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456526
  • Title
    Deidre Goninon - Photocopied typescript transcription, 2007, of journal written by Richard Ryther Steer Bowker on the barque Caroline, 1841-1842
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MLMSS 7739/Box 1X
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1841 - 1842, transcribed 2007
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    456526
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : CY 4699, frames 1-169 (MLMSS 7739)
  • Physical Description
    0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)
    Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)
  • 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
    10 August 1842 - 16 June 1842; Transcription of the journal kept by Bowker on a whaling voyage in the barque Caroline.
  • General note

    The original journal, written in shorthand, is located at MLMSS 7612. A microfilm copy is at CY 4559, frames 81-156.
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