447404
- TitleWilliam Phillips - The Journal of One of the Party who accompanied Dr Leichhardt on his First (successful) Expedition to Port Essington, date compiled unknown, chiefly recording events, 13 Aug. 1844 - 25 Mar. 1846
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- Call numberC 165
- Level of descriptionfonds
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- Reference code447404
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical Description1 volume - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript) - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
William Phillips joined Ludwig Leichhardt, referred to as the Doctor in the journal, on his first expedition to Port Essington in 1844-1845. Little appears to be known about Phillips. According to Alec H. Chisholm in his book, Strange New World: The Adventures of John Gilbert and Ludwig Leichhardt (1941), pp. 345-347, Phillips was convicted of forgery in London and sentenced to life imprisonment in Australia in 1838. Phillips asserts that he volunteered his services to Leichhardt, but makes no reference to his convict status. Leichhardt attested to Phillips' good conduct on the expedition and this testimonial may have contributed to a conditional pardon being granted to a man of the same name in 1846. For reference to another William Phillips (1803-1871), botanist, who had befriended Leichhardt in the 1840s, see Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 55, 1921, p. 165. - Finding AidsRead the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D00607/a2298.pdf
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Title on vellum fly-leaf partly illegible: 'Journal...Port Essington'
Journal comprises 142 pages on unlined blue paper
D. S. Mitchell signature on title page
Bound by Corbett Binder, City Chambers, 243 Pitt Street, Sydney
The journal is not a contemporaneous account of the expedition, but written a number of years after the events described. The original field notes do not appear to have survived. Internal evidence confirms that the journal had been prepared for publication.
Microfilm copy available at MAV/FM4/3094, frames 335 - 401 (C 165)
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