433191
- TitleGeorge Boyle White - Journal on expedition with Sir Thos. L. Mitchell, from 26 November 1831 to 14 March 1832
- Call numberB 182
- Level of descriptionseries
- Date
1831 - 1832 - Type of material
- Reference code433191
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 527, frames 1-98 (B 182)
- Physical Description0.02 metres of textual material (1 vol.)
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, the colony's fourth Surveyor-General, journeyed to the area between the Castlereagh and Gwydir Rivers in search of the Kindur River that purportedly flowed inland to the north-west of New South Wales. On this expedition, George Boyle White accompanied Mitchell as Assistant Surveyor. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.2, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1967 - Scope and Content1831-1832; Journal of an expedition to the interior [of New South Wales] through the Liverpool Plains. Describes outset of the journey from Greenwood; waiting for Major Mitchell, the Surveyor General; nature of the exploring party and provisions; weather conditions; landscape traversed; places of encampment; daily activities; taking of measurements and time; contact with Aborigines [Kamilaroi people]; the search for water and hunting and fishing for food; and provides Indigenous names for places and some objects. Includes encounter with an Aboriginal woman on 19th December 1831 and incident on 29th December 1831 where boats become damaged whilst surveying the River Kindur [or Kindiur or Kindeur]. At the back of the volume are lunar distance measurements as well as latitude and altitude calculations. (Call No.: CY 527 )
- Finding AidsRead the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D00007/a1741.html
- General note
This collection was listed in 2004 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
See also C 47 and C 48 for Thomas Mitchell's account of this journey.
This volume was rebound in June 1939.
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature on front endpaper.
This journal has been published in transcription: Jenny McCarthy and Les Dalton, Journal of G. B. White surveyor from Nov. 26, 1831 to Mar. 14, 1832 on expedition with Sir Thomas Mitchell [North Carlton, Vic.: L. Dalton], 2005. See ML 919.44/52.
Digital order no:Album ID : 823793 - Signatures / Inscriptions
Titled from inscription on front endpaper. - Name
- SubjectAboriginal Australians.
Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales.
Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales--Vocabulary.
Australia--Race relations--History.
David Scott Mitchell Collection.
Explorers--New South Wales.
New South Wales--Discovery and exploration--To 1850.
Politicians--New South Wales--19th century.
Surveying--New South Wales--History.
Surveyors--New South Wales. - Place
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