Oswald W.B. Brierly - Journal on board the Wanderer, Nov. 1842 - Feb. 1843

A 536

item

1842-1843

Textual Records, Drawings

423823

Microfilm : CY 1070, frames 1-76 (A 536)

Textual Records - (manuscript) 1 volume - 0.02 Meters
Drawings

[front cover]
Sydney in 1842
General information [such as appearance of harbour, frequency of ships visitation, weather]
Sketches to accompany notes [list of 5 drawings]
13 Dec. 1842 - 8 Feb. 1843; Daily journal entries, some in letter format, describing daily activities, places and terrain visited, including Hobart Town. Also includes sketches of: [unidentified landscape]; Mount Imlay Peak Bearing SW 1/4 S; Headlands from Anchor Gap; Whale Boat Twofold Bay; Kiar River Jan 7th 1843; Mount Imlay; Mount Disect?; ranges; rough sketches of ships and people.
Things to remember
Page headed, "Journal of a Voyage from England to New South Wales in the Jamieson Barque 1837 for...."
[back cover]
Drawings of fish; Spring Hill; Curious Hill on the Road between Launceston and Hobart Town V.D.L.
Notes on papers received Apr. 30th
1 - 8 Nov. 1842; Sydney elections, law, and government; inspection of the Wanderer with W. Boyd; daily routines
Ms Notes New South Wales, Cunningham Roads at Twofold Bay, interaction with natives, and exploration
Verse, "A misty morning in general gives new Beauty..." May 1798
Notes on Launceston

The volume is reversible, as it has been used from the front and back.
The journal was bound into new covers at an unknown date.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on inside original front cover.

A non-contemporaneous label on front cover, "Australia. Occasional Sketches &c. Twofold Bay, Maneroo, Van Diemens Land &c. O.w Brierly 1843"
Signed and dated, "O.W. Brierly 1842" on p.1 of original volume.