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John Oxley - 'John Oxley's Diary. Year 1817', being typed transcript of diary of travels, 20 Apr. - 23 May 1817, compiled by or for Sir William Dixson in 1904, from original manuscript in unknown hand

Full title: John Oxley - 'John Oxley's Diary. Year 1817', being typed transcript of diary of travels, 20 Apr. - 23 May 1817, compiled by or for Sir William Dixson in 1904, from original manuscript in unknown hand

Author/creator: Dixson, William, Sir, 1870-1952, Oxley, John, 1783-1828.

Date: 1817, transcribed 1904.

Call Numbers: C 169

Record Identifier: Y0KDQzm1

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Formats: Manuscripts

Contents: 1 volume - 0.01 Meters, Textual Records, Textual Records - (typescript - with manuscript corrections)

Publishers:

Notes: David Scott Mitchell bookplate inside front cover Typed transcript is part of a series with three duplicated typescript copies, also with various corrections by Sir William Dixson, located at DLMSQ 328, from the same original manuscript not in Oxley's hand held at DLSPENCER 415 (Safe).

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    John Oxley - 'John Oxley's Diary. Year 1817', being typed transcript of diary of travels, 20 Apr. - 23 May 1817, compiled by or for Sir William Dixson in 1904, from original manuscript in unknown hand

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    C 169

    Record identifier

    Y0KDQzm1

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    John Oxley - 'John Oxley's Diary. Year 1817', being typed transcript of diary of travels, 20 Apr. - 23 May 1817, compiled by or for Sir William Dixson in 1904, from original manuscript in unknown hand

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    John Oxley - 'John Oxley's Diary. Year 1817', being typed transcript of diary of travels, 20 Apr. - 23 May 1817, compiled by or for Sir William Dixson in 1904, from original manuscript in unknown hand

    Full title

    John Oxley - 'John Oxley's Diary. Year 1817', being typed transcript of diary of travels, 20 Apr. - 23 May 1817, compiled by or for Sir William Dixson in 1904, from original manuscript in unknown hand

    Author / Creator

    Oxley, John, 1783-1828

    Date

    1817, transcribed 1904

    Call Numbers

    C 169

    Record Identifier

    Y0KDQzm1

    Formats

    Manuscripts

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    1 volume - 0.01 Meters

    Textual Records

    Textual Records - (typescript - with manuscript corrections)

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

    Fonds

    Access and use

    Terms of use

    Ask a Librarian online or in the reading room.

    Issue Copy

    Microfilm : CY 1488, frames 29-61 (C 169)

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Lachlan River (N.S.W.) David Scott Mitchell Collection Explorers--New South Wales Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Australia New South Wales--Description and travel New South Wales--Discovery and exploration Mitchell, David Scott, 1836-1907 Wymark, Fred, 1872 - 1942

    More information

    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    Transcript of incomplete diary (24 pp.) relates part of an expedition to explore the region south-west of Bathurst and to ascertain the course of the Lachlan River which had been discovered two years previously. Begins at Queen Charlotte Valley near the Lachlan River and breaks off where the party had to leave the river because of impassable marshe...

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    John Oxley - 'John Oxley's Diary. Year 1817', being typed transcript of diary of travels, 20 Apr. - 23 May 1817, compiled by or for Sir William Dixson in 1904, from original manuscript in unknown hand

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Creator

    Author / Artists

    — NOTES

    General note

    David Scott Mitchell bookplate inside front cover
    Typed transcript is part of a series with three duplicated typescript copies, also with various corrections by Sir William Dixson, located at DLMSQ 328, from the same original manuscript not in Oxley's hand held at DLSPENCER 415 (Safe).

    Signature / Inscriptions

    'With W Dixson's Compliments' on top right of title page.

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Source

    Bequeathed by D. S. Mitchell, 1907

    Administrative / Biographical history

    John Oxley was Surveyor-General of New South Wales, 1812-1828. He was appointed by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1817 to lead an expedition to trace the course of the Lachlan River.
    Sir William Dixson was a notable collector of Australiana and Fred Wymark was a director of the bookdealer and publisher, Angus & Robertson.

    Identifiers

    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    C 169

    Record Identifier

    Y0KDQzm1

    Permalink

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    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    Reference code

    447419

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