Ludwig Leichhardt journal, 1 April-27 December 1842, transcription by George Laube, 1957, and English translation by Laube, 1961

DLMSQ 591 (Transcription, in German)
DLMS 231 (English translation)

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1 April-27 December 1842, transcribed and translated 1957-1961

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1 box and 1 volume of textual material - typescript, carbon typescript

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt, 1813-1848, naturalist and explorer, was born in Germany and arrived in Sydney in February 1842. In 1844-1845, he led an expedition from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, and in 1848 disappeared when leading an expedition to cross to the Swan River. No evidence showing conclusively what happened to the expedition has been found

DLMSQ 591 (in box)
a. 'Transcription made by George Laube for the William Dixson Foundation 1957; with Corrigenda by G. Laube'. Typescript
Detailed journal of Leichhardt's first nine months in New South Wales, with description of the natural history, geology, climate, and fossils o the Sydney, Newcastle and Hunter River areas. Also mentions men with whom he came into contact, including Revered W. B. Clarke and Helenus Scott. Interspersed with the text of the journal are copies of letters to William Nicholson and others

Carbon copy is in Mitchell Library with Laube's corrections entered by M. Aurousseau, 1963, and further noted by M. Aurousseau. The corrections have not been added to the text of this copy

DLMS 231
b. the same. Translation into English by G. Laube. Carbon typescript
Commissioned by the Trustees of the Public Library of NSW under the William Dixson Foundation. Based on Laube's own transcription in German and completed in 1961

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.