Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell papers, 1711-1859
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell papers, 1711-1859
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
1711-1859
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Formats
Manuscripts, Clippings, Pictures and Drawings
Physical Description
Contents
0.56 metres of textual material (12 volumes)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into two record series.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This collection comprises papers created and accumulated by Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell from his school days through to his career as Surveyor-General of New South Wales and subsequent expeditions throughout Australia. It includes correspondence, letters (draft, holograph), school notebooks, petitions, reports, sketchbooks, sketches, speeches,...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell papers, 1711-1859
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Grey, Henry George Grey, Earl, 1802-1894
Darling, Ralph, Sir, 1775-1858
Fitzroy, Robert, 1805-1865
Bourke, Richard, Sir, 1777-1855
Davidson, W. R., 1808-1876
Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869
Dundas, David, Sir, 1735-1820
Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856
Torrens, Henry, Sir, 1779-1828
Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878
Brisbane, Thomas, Sir, 1773-1860
Owen, Richard, 1804-1892
Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1762-1834
Nicholson, Charles, Sir, 1808-1903
Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871
Windeyer, W. C. (William Charles)
Kincaid, John, Sir, 1787-1862
D'Urban, Benjamin, Sir, 1777-1849
Taylor, Henry, Sir, 1784-1856
Sarrazin, Jean, 1770-1850?
Buckland, William, 1784-1856
Raglan, Fitzoy James Henry Somerset Baron, 1788-1855
Wyld, James, 1812-1887
Hay, R. W.
Blunt, Mary Thomson
Blunt, Richard, 1770-1859
Mitchell, Campbell
Shadwell Clerke, Thomas Henry, Sir
Notes
General note
Selected correspondence and documents in this collection are indexed in the Mitchell Library Manuscripts index card catalogue.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from G.V.F. Mann (Vol. 6 & 8) 1932, 1940 and L.F. Mann in 1920 (Vol. 7, see Am 50-2) comprised of various acquisitions.
Administrative / Biographical history
Sir Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855) served as a volunteer in the Peninsular War and in 1814 was selected to produce plans of the major battlefields. He was promoted to major in 1826 and appointed surveyor-general of New South Wales in 1828. Between 1831 and 1846 he made four exploring expeditions into the interior of Australia. He was knighted in 1839...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
n88EMPRn
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Other Identifiers
Reference code
825671
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