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James Backhouse - Records

Title
James Backhouse - Records
Repository
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
Reference
B730-732
Date Range
1831 - 1841
Description

Various records regarding Australian society, convicts, Aborigines, the Society of Friends, botany, natural history and other subjects including a journal of a visit to Australia and South Africa 1831-41 with pen and ink sketches, (this is an original manuscript in 19 volumes with loose maps, one of Tasmania and one of NSW [B730-B732].

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Artwork
Quantity
19 volumes
Access
Available for reference

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