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9650372
  • Title
    Item 2: 'Present State of His Majesty's Settlement on Norfolk Island, 18 October 1796'
  • Call number
    DLMSQ 522/Item 2
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    18 October 1796
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    9650372
  • Physical Description
    1 folder of textual material
  • Scope and Content
    Captain Philip Gidley King's account of Norfolk Island for Lord Sydney, drafted by King, and fair-copied in an unknown hand, with corrections and annotations in King's hand. Includes agricultural, population and employment statistics, with comments on the state of agriculture and the manufacture of New Zealand flax, schools, the behaviour of the inhabitants, various needs of the island, climate, and King's plans for the improvement of the colonist's conditions.
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright:
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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