• Title
  Augustus Charles Gregory - diary of the North Australian Exploring Expedition, 21 Nov. 1854-17 June 1855
• Creator
  Augustus Charles Gregory, Sir, 1819-1905
• Call number
  B 865
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1854-1855
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  413054
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : 2013
  
• Physical Description
  1 volume - 0.01 Meters
  Textual Records - (manuscript)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  In 1854 Augustus Charles Gregory, later surveyor-general of Queensland, was appointed leader of a scientific expedition to explore the north of Australia. The party of 18 men left Moreton Bay in August 1855 and reached the Victoria River in September. They explored the Victoria, Elsey, Roper and Macarthur Rivers and discovered and named the Leichhardt River. They returned to Brisbane by way of the Flinders, Burdekin, Fitzroy and Burnett Rivers. -- Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4
• Scope and Content
  A fair copy, in Gregory's handwriting, in which he describes the preparations for the expedition. 43 pages. Gregory left Albany with his brother Henry, his principal assistant, on 6 January 1855. Arriving in Sydney, he set about recruiting expedition members, arranging stores and equipment and obtaining maps and reports about northern Australia. These careful preparations contributed to the success of the expedition.
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2014/D00267/a1915.html
• General note
  
  The statement of accounts for the expedition is located at B 866 (microfilm copy at MAV/FM4/3096).
  The journals of expedition members James Spottiswood Wilson, Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey, and James Flood are located at MLMSS 291/1/18
  Digital order no:Album ID : 862099
• Name
  A.C. Gregory Expedition (1855-1856)
  
• Subject
  Northern Territory--Discovery and exploration.
  Queensland--Discovery and exploration.
  Surveyors--Australia.
  
• Place
  Northern Territory
  Queensland
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1002051

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