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Various documents collected by Sir William Dixson, largely to do with colonial shipping matters and...

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    Various documents collected by Sir William Dixson, largely to do with colonial shipping matters and Norfolk Island, 23 November 1802-5 December 1856

    Call numbers

    DLADD 75

    Record identifier

    YEGmkNbn

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    Various documents collected by Sir William Dixson, largely to do with colonial shipping matters and Norfolk Island, 23 November 1802-5 December 1856

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    Various documents collected by Sir William Dixson, largely to do with colonial shipping matters and Norfolk Island, 23 November 1802-5 December 1856

    Full title

    Various documents collected by Sir William Dixson, largely to do with colonial shipping matters and Norfolk Island, 23 November 1802-5 December 1856

    Author / Creator

    Dixson, William, Sir, 1870-1952

    Date

    23 November 1802-5 December 1856

    Call Numbers

    DLADD 75

    Record Identifier

    YEGmkNbn

    Formats

    Manuscripts

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    1 folder of textual material - manuscript, printed

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

    Item

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    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Tasmania Canton (China) Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.) Hobart (Tas.) Port Phillip Bay (Vic.) Indonesia London (England) Hamburg (Germany) Norfolk Island Dixson Library (N.S.W.) Ships--Australia. Shipping--Australia. Signals and signalling--Tasmania. Voyages and travels--19th century. Marine insurance Shipbuilding--Australia Merchant mariners--Victoria. Search and rescue operations. New South Wales--Commerce--Indonesia. Hides and skins. Bills of lading Depositions--New South Wales Bonds. Convicts--Norfolk Island. Public buildings--Norfolk Island. Seals (Law)--Norfolk Island. Lighthouses--New South Wales--Sydney Harbour. Lord, Simeon, 1771-1840 Sydney Cove (Ship) Canada (Ship) Minorca (ship) Nile (sailing vessel) Bourke, Richard, Sir, 1777-1855 Liberty (ship) James Watt (steamer) Boyd, Benjamin, 1796-1851 Herald (Ship) Denham, Henry Mangles, Sir, 1800-1887 New South Wales Governor Brittania (ship) Harrington (Brig) Governor Phillip (Ship) Louise (ship) Hannah and Sally (brig) Gipps, George, Sir, 1791-1847 Barney, George (Lieut.-Colonel) Bligh, William, 1754-1817

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    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    Various documents collected by Sir William Dixson, largely to do with colonial shipping matters and Norfolk Island, 23 November 1802-5 December 1856

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Creator

    Author / Artists

    — NOTES

    General note

    Previously known as Tasmanian Archival Estrays

    Description source

    Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Source

    Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952

    Administrative / Biographical history

    Along with colonial shipping matters and Norfolk Island, there is a letter included about lighthouses in Sydney Harbour

    Identifiers

    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    DLADD 75

    Record Identifier

    YEGmkNbn

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    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    Reference code

    950472

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