Edmund Besley Court Kennedy correspondence and other papers, with maps, printed extracts, etc., ca....
Edmund Besley Court Kennedy correspondence and other papers, with maps, printed extracts, etc., ca....
Edmund Besley Court Kennedy correspondence and other papers, with maps, printed extracts, etc., ca. 1847-1849
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1847-1849
Call Numbers
DLSPENCER 191
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts and Maps
Physical Description
Contents
1 box of textual material - manuscripts, maps, printed material
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 4279
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A large envelope containing original manuscripts and maps and some printed matter, relating to Kennedy's Expedition; and a fine copy in original limp boards, untrimmed of William Carron's 'Narrative of an expedition undertaken under the direction of the late - E. B. Kennedy, for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape Y...
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Full title
Edmund Besley Court Kennedy correspondence and other papers, with maps, printed extracts, etc., ca. 1847-1849
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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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
Edmund Besley Court Kennedy, 1818-1848, a surveyor, arrived in Sydney, N.S.W., in 1840 and was appointed assistant surveyor in the Surveyor-General's Department. From 1840-1843 he worked under Charles Tyers in the Portland Bay area, Victoria and from 1845-1847 he travelled with Sir Thomas Mitchell's expedition to find an overland route to Port Essi...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DLSPENCER 191
Record Identifier
nX6OPdEY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6OPdEY
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Reference code
949480
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