Series 15: Ludwig Leichhardt papers, 1837-1844

series

1837 - 1844

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings

447472

Microfilm : CY 1886, frames 1-312 (C 162)
Microfilm : CY 1887, frames 1-345 (C 163)

0.14 metres of textual material (2 volumes)
Drawings

1837-1844; Papers, written in German, English and French, being mainly scientific writings on anthropology, botany, geology and zoology, with writings on economics, language and literature. Includes pen & ink and pencil drawings. (Call No.: C 162. Issue microfilm CY 1886)
1837-1844; Papers, written in German, English and French, being mainly scientific writings on zoology, botany and geology. Also includes pen & ink and pencil drawings; excerpts in English from The Picture of Australia (1829) by Robert Mudie; journal of expedition to the Darling Downs in search of fossilised bones, 30 Mar.-17 July 1844, in German; 'Profils des Environs du Puy. pris de la montagne de Demise', being lithograph of topographical profiles, Date unknown; 'Alphabet des sourds muets', being lithograph of French sign language chart for deaf-mutes, Date unknown; and map showing the area from Orbetello (Tuscany) to Civitavecchia (Lazio), Date unknown. (Call No.: C 163. Issue microfilm CY 1887)

German, English, French

The papers were bound by the Mitchell Library.
Some of the drawings in the journal in C 163 were reproduced in Leichhardt's Beitrage zur Geologie von Australien, published in 1855.

David Scott Mitchell bookplates inside front covers.
L. Leichhardt signature on back of map in C 163.
D. S. Mitchell signature in C 163.
1836 watermark 'R. Allford' on several pages of C 162.