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Alexander Forrest - Records

Title
Alexander Forrest - Records
Repository
JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia
Reference
ACC 1241A
Date Range
1869 - 1874
Description

Original diary of Forrest while 2nd in command of the expedition into Central Australia 1874; business records with much correspondence from various Forrest family companies 1882-1901 including Alexander Forrest & Co.; miscellaneous family records [ACC 1241A, MN34, 600].

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