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Title
Oswald W.B. Brierly - H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Torres Straits, New Guinea, Louisiades &c., 20 Nov. 1849 - 31 Jan. 1850
Call number
A 506
Level of description
item
Date

1849-1850
Type of material
Textual Records, Drawings
Reference code
423752
Issue Copy
Microfilm : MAV/FM4/2486 (A 506)
Physical Description
Textual Records - (manuscript) 1 volume - 0.03 Meters
Drawings
Scope and Content
20 Nov. 1849 - 31 Jan. 1850; H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Evans Bay - Cape York.
Descriptions of places of anchor including Prince of Wales Islands; conditions experienced at sea; general weather and sailing conditions; movements of the vessel Bramble; wildlife encountered; meanings of words; methods of employment of native canoes; sketches of a beam of a canoe, ships, squalls, and figures
General note

The volume is written predominantly in ink, but there are some sections and admendments in pencil.
The volume was rebound in Sept. 1936.
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature p.i.
Signatures / Inscriptions

Handwritten on page 1, "Journal commencing 20th Nov. 1849 / Ending -"
There is a non-contemporaneous label on p.i. with inscription, "H.M. Rattlesnake. M.S. Notes only. Torres Straits, New Guinea, Louisiades &c. O.W. Brierly, 1849"
Name
Bramble (ship)
Rattlesnake (Ship)
Subject
Aboriginal Australians--Languages.
Australia, Northern--Description and travel.
Canoes and canoeing--Australia.
David Scott Mitchell Collection.
Sailing ships.
Place
Cape York (Qld.)

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