Copy of letter headed 'The first Europeans to land on Australian shores' by Ernest Favenc, to the ed...
Copy of letter headed 'The first Europeans to land on Australian shores' by Ernest Favenc, to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, 30 November 1906, relating to Willem Jansz's voyage in the ship 'Duyphen' along Cape York Peninsula in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 1605-1606
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7 October 1906, 30 November 1906
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DLDOC 190
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1 folder of textual material (2 p.) - carbon typescript
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The letter quotes an extract from the correspondence of the British Australasian by Peter Johannes Schmidt, 7 October 1906, written from London stating his ancestor, Johnann Schmidt, sailor on the Duyphen, Captain Ohlafson, was first man to set foot on shore
A note on Schmidt's letter is filed in the Mitchell Library's Ship file under 'Duyfk...
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Copy of letter headed 'The first Europeans to land on Australian shores' by Ernest Favenc, to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, 30 November 1906, relating to Willem Jansz's voyage in the ship 'Duyphen' along Cape York Peninsula in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 1605-1606
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Transferred from Spencer List to DLDOCs
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Compiled from the Manuscripts DLDOCs as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
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Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Spencer List number: Sp. 207
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DLDOC 190
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nZNv7L6n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNv7L6n
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966870
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