412686
- TitleGeorge Mackaness - Introductory essay to Matthew Flinders' pamphlet 'Observations on the Coasts of Van Diemen's Land...', ca. 1946
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- Call numberMLMSS 7040/Box 1X
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ca. 1946 - Type of material
- Reference code412686
- Physical Description0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)
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George Mackaness was a biographer and historian who, between 1935 and 1962, edited 46 monographs dealing with significant aspects of Australian history. He was also the author of biographies of William Bligh, Arthur Phillip and Sir Joseph Banks. - Scope and ContentOriginal manuscript of Mackaness' introductory essay to his 1946 publication of Matthew Flinders' pamphlet 'Observations on the Coasts of Van Diemen's Land on Bass's Strait and its Islands and on part of the Coasts of New South Wales' (first published in 1801), together with the printer's proof and author's corrections.
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