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David Rae - The Admirable Crichton. John Rae (1813-1900), 2004

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    David Rae - The Admirable Crichton. John Rae (1813-1900), 2004

    Call numbers

    MLMSS 7495

    Record identifier

    1kVdzkkn

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    David Rae - The Admirable Crichton. John Rae (1813-1900), 2004

    Full title

    David Rae - The Admirable Crichton. John Rae (1813-1900), 2004

    Author / Creator

    Rae, David, 1927-

    Date

    2004

    Call Numbers

    MLMSS 7495

    Record Identifier

    1kVdzkkn

    Formats

    Manuscripts

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    1 box - 0.05 Meters

    Textual Records - (typescript)

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

    Fonds

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    Physical Access Conditions

    This material is held offsite and is usually available after 4pm on the next business day. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Artists, Australian--19th century. Civil servants--New South Wales. Photographers, Australian--19th century. Rae, John, 1813-1900

    More information

    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    A biographical volume containing copies of letters, newscuttings, pictures and other documents relating to the life of John Rae compiled, with additional notes and commentary, by his great grandson David Rae.

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    David Rae - The Admirable Crichton. John Rae (1813-1900), 2004

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Creator

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Source

    Acquired from David Rae, December 2004

    Administrative / Biographical history

    John Rae, artist, photographer, author and public servant, arrived in Sydney from Scotland in 1839. In 1843 he was appointed Sydney's first full-time Town Clerk. Other positions he held in a career that lasted 50 years were City Commissioner and Under-Secretary for Public Works. As an artist he is known for his watercolours of colonial life in Syd...

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    Call Numbers

    MLMSS 7495

    Record Identifier

    1kVdzkkn

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    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kVdzkkn

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    Reference code

    442742

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