Francis Hayter - Journal of voyage in HMS Basilisk, January 1871-July 1873
Francis Hayter - Journal of voyage in HMS Basilisk, January 1871-July 1873
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Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
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PMB 626
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microfilm reel 35 mm
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The journal begins with the departure of HMS Basilisk from England to Australia, via Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope. From Sydney, she visited New Zealand and Torres Strait. Then, after returning to Sydney, she went to Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, the northern outliers of Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, Rotuma, the Ellice Islands, some of the outl...
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Francis Hayter - Journal of voyage in HMS Basilisk, January 1871-July 1873
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 626
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Microfilm copy of original held in private ownership. Acquired by the State Libray of New South Wales, December 2018.
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Administrative / Biographical history
Hayter was first-lieutenant of HMS Basilisk (Captain John Moresby, RN) which made a cruise to islands of the Western Pacific and to Papua in 1872-73. It was on this voyage that Moresby named Port Moresby after his father, Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby
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PMB 626
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nM7lpQXY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lpQXY
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440774
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