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Title
Anne Deas Thomson ' Journal of a voyage to Australia', August -December 1831
Creator
Anne Deas Thomson, Lady, 1806-1884
Call number
MAV/FM3/743
Level of description
fonds
Date

1831
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
423481
Physical Description
1 microfilm reel of textual material - negative
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Second daughter of Governor Sir Richard Bourke; came to Australia with her father in 1831 and later married Edward Deas-Thomson
Scope and Content
Typescript journal of a voyage to Australia kept on board the ship 'Margaret' commences 19 Aug. 1831, eight days out of Teneriffe. Margaret arrived in Sydney, 2 Dec. 1831, but the journal continues until 27 Dec. giving a short account of Sydney life
Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-278B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
General note

Original typescript copy held in private ownership
Available for reference
Filmed by John R. Freeman and Co., London, 1966
Name
Margaret (Ship)
Subject
Ocean travel.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--1788-1851
Women travelers--Diaries.
Voyages and travels--19th century.

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