H. Vere (Henry Vere) Barclay field notebooks of a survey from Alice Springs to Borroloola in the Northern Territory, 28 Apr.-21 Sept. 1911, with notes on a traverse of the McArthur River, 17 Mar.-1 Nov. 1912

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28 Apr.-21 Sept. 1911, 17 Mar.-1 Nov. 1912

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Microfilm : CY 4833, frames 300-477

0.05 metres of textual material (6 notebooks in box) - manuscript

Henry Vere Barclay (1845-1917), explorer and surveyor, led a Commonwealth Government-funded survey party to the Northern Territory in 1911-1912. The expedition departed Melbourne on 18 January 1911 and reached Alice Springs on 24 March. The party left there on 25 April heading west through the MacDonnell Ranges, then north-west to Borroloola.

Reference:
Henry Vere Barclay : Centralian explorer / by B. W. Strong. Darwin : Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 1989

Listing of Barclay's field notebooks, handwritten in pencil, by titles from front covers:

ITEM 1
'No 1. / Alice Springs to Haast's Bluff / Haasts Bluff to Camp IV.', 28 Apr.-18 June 1911

ITEM 2
'No 2. / Camp IV to Newcastle Waters / Newcastle to Yellow W.H. / Newcastle w. to Anthony's Lagoon', 20 June-21 Aug. 1911

ITEM 3
'No 3. / Anthony's Lagoon to Borroloola / McArthur River Traverse', including sketch surveys, 12 Aug.-21 Sept. 1911

ITEM 4
'Traverse from 5 Mile [?] / [to ?] on Point Bachelor / McArthur River / Sundry notes', 6 Feb.-15 Apr. 1912

ITEM 5
'Levels Mingara Crossing / Sundry notes', 9 Sept.-1 Nov. 1912

ITEM 6
'Sundry rough notes / Carrington's Xing [Crossing] [?] and Soundings / McArthur Soundings check / Mingara [Crossing] Xing & Levels', 16 July-31 Aug. 1912

The field notebooks are arranged in roughly chronological order, with some including columns for time, rate, distance, brearing and remarks.

The field notebooks were cited in Henry Vere Barclay : Centralian explorer / by B. W. Strong. Darwin : Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 1989

Rubber stamp of H.M. Survey Vessel 'JEAN' appears on page 1 of Item 5