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

Person
Flinders, Matthew
Baudin, Nicholas Thomas
Place
Parramatta
Subject
Category
Author
Milius, Pierre-Bernard
Keywords
Natural world
Current holder
Series number
MLMSS 9817/Box 1X
Item number
9Bv7PG09
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
In copyright
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1801 to 1804
Description from source
English 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 format
Manuscripts
Typescripts
Bibliographic citation
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/3VVZF5MG/
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