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Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane papers, 1818-1849
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Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane papers, 1818-1849
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MLMSS 419
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Yr8Rpj4n
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Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane papers, 1818-1849
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Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane papers, 1818-1849
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Author / Creator
Date
1818-1849
Call Numbers
MLMSS 419
Record Identifier
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— Physical Description
Contents
1 volume and 1 box of textual material - manuscript and printed
— Other Descriptions
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 3119
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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
— 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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MLMSS 419
Record Identifier
Yr8Rpj4n
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920547