Papers relating mainly to Gippsland exploration.

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Papers relating mainly to Gippsland exploration.

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Collection comprises: 4 letters by James Riley to his mother and stepfather in England 1838-1840, two giving plans for Strzelecki's expedition; 5 original drawings, possibly by Strzelecki or James Macarthur, of Mt. Koscuisko and the Omeo plains; 2 maps by Strzelecki made during the 1840 expedition, and a copy of a map of the ranges between Omeo and Woods Point by Angus McMillan; newspaper reports of the 1840 expedition.

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Strzelecki, Paul Edmund de, 1797-1873

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Macarthur, James, 1798-1867

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Riley, James, 1777-1840

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Sea captain, born in Middletown, Connecticut, and became a sailor at the age of fifteen. Following the wreck of his brig Commerce in 1815 and his subsequent captivity in in North Africa, he resettled in Van Wert County, Ohio, in 1821, but resumed a seafaring life in 1831. Died at sea in 1840. From the description of Riley's narrative : manuscript, [1817]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58775180 James Riley accompanied James Macarthur on an expedi...

McMillan, Angus, 1810-1865

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Angus McMillan arrived in Australia in January 1838. In 1864, after a long career as an explorer and pioneer pastoralist in Gippsland, he was offered the leadership of the Victorian government's Alpine Expedition to open tracks in the mining area of Omeo, Dargo and Matlock. From the description of Journals. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225774429 Explorer. Migrated to Australia 1837, employed by Lachlan Macalister. In 1839-1841 made several journeys into Gippsla...