John Abbott's Van Diemen's Land : its natural productions, ca. 1826
John Abbott's Van Diemen's Land : its natural productions, ca. 1826
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Date
ca. 1826
Call Numbers
DLMS 238
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Physical Description
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1 volume of textual material (62 p.) - 23 cm. - manuscript
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Contemporary description of Tasmania, including its physical features, natural history, timber minerals and aborigines. A separate chapter devoted to Hobart and its surrounds gives an account of its most notable buildings, its wharfs and the Derwent, newspapers and legal system, churches, the Bank of Van Diemen's Land, particularly mentions educati...
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John Abbott's Van Diemen's Land : its natural productions, ca. 1826
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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 Abbott, 1803-1875, land owner and public servant, was Registrar General of births, marriages and deaths in Tasmania. He was the second son of Edward Abbott, Civil Commandant at Port Dalrymple
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DLMS 238
Record Identifier
nX6OMXMY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6OMXMY
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940582
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