Oswald W.B. Brierly - H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Notes [from Port Jackson northwards towards Cape York], 13 Jan. 1847 - 5 Oct. 1848

A 503

item

1847-1848

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Drawings

404888

Microfilm : CY 868 (A 503)

Textual Records - (manuscript) 1 volume - 0.03 Meters
Drawings

[front of volume]
General notes, daily log or diary, and sketches
13 Jan. 1847; East Boyd
13 Jan. 1848 - 4 Mar. 1848; Arrived at Twofold Bay. Records arrival of ships, mail, daily occurrences, and weather conditions
5 Mar. - 5 Oct. 1848 ; H.M.S. Rattlesnake Inner Passage Torres Strait Sept. 1848. Journal on the Rattlesnake, through Pipens? [Pipers?] Islands, Sunday Island, and Cairncross Island. Includes geographical features observed; weather conditions and patterns; route taken; obtaining provisions; and sketches of "sky effects" [sunrise], sailing vessels, a shark, Sunday Island landscape
[reverse of volume]
19 Jan. - 26 Feb. [1848]; Notes and page headed "Sydney letters, private" regarding importance of shipping to Eden and East Boyd; the blacksmith

The volume is reversible, as it has been used from the front and back.
Text is handwritten in graphite pencil and ink.
Volume was rebound in Jul. 1933