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Gell-Franklin family papers [M377-380, M390] 1800-1955

Gell-Franklin family papers [M377-380, M390] 1800-1955

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6ONovY

Gell-Franklin family papers [M377-380, M390] 1800-1955

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Full title

Gell-Franklin family papers [M377-380, M390] 1800-1955

Date

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

Call Numbers

MAV/FM4/1547-1550 Status: No longer available

Record Identifier

nX6ONovY

Reference Code

421997
Physical Description

Contents

microfilm reels 35 mm

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

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Scope and Contents

Contents

The papers include : papers of Rev. J.P. Gell and his wife including letters to Eleanor Isabella from Sir John and Lady Franklin and papers about the Queen's School and Christ's College. Correspondents include Ronald C. Gunn of Hobart. Notebooks and diaries, including a diary describing Gell's voyage to Van Diemen's Land on the convict ship Runnyme...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Gell-Franklin family papers [M377-380, M390] 1800-1955

Notes

General note

Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/24...

Contextual Information

Administrative / Biographical history

Sir John Franklin served under Flinders on the Investigator, was a polar explorer and Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania, 1836-1843. Lady Jane Franklin (1792-1875) was his second wife. Rev. John Philip Gell (1816-98) was headmaster of Queen's School, Hobart from 1839 and Warden of Christ's College from 1846. In 1849 he married Eleanor Isabella Frankli...

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MAV/FM4/1547-1550 Status: No longer available

Record Identifier

nX6ONovY

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6ONovY

Other Identifiers

Reference code

421997

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