Collection 10: George Bouchier Worgan letter written to his brother Richard Worgan, 12-18 June 1788....
Collection 10: George Bouchier Worgan letter written to his brother Richard Worgan, 12-18 June 1788....
Collection 10: George Bouchier Worgan letter written to his brother Richard Worgan, 12-18 June 1788. Includes journal fragment kept by George on a voyage to New South Wales with the First Fleet on board HMS Sirius, 20 January 1788-11 July 1788
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Date
20 January 1788-11 July 1788
Call Numbers
Safe 1/114
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume of textual material - manuscript
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright
Copyright holder : assignee of George Bouchier Worgan
Research & study copies allowed : Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
Approval for publication required
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Issue Copy
Digitised
Finding aids
Transcript available online - http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D33332/a1175.html
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Full title
Collection 10: George Bouchier Worgan letter written to his brother Richard Worgan, 12-18 June 1788. Includes journal fragment kept by George on a voyage to New South Wales with the First Fleet on board HMS Sirius, 20 January 1788-11 July 1788
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Notes
General note
No watermarks are evident. The manuscript was bound by the Library in full maroon kangaroo. On receipt it was sewn in two sections. The leaf now bound as the first was originally the second.
Microfilm copy available at MAV/FM4/67 (21 frames)
Digital order no:Album ID : 823462
Published information
This journal was published, in transcription, by the Library Council of NSW in 1978. `Journal of a First Fleet surgeon / by George B. Worgan'. Sydney : Library Council of New South Wales in association with the Library of Australian History, 1978. Another typescript transcription is available at Mitchell Library call no. B 1463.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs Margot Gaye for her deceased aunt, Miss A. Batley, 1955. The relationship between Miss Batley and the journal has not been discovered.
Administrative / Biographical history
George Bouchier Worgan was probably born in 1757. He joined the Navy in 1775 and was appointed Surgeon on HMS Sirius in November 1786. Musically inclined, he brought his piano with him to the colony. Along with the crew of the Sirius, he left Australia to return to England in March 1791, arriving in April 1792. He had left his piano with Elizabeth...
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Call Numbers
Safe 1/114
Record Identifier
nX6OVXQY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6OVXQY
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412921
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