• Title
  Compass presented in 1804 by Governor Philip Gidley King to the Officer commanding at Port Dalrymple, made by Matthew Berge, London, 1802
• Call number
  SAFE/R 422
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 1, Shelf 10
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1804
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  446222
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 compass - 70 cm, including loop - silver case, bevelled glass face, metal clasp at north with swivel loop
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Port Dalrymple was at the entrance to the Tamar River, near the present site of Launceston, Tasmania. In June 1803, King sent Lt. Col. William Paterson to establish a settlement there. On 11 November 1804 the Union Jack was hoisted at Port Dalrymple to claim British possession of Bass Strait. Reference: 'Stories in Silver' exhibition, State Library of New South Wales, 1996.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Made in 1802 by Matthew Berge. Silver marks: Lion passant guardant, leopard's head crowned, kings head, date letter 'G'. No makers mark.
  Title amended from 'Compass presented by Governor Philip Gidley King for use of the Officer commanding at Port Dalrymple, 1804', December 2023
  Digital order no:Album ID : 884615
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  From Governor King For the Officer's Use Commanding at Port Dalrymple Octr 1804 -- engraved on reverse.
  Face of compass has 'Berge, London'.
• Name
  King, Philip Gidley, 1758-1808
  
• Topic
  surveyors' compasses
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Stories in silver
  Colonial Governors
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE986297

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