RCS/RCMS 278 contains:
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13	Australian stock pastures and British consumers
14	Map of New Holland
15	Papers of Meta Maclean
16	On the land legislation of the Australian colonies
17	An interesting historical event in Australian history
18	The portraiture of Tasman
19	Letters from William Westall to J.W. Croker
20	Australian aboriginal drawings
21	The Fremantle Observer
22	List of minerals discovered in South Australia
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Australasia miscellanea

Title	An interesting historical event in Australian history
Reference	RCMS 278/17 (former reference: MSS 8)
Creator	Weare, Ernest E L, fl 1885-1923
Covering Dates	1923
Extent and Medium	1 folder; paper; Typewritten

Content and context

Ernest Weare was a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute.

A translation of the Dutch account, published in 1647, of the wreck of the 'Batavia' on the Abrolhos Islands and subsequent events of 1628-1629 (85 pages). Some extracts from Saville-Kent's 'A naturalist in Australia' have been added, and there are four pages of illustrations taken from the Dutch account.

Presented by W.E.L. Weare, 1923.

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Indexed

In his introduction Weare records that he had six copies of the typescript made and lists the names of the recipients.

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Weare, Ernest E L (fl 1885-1923)

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