148669
- TitleDixson, Sir William - translations by William Dixson of letters & journals of Commodore Nicolas Baudin and M. Ronsard, ca. 1934
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- Call numberMLMSS 6300/Box 1X
- Level of descriptionfonds
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ca. 1934 - Type of material
- Reference code148669
- Physical Description0.23 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)
Textual Records - (manuscript) - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Sir William Dixson was born in Sydney in 1870. An engineer and businessman, he was also a notable collector of Australiana. He gave and bequeathed his entire collection of pictures, manuscripts, books, coins and stamps to The State Library of NSW between 1919 and his death in 1952. The Dixson Library, housing his great collections, was opened in 1959.
Thomas Nicholas Baudin was born in France in 1754. In 1800 he was given command of an expedition to complete the French cartographic survey of the coast of Australia and conduct other scientific surveys there. He died at Mauritius in 1803 while returning to France. - System of arrangementThe translations cover the period 1800 to 1802
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