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Title
'Journal of a voyage to NSW April 1838' i.e. 30 March-21 June by Oswald Bloxsome
Creator
Oswald Bloxsome
Call number
A 3629
MAV/FM3/176
Level of description
fonds
Date

1838
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
930848
Physical Description
1 volume of textual material - photocopy
Scope and Content
The original in the Commonwealth National Library, lent for copying 1954, has 193 pages. The Florentia arrived in Sydney 3 August.

Great grandson O. B. Bloxsome has (October 1954) a complete copy of the journal and the original notebook covering 21 June-3 August (see Mitchell Library correspondence file ML54/314). This has been microfilmed for the Mitchell Library for Commonwealth National Library, the film is at MAV/FM3/176. The Oswald mentioned here is Oswald and Henrietta's son
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-22A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Subject
Voyages and travels--19th century.
Immigrants--New South Wales--Diaries.
New South Wales--Emigration and immigration--19th century.
Place
New South Wales

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