Kathleen's voyage: logbooks of the 'Kathleen Gillett' by Jack Earl, 1947-1948
Kathleen's voyage: logbooks of the 'Kathleen Gillett' by Jack Earl, 1947-1948
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Date
1947-1948
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10157/Boxes 1X-3X
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Physical Description
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0.63 metres of textual material, including drawings, photographs, maps and clippings (13 folders in 3 outsize boxes)
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright
Copyright holder : Jack Earl family, care of Leilani Tomaszewski and Tiare Tomaszewski
Approval for reproduction required : From the copyright holder
Approval for publication required : From the copyright holder
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy of the Jack Earl family
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The logbooks document the voyage of the 'Kathleen Gillett' around the world from 1947 to 1948, just the second circumnavigation of the globe by an Australian vessel. Written and illustrated by the Kathleen Gillett’s skipper, Jack Earl, the logbooks were sent home each time the yacht was in port, their arrival greatly anticipated by friends, family...
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Full title
Kathleen's voyage: logbooks of the 'Kathleen Gillett' by Jack Earl, 1947-1948
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Author / Creator
Notes
Object History
By descent.
Published information
The logbooks have been published in a limited edition facsimile. Kathleen's voyage : the log book of Kathleen Gillett / written and illustrated by Jack Earl during his 1947-1948 voyage around the world. Limited facsim. ed. Sydney : Weldon Publishing, 1991.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Tiare Tomaszewski (on behalf of the family), April 2018
Administrative / Biographical history
Jack Earl was born in Durban, South Africa, and raised on Darnley Island in the Torres Strait, where his father was an administrator and school teacher. He had an affinity for the sea from an early age, and began building and living on boats as a young man in Sydney Harbour.
His dream of building a yacht and sailing it around the world was...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 10157/Boxes 1X-3X
Record Identifier
nQRem8X1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQRem8X1
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Reference code
9607629
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