Cornelius Sullivan papers, 1837 March 02
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Sullivan, Cornelius
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Cornelius J. Sullivan served on the British naval expedition, 1839-1843 (leader James Clark Ross), as blacksmith on board HMS Erebus . The voyage was organized to conduct a series of magnetic observations in the southern hemisphere and to locate and reach the South Magnetic Pole if possible. The expedition, with Ross in HMS Erebus and Captain Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier commanding HMS Terror, left England in September. Establishing magnetic observatories in St. Helena, Cape Town, and Iles Kergu...
Murphy, John F.
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John Murphy, was fifteen years old when he joined the overland expedition from Brisbane to Port Essington, Northern Territory, led by Ludwig Leichhardt. The expedition left its last outpost, Thomas Bell's Jimbour station, on 1 Oct. 1844 and reached the military settlement of Victoria, Port Essington, 17 Dec. 1845. From the description of Journal [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225767999 ...
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