Oswald W.B. Brierly - H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Torres Straits, New Guinea, Louisiades &c., 18 Sep. - 20 Nov. 1849

A 508

item

1849-1849

Textual Records, Drawings

423759

Microfilm : MAV/FM4/2560 (A 508)

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

10 Sep. - 20 Nov. 1849 ; Journal entries for voyage onboard Rattlesnake sailing commencing off Cape Cassy, S.E. Coast New Guinea, sailing past Warrior and Low Islands, to Evans Bay (Cape York). Includes movements of H.M.S. Bramble; weather and sailing conditions; places of anchor; interactions with Indigenous people; descriptions of outrigger canoes, artefacts, and customs along with native names for objects; mention of places Brierly sketches. Also contains some sketches of ships; dwellings; "Frame work of Rain Houses. Evens [i.e. Evans] Bay Cape York Nov. 9 1849"; Prince of Wales's Island Canoe [Nov. 10th]

In Sep. 1944, the journal was bound into new covers.
Paper label with number "6" appears at top right of original cover.
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on verso of front endpapers

Handwritten on page i, "1849 / Journal commencing September 19 / Ending"
A non-contemporaneous label on original cover, "H.M. Rattlesnake. Torres Straits, New Guinea &c. &c. (M.S. only) O.W. Brierly, Sep 49. - Nov."