Anne-Gabrielle Thompson - 'New France, the free colony of Charles Marie Bonaventure du Breil, Marqui...
Anne-Gabrielle Thompson - 'New France, the free colony of Charles Marie Bonaventure du Breil, Marquis de Rays : a dream or a fraud'. Thesis 1974, together with research papers, 1879-1889, 1973-1974
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1879-1889, 1973-1974
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MLMSS 6900
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1 box - 0.13 Meters
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Microfilm : CY 4436, frames 1-207 (MLMSS 6900/1: Thesis, 1974).
Microfilm : CY 4436, frames 208-472 (MLMSS 6900/2: Associated research papers).
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Thesis, University of Queensland, 1974; together with research papers, which include copies of original letters, journal extracts, and other documents, 1879-1889; letters, 1973-1974, received from Jack Andrews, grandson of "New France" colonist Aguste Pitoy, and Charles Ebert; reports from Paris Research Associates, 1974; notes, 1973-1974
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Anne-Gabrielle Thompson - 'New France, the free colony of Charles Marie Bonaventure du Breil, Marquis de Rays : a dream or a fraud'. Thesis 1974, together with research papers, 1879-1889, 1973-1974
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Preservatiom microfilm copy made, Dec. 2004.
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Presented by Dr Thompson in 1998
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1877 Charles du Breil advertised to the French public his scheme to establish a colony in the south-west Pacific, to be known as 'New France'. The proposed colony was to cover several islands, with the initial settlement to be made on the south-west coast of New Ireland at Port Praslin, which, renamed Port Breton, would become the centre of the...
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MLMSS 6900
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nmQd50Pn
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403194
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