Charles Gould - Notebooks concerning surveying in Tasmania, 1859-1860, 1867, 1871
Charles Gould - Notebooks concerning surveying in Tasmania, 1859-1860, 1867, 1871
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1859-1860, 1867, 1871
Call Numbers
B 167 - B 169
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Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts and Drawings
Physical Description
Contents
3 volumes - 0.05 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Drawings
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 4752, frames 1-96 (B 167).
Microfilm : CY 4752, frames 97-158 (B 168).
Microfilm : CY 4752, frames 159-207 (B 169).
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Notebooks of a geological surveyor, probably Charles Gould, relating work performed in Tasmania.
VOLUME 1 (B 167: CY 4752, frames 1-96):
19 Sept. - 31 Dec. 1860; Survey of the North East Coast of Tasmania including Mount Nicholas, St Patrick's Head, Fingal, St Mary's Pass, Scamander River, Yarmouth, Mount Pearson, George's Bay, Bay of Fires,...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Charles Gould - Notebooks concerning surveying in Tasmania, 1859-1860, 1867, 1871
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Blank pages are evident in each volume and the text is written in both ink and pencil.
A typescript note on the provenance of the notebooks B 167 to B 169 by a Mitchell Library Officer in 1954 has been affixed to the inside cover of each volume.
"Received from Charles Gould" is handwritten in ink on page 84 of B 168.
"One parcel left in ch...
Signature / Inscriptions
"Notebook of Charles Gould" handwritten on a piece of paper added to B 167 and B 169.
"Note book of Charles Gould, Government Surveyor in Tasmania being notes on the Wild Unsettled Lands", handwritten in pencil on a page that has been added to the front of B 168.
"C. Gould. Survey Notes Tasmania" is handwritten on a paper label on the spine o...
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Administrative / Biographical history
Charles Gould, the son of John and Elizabeth Gould, was the first Geological Surveyor of Tasmania, appointed from 1859 to 1869. He also acted as a consultant geologist and land surveyor in Tasmania, the Bass Strait Islands and in New South Wales. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.4, 1851-1890. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
B 167 - B 169
Record Identifier
YzOgqyX9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOgqyX9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
431958
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