Royal Geographical Society, London - Thomas Baines - Sketchbook, 1855-1856

MAV/FM4/1152
MAV/FM5/158-182
Status: unavailable
B 1621

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

Textual Records, Graphic Materials

432463

Copy print : Photographic prints are at B 1621

microfilm reel 35 mm. - 26 col. transparencies and 39 glass slides

Artist and explorer. In 1855 he accompanied A.C. Gregory on his exploration of northern Australia. He produced numerous sketches of Albany Island, the Albert River and the Victoria River as well as reports for the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies

Sketchbook kept by Thomas Baines on the A.C. Gregory expedition to Northern Australia in 1855 comprising sketches of ships, flora and fauna, Aborigines and landscapes of Sydney and Northern Australia

Originals held by the Royal Geographical Society, London).

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
National Library of Australia holds the microfilm master.
Available for reference.
Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 17, p.6.
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series: M 397.
Microfilm copy of originals held by the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR, England.
Detailed description in 'Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific' edited by Phyllis Mander-Jones, page 337.
RELATED WORK: A manuscript journal, 30 Jan. 1856 - 3 Apr. 1857, by Thomas Baines, is held at ML C 408 (separate microfilm copies are held at MAV/FM4/1373 and MAV/FM4/3096: approx. 315 frames).
Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/48