Archival Resources Details

King Family - Records

Title
King Family - Records
Repository
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
Reference
ML MSS 673
Date Range
1843 - 1897
Description

Correspondence with his father, P.P. King 1843-46 and with his sons 1876-97; scrapbook 1843-50 with portraits of family members; journal of the voyage on the "Rattlesnake" 1846-47; sketchbooks of drawings of crustacea 1852, Australian fish 1853 and views of New South Wales. Also 'Sketches from nature' by P.P. King c1800.

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Artwork
Access
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People

EOAS ID: archives/BSAR02542.htm

This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
Reference: https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/indigenous-weather-knowledge/indigenous-seasonal-calendars/gariwerd-calendar#bom-anchor-list__item-kooyang-season-of-eels

Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology.

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