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Australia, S Coast: Tasmania, E Coast: Freycinet Peninsula, vicinity; four items...
Catalogue reference: ADM 344/1655
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This record is about the Australia, S Coast: Tasmania, E Coast: Freycinet Peninsula, vicinity; four items... dating from 1843 Jan 01 - 1906 Dec 31 in the series Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ADM 344/1655
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1843 Jan 01 - 1906 Dec 31
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Australia, S Coast: Tasmania, E Coast: Freycinet Peninsula, vicinity; four items on one sheet: item 1, 'Maria Island 8 Miles'; item 2, 'Maria Island and Coast of Van Diemens Land' by Midshipman C S Forbes, HMS North Star, c1845; item 3, 'Appearance of Maria Island bearing WNW distant 8 Miles' by Captain Stokes, 1843; item 4, 'Freycinet Peninsula', annotated, showing 'Schouten Island' and 'Geographe Straits'
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Folio 6A, item 45, page 46; Australia Pilot vol. II (Nautical Papers 14), pages 726 -732; V10682
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11440530/
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ADM 344
Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views
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