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446561
  • Title
    Linley Hooper and Deidre Goninon - Transcription of a journal written by Richard Ryther Steer Bowker on the ship Georgiana, 1840-1841, transcribed 1996
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MLMSS 7548
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1840 - 1841, transcribed 1996
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    446561
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : CY 4559, frames 197-236 (MLMSS 7548)
  • Physical Description
    1 folder - 0.02 Meters
    Textual Records - (typescript)
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Richard Ryther Steer Bowker, physician and surgeon arrived in Australia in 1841. He sailed on the whaler Caroline in 1841 before moving to Sydney and then settling in Newcastle where he practised medicine and also represented the region in the Legislative Council.
  • Scope and Content
    27 September 1840 to 23 February 1841; Transcription by Linley Hooper and Deidre Goninon of a journal kept by Dr Richard Bowker, ship's surgeon, during a voyage on the Georgiana carrying emigrants from England to Port Phillip, Victoria.
  • General note

    The original journal, 1840-41, is located at MLMSS 7612 (CY 4559, frames 1-80).
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