George Caley collection, 1801-1808, 1938-1940

MAV/FM4/2568
MLMSS 960

fonds

1801-1808, 1938-1940

423334

Copy print : MLMSS 960: Photoprints of Accounts of Explorations, 1801 - 1805, made from the microfilm copy at MAV/FM4/2568, and correspondence, 1938 - 1940, between R. Else - Mitchell and others, re George Caley.

1 box of textual material - photocopies
1 microfilm reel of textual records

Notes on Caley's journeys by R. Else-Mitchell have been published in the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 1939. Maps of routes of Caley's explorations are in the Banks Papers, V.20

MAV/FM4/2568
These documents have been filmed in reverse order on this microfilm

[I] BOTANICAL NOTEBOOKS, 1801-1808:
(a) 'Plants of the Colony of N.S. Wales', 1801-1804;
(b) 'Plants of Hunters' River', 1804;
(c) Norfolk Island, Oct. 1805;
(d) Tasmania, Nov. - Dec. 1805;
(e) Sydney and Nepean districts, 1805-1808;
(f) List of seeds collected, 10-13 Jan. 1802.

[II] ACCOUNTS OF EXPLORATIONS, 1801-1806:
(a) Journals concerning six tours south west of Parramatta, between Prospect and the Nepean River, 1801-1802
(b) 'A Journey to ascertain the limits of boundaries of Vaccary Forest in the month of February 1804';
(c) 'An Account of the journey to Mount Banks in Nov. 1804';
(d) 'An Account of a Journey towards Tugroy in the month of February, 1805';
(e) 'An Account of a Journey to the Sea in the month of February, 1805';
(f) Remarks concerning Norfolk Island and Hobart, made on a voyage to those places, 1806.

[III] 'AN ACCOUNT OF A WATER-MILL erected at Parramatta in New South Wales', 1803.

MLMSS 960/1
This item consists of photoprints of items from [II] above in the following order:
[II] (a), (d), (c), (e), (b). There appears to be several sequences of pagination for [II] (b) and it is unclear whether all the sequences are for this journey.
Each of the photoprints are accompanied by covering notes by R. Else-Mitchell. Covering notes for [II] (a) include a brief description of each of the six tours Caley undertook between Prospect and the Nepean River, 1801-1802.

A typed transcript of [II] (c) prepared by H. Macleod Morgan, which has been edited by R. Else-Mitchell

MLMSS 960/2
Correspondence between R. Else-Mitchell and others, 1938-1940 re George Caley. Includes a typescript of a chapter about Caley from James Cash's book 'Where there's a will there's a way, or Science in the cottage'

Approval for reproduction required: Not to be reproduced without permission of British Museum (Natural History)

Original Journals held in British Museum (Natural History)

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (4-121B & 4-122B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012