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Title
Copy of a letter from Thomas Birkby, from Sydney, to his father, giving an account of his voyage to Australia, July-October 1834 and an account of the colony, 31 May 1836
Creator
Thomas Birkby
Call number
MLDOC 319
Level of description
fonds
Date

31 May 1836
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
916966
Physical Description
1 folder of textual material - photocopy, carbon typescript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Thomas Birkby was overseer on Sir Thomas L. Mitchell's farm at Cataract, Nepean River, then overseer at Alexander Brodie Spark's farm at Tempe
Reference:
MLDOC envelope
Scope and Content
The letter includes lists of wages and prices
Original held by
Original in the possession of Mr. H.H. Mariner, Lincoln, England
Description source

Compiled from the Manuscripts MLDOCs as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Name
Spark, A. B. (Alexander Brodie), 1792-1856
Mitchell, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1855
Subject
Voyages and travels--19th century.
Prices--New South Wales.
Wages--New South Wales.

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