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Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal onboard H.M.S. Rattlesnake, mainly Oct. - Nov. 1849

Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal onboard H.M.S. Rattlesnake, mainly Oct. - Nov. 1849

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lVLrw9

Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal onboard H.M.S. Rattlesnake, mainly Oct. - Nov. 1849

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Full title

Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal onboard H.M.S. Rattlesnake, mainly Oct. - Nov. 1849

Date

1849, 1853

Call Numbers

A 509

Record Identifier

n5lVLrw9

Reference Code

404886

Language

Australian languages

Physical Description

Contents

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Textual Records - (manuscript) 1 volume - 282 pages

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Copying Conditions

Copyright status : In copyright

Research & study copies allowed : Author has been deceased for more than 50 years

Rights and Restrictions Information : No publication without prior written approval of copyright holder

Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

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Scope and Contents

Contents

[front of volume]
17 Oct. 1849 - 12 Nov. 1849, 1853: Voyage from Moreton Bay to Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Louisiades. Includes account of a white woman, Barbara Thompson, rescued at Evans Bay, Cape York after living with the Kaurareg people of Muralug Island (Prince of Wales Island) for 5 years following a shipwreck; notes on native cultu...

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Full title

Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal onboard H.M.S. Rattlesnake, mainly Oct. - Nov. 1849

Notes

General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 1114884...

Signature / Inscriptions

A non-contemporaneous label on original cover "H.M.S. 'Rattlesnake' M.S. notes only Torres Strait, New Guinea, Louisiades &c. O.W. Brierly, 1849"

Contextual Information

Source

Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907

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Call Numbers

A 509

Record Identifier

n5lVLrw9

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lVLrw9

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Reference code

404886

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