Allan Cunningham papers, 1827-1832, transferred from the Australian Museum, 1955

*D 79

fonds

1827-1832

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Clippings

931497

1 volume of textual material

1. 'Report of...a...tour...between Liverpool Plains and...Moreton Bay' April-7 July 1827. Draft dated November 1827
The original is in the Public Records Office, London (C.O. 201/184) and goes on to 28 July. Printed in Russell-Genesis of Queensland p. 77-and there stated apparently incorrectly to be printed from N.S.W.C.S.I.L. 29/5386

2. Resume of above, May-June 1827. Fair copy with corrections

3. Report of expedition from Moreton Bay to Darling Downs, July-August 1828. Draft dated November 1828
A MS. copy dated 16 December 1828 is enclosed with Darling's despatch no. 25, 24 February 1829. Printed in Russell-Genesis Queensland pages 127-161

4. 'Variation of the compass in Australia from observations made...during...an expedition...in 27 1/2 and 32 1/2 in 1827'. And 'Observations made at the penal settlement on the Brisbane R. ...in 1828' and 1829

5. 'Memora' books, May-17 July 1829

6 a. Report...on a journey north westerly from Limestone Station to ascertain the origin of the Brisbane River, June-July 1829. Draft. The original report is N.S.W.C.S.I.L. 30/7298 filed at A 1751

b. Second and third draft of some pages of the above

7. 'Memo of certain astronomical observations made at Moreton Bay and adjacent interior in the winters of 1827 and 1829, for the purposes of determining the geographical situations of...the leading points pf the country'.

9. Journal from July 1829 to February 1831, with botanical notes on Norfolk Island. Rough draft.
The original journal 20 September 1816-12 February 1831 is at A 1744-A 1746

9. Remarks on the 'Proposal of His Majesty's Government for founding a colony on the Southern Coast of Australia' Draft of a letter, August 1831.
A copy of the Proposal, pr by W. Nicol, London, is at 993 P

10. Papers connected with the publication of papers in the Royal Geographic Society J1 1832
a. letter to Captain Maconochie, Sec. 19 April 1832 upon reading proofs of 'Brief view of progress of interior discovery in N.S.W.' pr. on page 99 of the Journal
b. notes on Mitchell's expedition of 1831
c. letter to Maconochie, no date, relating to reports by a convict of a navigable river rinning N.W. and relating to Mitchell's subsequent expedition of 1831; draft of a paper on the subject and copies of letters relating to the convict

Parts of Cunningham's letter and of the paper are printed as Cunningham's remarks in the Journal pages 319-24 and Dumaresq's letter pages 318-9. The MS. of the parts printed has emendations initialled 'Mck'

11. 'Geograph. correctns., Arrowsmith map, 29 October 1832'
The map referred to is the map entitled Map of the discoveries in Australia, pub. Feb 1832

12. Miscellaneous papers
a. 'Sketch of the passage from Wide Bay to Hervey Bay...copied from a chart by W.L. Edwardson' 1822

b. Cuttings: Government order no. 5, 10 May 1830, with accompanying report of Sturt of his expedition to trace the course of the Murrumbidgee

c. 'Track of Captain Sturt from Mt Harris...N Westy to the Darling River'. Pencil sketch

d. Extracts from Oxley's journal page 283

e. Geographic extracts from the Introduction to Flinders Voyage 1814

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-113A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Copies of were formerly at call numbers: MAV/FM4/3578; MAV/FM4/3089