Alexander Aitken papers, 1860-1910

MLMSS 1263

fonds

1860-1910

422225

Microfilm : CY 4860, frames 1-234 (MLMSS 1263, Items 1-4). Please note that Item 1 includes faint and illegible pages in the original diary.

(2") box

Member of the relief party led by A.W. Howitt which set out in 1861 to search for the members of the Burke and Wills exploration party, lost while crossing the continent from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1860.

1 box of textual material
Item 1 [frames 1-81]: Diary kept by Aitken as a member of the relief party, 26 Jan. 1861 - 14 Apr. 1862, with related notes.
Item 2 [frames 82-195]: Continuation of the above, 19 Apr. - 22 Nov. 1862.
Item 3 [frames 196-214]: Correspondence, 1860-1863, mainly from A.W. Howitt.
ITEM 4 [frames 215-234]: Newscuttings, 1875-1910, mainly re the Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860.

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-372B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Another microfilm copy, made July 1990, is at CY 1901, frames 1-178 (MLMSS 1263, Items 1-4). The microfilm copy at CY 4860 was made in Jan. 2009.