446561
- TitleLinley Hooper and Deidre Goninon - Transcription of a journal written by Richard Ryther Steer Bowker on the ship Georgiana, 1840-1841, transcribed 1996
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- Call numberMLMSS 7548
- Level of descriptionfonds
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1840 - 1841, transcribed 1996 - Type of material
- Reference code446561
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 4559, frames 197-236 (MLMSS 7548)
- Physical Description1 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 Content27 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.
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The original journal, 1840-41, is located at MLMSS 7612 (CY 4559, frames 1-80). - Creator/Author/Artist
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