| RCS/RCMS 278 contains: |
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| 1 |
Letters of Australian emigrants |
| 2 |
Australian natural history paintings |
| 3 |
Reports on Australian penal and Aboriginal settlements |
| 4 |
Notes on the Australian blue gum tree |
| 5 |
The writing of colonial history |
| 6 |
Mining scenes in Australia |
| 7 |
Paintings of Australian birds |
| 8 |
Letters of Caroline Chisholm |
| 9 |
Convict transportation documents |
| 10 |
Ground plans of Government Houses Sydney and Hobart |
| 11 |
Argemone |
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Australasia miscellanea
| Title |
Reports on Australian penal and Aboriginal settlements |
| Reference |
RCMS 278/3
(former reference: MSS 8 V) |
| Creator |
Backhouse, James, 1794-1869, Quaker, missionary and naturalist; Walker, George Washington, 1800-1859, Quaker missionary |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1833-circa 1835 |
| Extent and Medium |
2 volumes; paper; Manuscript |
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| Content and context |
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Reports on settlements in Australia visited by Backhouse and Walker during 1833-1835, probably contemporary copies. The 'Australian dictionary of biography' has the following entry on the reports (vol. I, p. 45): 'They gave (Sir George) Arthur eight valuable reports on the penal settlements of Macquarie Harbour and Port Arthur, the Aboriginal establishments on Flinders Island...In New South Wales and its dependencies Governor Bourke encouraged similar work in 1835-37...Their reports were sent to London Friends and to the Colonial Office'.
The provenance of the collection is unknown.
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| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Australia |
| Flinders Island |
| Furneaux Group |
| Norfolk Island |
| Oceania |
| Port Arthur |
| Tasmania |
| Backhouse, James (1794-1869) Quaker missionary and naturalist |
| Walker, George Washington (1800-1859) Quaker missionary |
| RCS/RCMS 278/3 contains: |
|
1
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Report on Port Arthur and Flinders Island. 'Report of a visit to the penal settlement of Port Arthur and to the Aboriginal establishment on Flinders Island...1833', a 22 page report dated 13 November 1933, lacking pp. 13-16.
1 volume (18 pages). |
circa 1833 |
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2
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Report on Port Arthur and Norfolk Island. At the start of the volume is a 'Copy of a letter to the Colonial Secretary on the Aboriginal establishment on Flinders Island in 1833', dated Great Swan Port, Oyster Bay, 15 January 1834 (7 pages). This is followed by a 'Report on a visit to the penal settlement of Norfolk Island', dated 30 June 1835 (13 pages), with a six-page appendix at the front. Both items are marked as copies.
1 volume (26 pages). |
circa 1834-circa 1835 |
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