447494
- TitleDavid Burn - Overland expedition of Sir John and Lady Franklin and suite to Macquarie Harbour and the Western Division of the Island, 1842
- Creator
- Call numberB 190/1
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1842 - Type of material
- Reference code447494
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 1430, frames 1-43 (B 190/1)
- Physical Description1 volume - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript) - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
David Burn (1798-1875) first arrived in Hobart in 1826. He made several visits to Scotland and England before settling at 'Rotherwood' on the River Ouse. In 1842 he accompanied Sir John and Lady Franklin on their visit to the west coast of Tasmania. In the 1840s he was beset by financial difficulties and migrated to Auckland in 1847 where he worked as an editor and journalist on several newspapers until his retirement in 1865. He died in Auckland in 1875. Burn wrote books, plays, verse, and articles for magazines and newspapers. - Scope and Content29 Mar.-20 May 1842; Cover title: 'Letters from Tasmania, by the author of "Van Diemen's Land, Moral, Physical and Political", Overland expedition of Sir John and Lady Franklin and suite to Macquarie Harbour and the Western Division of the Island'.
Burn explains that he has written his account in the form of a diary from the 'pencilled records' of his 'rude note-book'. He joined the governor's party on 29 March 1842. They travelled overland to Macquarie Harbour, and some of the party returned to Hobart on the schooner 'Eliza'. During the voyage the 'Eliza' explored Port Davey, arriving back at Hobart on 20 May 1842. - Finding AidsRead the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D01609/a1501.html
- General note
Burn's account was published in six issues of Colburn's United Service Magazine in 1843 (Mitchell Library location 986/1). The printed version is slightly longer and some words differ from the manuscript. The edition published by George Mackaness (1955, reprinted 1977) is a copy of the version published in the magazine, not a transcription of this original manuscript.
Mitchell Library binding stamped 'Dec. 1925'.
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