John Helder Wedge correspondence, 13-14 October, 1835
John Helder Wedge correspondence, 13-14 October, 1835
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Date
13-14 October, 1835
Call Numbers
DLMSQ 534
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume of textual material (16 p.) - 36 cm.
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Fonds
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 3702, frames 1-25
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Drafts of letters to John Batman and members of the Port Phillip Association regarding land at Port Phillip, and the treatment of John Pascoe Fawkner and the aborigines, with Batman's reply.
Accompanied by handwritten transcription of each letter and five pages of research notes on shipping lists by an unidentifed author.
Alternative Titles
Full title
John Helder Wedge correspondence, 13-14 October, 1835
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
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
Administrative / Biographical history
John Helder Wedge, 1793-1872, born in Cambridge, obtained an appointment as assistant surveyor in Van Diemen's Land, and arrived there in 1824. He crossed to Port Phillip with John Batman and surveyed the 500,000 acres acquired by Batman's Port Phillip Association, and played an important part in the founding of Melbourne. In 1853, he was elected t...
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Call Numbers
DLMSQ 534
Record Identifier
nQR2gNZ1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR2gNZ1
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Reference code
947297
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