H. Vere (Henry Vere) Barclay Explorations in the Northern Territory, ca. 1878-1910, including report...
H. Vere (Henry Vere) Barclay Explorations in the Northern Territory, ca. 1878-1910, including reports, photographs, maps and sketches
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1878-1910
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7818/Box 1X
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Physical Description
Contents
0.49 metres of textual material, 10 watercolour drawings, 23 photographs and some manuscript maps (1 volume in outsize box)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 4833, frames 1-278
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This collection of papers documents Barclay's work, including his charge of the South Australian Government's exploring and trigonometrical survey from Adelaide to Alice Springs and the Queensland border, 1877-1878; surveying, mapping and prospecting in the MacDonnell Ranges, 1888-1890; and his expeditions with Ronald H. Macpherson, 1904-1911.
Alternative Titles
Full title
H. Vere (Henry Vere) Barclay Explorations in the Northern Territory, ca. 1878-1910, including reports, photographs, maps and sketches
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Henry Vere Barclay's signature appears on various documents.
Conservation note
Volume has broken spine with pages detached from the binding.
Description source
Title taken from spine of volume bound by the Library.
Published information
The papers were cited in Henry Vere Barclay : Centralian explorer / by B. W. Strong. Darwin : Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 1989
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from X983.8/1 in the Mitchell Library printed collection, July 2008
Administrative / Biographical history
Henry Vere Barclay (1845-1917) was born in Bury, Lancashire. He left England for Australia in 1871. He surveyed and explored Central Australia and the Northern Territory between 1877 and 1912. Barclay died in Hawthorn, Victoria.
Reference:
Compiled from the collection
Henry Vere Barclay : Centralian explorer / by B. W. Strong. Darwin :...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7818/Box 1X
Record Identifier
nZNvqGQn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvqGQn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
834998
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