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Australia, W Coast: Western Australia: Shark Bay, vicinity; two items on one sheet:...

Catalogue reference: ADM 344/1731

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This record is about the Australia, W Coast: Western Australia: Shark Bay, vicinity; two items on one sheet:... dating from 1858 Jan 01 - 1882 Dec 31 in the series Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ADM 344/1731
Date
1858 Jan 01 - 1882 Dec 31
Description

Australia, W Coast: Western Australia: Shark Bay, vicinity; two items on one sheet: item 1, 'Appearance of Eastern aspect of Dirk Hartog Island, and shores of Shark Gulf, Western Australia', annotated, showing 'Herald Bay', 'Freycinets Reach', 'Shoal Loop', 'Cape Heirison', 'Entrance of Useless Estuary' and 'Cape Bellefin'; item 2, 'Sharks Bay' by Staff Cdr W E Archdeacon, 20 January 1882, showing 'Cape Inscription' and 'Quoin Head S by E3/4E 19 Miles'

Note
Items 1-2, watercolour
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folio 6B, item 69, page 70; Australia Pilot vol. V (Nautical Papers 17), pages 315-316
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11440623/

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