth's offer of exploration, 1817

c. Reply to his request for the position of Vendue Master, in New South Wales, 1817

Alternative Titles

Full title

'William Charles Wentworth's memoranda of the Tour of Discovery across the Blue Mountains in N.S.W. by Messrs Blaxland and Wentworth and Lieutenant Lawson in 1813', and correspondence with the Colonial Office, 1813-1817

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Manuscript copies made by T. Whitley of Blackheath

The original of the journal is in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. The letters are not printed in the Historical Records of Australia

Transferred from DLSPENCER 105

Description source

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.

Contextual Information

Source

Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

DLMS 11

Record Identifier

Yr8RPX8n

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RPX8n

Other Identifiers

Reference code

947317

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