• Title
  Alfred, H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh - Documents concerning his Royal Tour and visit to Australia, 1868-1870
• Creator
  Alfred Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of, 1844-1900
• Call number
  Aa 37
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1868-1870
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  423709
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 3560, frames 34-52 (Aa 37/1-8)
  
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - printed
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, visited Australia as part of a world tour on HMS Galatea. On 12th March 1868, while attending a picnic at Clontarf, he was shot and wounded by Fenian sympathiser Henry James O'Farrell.
• Scope and Content
  Autograph letter written by Prince Alfred, expressing confidence in the loyalty of the people of Australia, 19 March 1868
  Bill of exchange, 18 Nov. 1870
  Sea Pilot's Certificate, signed by Prince Alfred as Captain, 3 April 1869
  Instructions from Commodore Stirling for placing HMS Galatea in dock, 25 Sept. 1870
  Invitation issued to Rev. D. Boyd from the Captain and Officers of HMS Galatea, 30 March 1869
  Programme for burlesque aboard HMS Galatea for crossing the line, 30 March 1869
  Programme of musical entertainment, undated
  Programme of dances, undated
  Silk banneret with Royal Arms from a ball given in Prince Alfred's honour at Hobart, Jan. 1868; accompanied by a note concerning the item's provenance signed by Edith Lyttleton, who wrote novels and short stories as G.B. Lancaster, 1937
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D35276/a475.pdf
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 824018
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Lancaster, G. B., 1874-1945
  
• Subject
  Concert programs.
  Dance cards.
  Galatea (Ship).
  Naval ceremonies, honors and salutes.
  Princes.
  Royal visitors--Australia.
  Royal visitors--New South Wales.
  Shellbacks.
  Visits of state--Australia.
  
• Place
  Equator
  Hobart (Tas.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3161921

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