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George Bass - Records

Title
George Bass - Records
Repository
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
Reference
C228
Date Range
1798 - 1799
Description

'Journal Describing Two-Fold Bay in New South Wales, Furneaux's Islands in Bass's Straight and the Coasts and Harbours of Van Diemen's Land, from notes made on board the colonial sloop "Norfolk" in 1798 and 1799' (manuscript copy).

Quantity
46 pages
Access
Available for reference

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