Bonwick Transcripts, 1641-1892, being a collection of transcripts from material mainly in the Public...
Bonwick Transcripts, 1641-1892, being a collection of transcripts from material mainly in the Public Records Office, London, and from other sources relating to New South Wales and Australia, transcribed by James Bonwick and assistants, 1887-1902
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Date
1641-1892, transcribed 1887-1902
Call Numbers
BT 1-88/Series 1 , BT 1-120/Series 2 , BT 1-36/Series 3
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Manuscripts and Maps
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Contents
36.9 metres of textual material (246 boxes)
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Contents
SERIES 1: Bigge - Evidence and appendix, 1787-1823, transcribed 1887-1902
SERIES 2: Documents reprinted in Historical Records of Australia, and other documents
James Cook, 1698-1806
BT 1-BT 3B
BT 2 (Request Microfilm: CY 2588)
Phillip etc., 1780-1830 and oddments to 1846
BT 4A-BT 114A (BT 40 omitted in error)
BT 4A...
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Full title
Bonwick Transcripts, 1641-1892, being a collection of transcripts from material mainly in the Public Records Office, London, and from other sources relating to New South Wales and Australia, transcribed by James Bonwick and assistants, 1887-1902
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Author / Creator
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Source
Transferred from the Public Library of New South Wales, 1910
Administrative / Biographical history
James Bonwick (1817-1906) began examining historical records of Australian interest in London in 1884, and in 1887 he was authorised by the New South Wales Colonial Secretary, Sir Henry Parkes, to transcribe Governors' despatches he had discovered. In 1888 he was appointed Archivist and until 1902 continued to compile what became known as the Bonwi...
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Call Numbers
BT 1-88/Series 1 , BT 1-120/Series 2 , BT 1-36/Series 3
Record Identifier
npAdPL81
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAdPL81
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909915
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