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George Boyle White - Journal on expedition with Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, from 26 November 1831 to 14 March 1832

Full title: George Boyle White - Journal on expedition with Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, from 26 November 1831 to 14 March 1832

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Date: 1831 - 1832.

Call Numbers: B 182

Record Identifier: 1wN262mn

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Formats: Manuscripts

Contents: 1 vol. - 0.02 Meters, Textual Records - (manuscript)

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Notes: This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project. See also C 47 and C 48 for Thomas Mitchell's account of this journey. This volume was rebound in June 1939. D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover. "D.S. Mitchell" signature on front endpaper. This journal has been published in transcription: Jenny McCarthy and Les Dalton, Journal of G. B. White surveyor from Nov. 26, 1831 to Mar. 14, 1832 on expedition with Sir Thomas Mitchell [North Carlton, Vic.: L. Dalton], 2005. See ML 919.44/52. Digital order no:Album ID : 823793

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    George Boyle White - Journal on expedition with Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, from 26 November 1831 to 14 March 1832

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    George Boyle White - Journal on expedition with Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, from 26 November 1831 to 14 March 1832

    Full title

    George Boyle White - Journal on expedition with Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, from 26 November 1831 to 14 March 1832

    Date

    1831 - 1832

    Call Numbers

    B 182

    Record Identifier

    1wN262mn

    Formats

    Manuscripts

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    1 vol. - 0.02 Meters

    Textual Records - (manuscript)

    — Other Descriptions

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    Issue Copy

    Microfilm : CY 527, frames 1-98 (B 182)

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    Subjects and topics

    Liverpool Plains (N.S.W.) Aboriginal Australians Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales--Vocabulary Australia--Race relations--History David Scott Mitchell Collection Explorers--New South Wales New South Wales--Discovery and exploration--To 1850 Politicians--New South Wales--19th century Surveying--New South Wales--History Surveyors--New South Wales Mitchell, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1855

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    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    1831-1832; Journal of an expedition to the interior [of New South Wales] through the Liverpool Plains. Describes outset of the journey from Greenwood; waiting for Major Mitchell, the Surveyor General; nature of the exploring party and provisions; weather conditions; landscape traversed; places of encampment; daily activities; taking of meas...

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    Full title

    George Boyle White - Journal on expedition with Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, from 26 November 1831 to 14 March 1832

    — NOTES

    General note

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    Signature / Inscriptions

    Titled from inscription on front endpaper.

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Source

    Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907.

    Administrative / Biographical history

    Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, the colony's fourth Surveyor-General, journeyed to the area between the Castlereagh and Gwydir Rivers in search of the Kindur River that purportedly flowed inland to the north-west of New South Wales. On this expedition, George Boyle White accompanied Mitchell as Assistant Surveyor. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary o...

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    B 182

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    1wN262mn

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    433191

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