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Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane papers, 1818-1849

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    Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane papers, 1818-1849

    Call numbers

    MLMSS 419

    Record identifier

    Yr8Rpj4n

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    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8Rpj4n

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    Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane papers, 1818-1849

    Full title

    Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane papers, 1818-1849

    Author / Creator

    Brisbane, Thomas, Sir, 1773-1860

    Date

    1818-1849

    Call Numbers

    MLMSS 419

    Record Identifier

    Yr8Rpj4n

    Formats

    Manuscripts

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    1 volume and 1 box of textual material - manuscript and printed

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

    Fonds

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    Issue Copy

    Microfilm : CY 3119

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Observatory (Parramatta) Parramatta (N.S.W.) Governors--New South Wales--Archives. Governors--New South Wales--Correspondence. Governors--Powers and duties--New South Wales. Voyages and travels--19th century. Astronomy--Observations. Astronomers--New South Wales. Hastings (Ship) Claudine (Ship)

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    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    Volume 1
    a. Correspondence, mainly letters received 1818-1841, with index to correspondents compiled in the Mitchell Library. Includes letter from Sir Francis Beaufort, 1834 and Jean Baptiste Le Chevalier, 1818-1823

    Box 2
    Items 1-2
    b. 'Sacred Thoughts Notes extracts', 1823-1825

    Items 3-4
    c. Instructions as commander of t...

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane papers, 1818-1849

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Creator

    Author / Artists

    — NOTES

    Description source

    Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-520 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Administrative / Biographical history

    Sir Thomas Brisbane, who was appointed Governor of N.S.W. in 1821, built an observatory at Parramatta, N.S.W. and made the first observations of the stars in the southern hemisphere since Lacaille's in 1751-1752. Much of this work was done by his two assistants Rumker and Dunlop. Brisbane left his instruments and scientific library to the colony.

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    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    MLMSS 419

    Record Identifier

    Yr8Rpj4n

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    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8Rpj4n

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    Reference code

    920547

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