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Account of a voyage to the southern lands, 1801-1804

SubjectVoyages and travels
Australia–Description and travel
Tasmania–History
Scientific expeditions
Natural history
Category1. Settlement
AuthorMilius, Pierre-Bernard
KeywordsNatural world
PersonFlinders, Matthew
Baudin, Nicholas Thomas
Current HolderState Library of New South Wales
Period Of Reference 1801/1804
Series NumberMLMSS 9817/Box 1X
Item Number9Bv7PG09
Access RightsRequest at location
Rights In copyright
Country Of OriginAustralia
PlaceParramatta
Language French
English
Description From SourceEnglish translation by Jacqueline Myers, 2001 Microfilm of Milius’ original journal (in French) held at MAV/FM4/2233 0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box), 1 CD-ROM, 1 floppy disk Two typescript copies of Pierre Bernard Milius’ Voyage aux Terres Australes, 1801-1804. On 19 October 1800, Nicolas Baudin left France in the Géographe and the Naturaliste on a scientific expedition to survey the coast of New Holland and the southern part of New Guinea. Milius was second in command of the Naturaliste. The expedition charted the western and southern coasts of Australia, parts of the northern and eastern coasts and the east coast of Tasmania and collected numerous natural history specimens. From 25 April to 22 July 1802 Milius was in Sydney and his journal includes descriptions of Sydney Town, Parramatta, and the Hawkesbury region, and meetings with Governor Philip Gidley King, Colonel Paterson, Matthew Flinders and the infamous George Barrington.
Physical FormatManuscripts
Typescripts
Bibliographic Citationhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/3VVZF5MG/
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