Lionel Gilbert - papers relating to William Carron, 1849-1876, 1923, 1950-1961, undated

MLMSS 7597

fonds

1849 - 1876, 1923, 1950-1961, undated

446968

1 folder - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)

William Carron (1821-1876), botanist and explorer, accompanied Edmund Kennedy's ill-fated expedition to travel overland from Rockingham Bay, Queensland to Cape York in 1848. Carron was one of only three survivors. In 1866 he was appointed collector for the Sydney Botanic Gardens.

A. RESEARCH MATERIAL
Transcripts of: 'Some Australian Expeditions. Exploratory and Semi-Scientific' by A. Meston (1923); letter from William Carron to the Sydney Morning Herald regarding the cassowary controversy (8 Feb. 1867), together with other material about the discovery of the cassowary; article 'The Australian Cassowary' in The Illustrated Sydney News (3 June 1854); lectures by John Orell about Edmund Kennedy (undated); letter from William Carron to his wife (8 Feb. 1876); articles from the Sydney Morning Herald about Kennedy's expedition (1849).
B. CORRESPONDENCE
Letters received by Lionel Gilbert relating to his research into the life of William Carron for a paper he wrote for the Royal Australian Historical Society journal, Vol. 4, Part 5, 1961.

William Carron's notebooks are located at C 351 & C 352 (both copied onto preservation microfilm: CY 1508 - 118 frames). See also 'Narrative of an expedition', 1849, at A 305 and C 983 (both on CY 1644 - 149 frames).