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Title
'Diary of cruise, of H.M.S. Fantome', with related items 1920-1923 by Corporal Charles Breckon
Creator
Charles Breckon
Call number
MLMSS 1829/Folder 2
MLMSS 1829/Vol. 1X
Level of description
fonds
Date

1920-1923
Type of material
Textual Records, Graphic Materials
Reference code
916045
Physical Description
1 outsize volume and 1 folder of textual material
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

C. Breckon was a corporal in the Royal Marines
Scope and Content
VOLUME 1X
a. Diary of a surveying voyage in Northern Queensland coastal waters, 1922-1923, with diary of voyage from England to Sydney in R.M.S. Orvieto, Jan.-Mar. 1922

FOLDER 2
b. Survey chart of Torres Strait from Booby Island to Wallis Islands, 1920-1921, with newscuttings regarding H.M.S. Fantome and H.M.A.S. Geranium, 1923
Description source

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-436C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
General note

Keyword subjects:

Hydrography -- Torres Strait
Hydrography -- Queensland -- Great Barrier Reef
Marines
Name
Orvieto (ship)
Fantome (Ship)
Geranium (sloop)
Subject
Ships.
Ocean travel.
Place
North Queensland
England
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Torres Strait (Qld.)
Booby Island
Wallis Island

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