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Title
Lieutenant William Garston Hughes diary 8 March-9 November 1828
Creator
William Garston Hughes
Call number
MLMSS 2687
Level of description
fonds
Date

1828
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
918554
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 1725
Physical Description
1 volume of textual material
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

W. G. Hughes, of the Royal Staff Corps, was Acting Surveyor of Roads and Bridges from 12 March-1 November 1828. The title of Surveyor of Roads and Bridges was only used from 1 April 1827 to 1 January 1830 when the Office was discontinued. Responsibility for the colony's roads and bridges then passed to the Surveyor-General
Scope and Content
Written on blank pages in the Australian Almanack, 1828, which has also been annotated by W. G. Hughes. Diary is incomplete with many gaps between entries.
Description source

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-426 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Subject
Surveyors--New South Wales--Diaries.
Bridges--New South Wales--Design and construction.
Roads--Surveying--New South Wales.

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