Sir Thomas MakDougall Brisbane papers, 1818-1849

MLMSS 419

fonds

1818-1849

920547

Microfilm : CY 3119

1 volume and 1 box of textual material - manuscript and printed

Sir Thomas Brisbane, who was appointed Governor of N.S.W. in 1821, built an observatory at Parramatta, N.S.W. and made the first observations of the stars in the southern hemisphere since Lacaille's in 1751-1752. Much of this work was done by his two assistants Rumker and Dunlop. Brisbane left his instruments and scientific library to the colony.

Volume 1
a. Correspondence, mainly letters received 1818-1841, with index to correspondents compiled in the Mitchell Library. Includes letter from Sir Francis Beaufort, 1834 and Jean Baptiste Le Chevalier, 1818-1823

Box 2
Items 1-2
b. 'Sacred Thoughts Notes extracts', 1823-1825

Items 3-4
c. Instructions as commander of troops and Governor of N.S.W., 1821

Items 5-6
d. Material relating to astrological observations at Parramatta, N.S.W., ca. 1830-ca. 1849, including 'Report on the Parramatta Observations' by Davies Gilbert, Francis Baily and Sir Francis Beaufort in an unknown hand with statements by Sir Charles Rumker and James Dunlop in an unknown hand

Item 7
e. Two letters from Jean Baptiste Le Chevalier to an unknown person referring to Brisbane, 1822-1824

Item 8
f. Account of voyage of ships Claudine and Hastings from Port Jackson, N.S.W., to Murray Island, Torres Strait, 1820 in an unknown hand

Item 9
g. Account of voyage from Ireland to Van Diemen's Land, 1823-1824, in an unknown hand

Item 10
h. Miscellaneous material, 1828-1845

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-520 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011