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Title
Report to Governor Darling on journey to Moreton Bay and the Darling Downs / Allan Cunningham
Creator
Allan Cunningham, 1791-1839
Call number
A 1751
Level of description
fonds
Date

1829
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
431541
Issue Copy
Microfilm : MAV/FM4/3089 (another copy at MAV/FM3/39)
Physical Description
0.02 metres of textual material (1 volume) - manuscript - 39.5 x 25.7 cm
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

In 1828, Cunningham discovered a way from Brisbane to the Darling Downs through a pass that was named Cunningham's Gap in his honor.
For biographical information on Allan Cunningham, see record: Allan Cunningham - papers, 1814-1839
Scope and Content
Report addressed to Lieutenant General Darling on the journey undertaken in 1828 and 14 June to 21 July 1829 to Brisbane, Moreton Bay, and the Great Dividing Range to explore these areas more extensively and the sources of the Brisbane and Bremer Rivers. Includes the course taken, places of encampment, observations on the landscape, description of provisions, and interactions with Indigenous Australians. The information is organised by the following topics or geographical areas: Laidley's Plain, Lockyer's Creek, Hay's Peak, Kemp's Plains, Brisbane River, North West Branch, Intercourse with Natives, and conclusion, 12 December 1829.
General note

Pages bear watermark, "C. Wilmott / 1817"
A note in another hand written on paper with a watermark "RM / 1822" has been added to the volume.
Bound by Corbett Binder, City Chambers, 243 Pitt Street, Sydney.
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
Signatures / Inscriptions

Embossed on front cover and spine, "Allan Cunningham's Report"
Subject
Australia--Race relations.
Botanists--Australia.
Brisbane River (Qld.)--Discovery and exploration.
Darling Downs (Qld.)--Discovery and exploration.
David Scott Mitchell Collection.
Place
Brisbane River (Qld.)
Darling Downs (Qld.)
Moreton Bay (Qld.)
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