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Title
Log of the H.M.S. Nelson, 1881 Aug. 22-1883 Aug. 15 and log of the H.M.S. Diamond, 1863 Aug. 16-1884 Mar. 20, 1881-1884
Call number
MLMSS 1195
Level of description
fonds
Date

1881-1884
Type of material
Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Cartographic Materials
Reference code
423331
Physical Description
1 volume of textual material
Scope and Content
H.M.S. Nelson - Daily log kept possibly by Rev. William Law, Chaplain and Naval Instructor to the Nelson, an auxiliary steam-powered sailing ship which sailed from Spithead to Sydney 1881, and thereafter, until 1883, made several voyages between Sydney, Hobart, Wellington, Norfolk Island, Melbourne, Adelaide and the Pacific Islands. (22 Aug 1881-15 Aug 1883). HMS Diamond - Log kept on the corvette, Diamond, which plied mainly in Melanesian waters in 1883, visiting Hobart in 1884. Includes charts showing routes of ships, pictures of natives and views. (16 Aug 1883-1820 Mar 1884)
Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-374B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
General note

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Name
Diamond (Ship)
Nelson I (naval ship)
Subject
Voyages and travels.
Pacific Ocean--Description and travel.
Topic
views
Place
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Hobart (Tas.)
Melbourne (Vic.)
Adelaide (S. Aust.)
Norfolk Island

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