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Australia, NE Coast: Queensland: Cooktown to Mackay, vicinity; six items on one sheet:...
Catalogue reference: ADM 344/1685
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This record is about the Australia, NE Coast: Queensland: Cooktown to Mackay, vicinity; six items on one sheet:... dating from 1839 Jan 01 - 1879 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 344/1685
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1839 Jan 01 - 1879 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Australia, NE Coast: Queensland: Cooktown to Mackay, vicinity; six items on one sheet: item 1, 'Percy Isles', 'Mount Hinchinbroke', 'Land about Cape Tribulation', Lt H Eden, July 1839, 'Cape Bedford'; item 2, 'In Whitsunday Passage'; item 3, 'Whitsunday Passage WNW 38 Miles'; item 4, 'View D - Penn Islet shutting in by Keelan and Henderson Isles' (Prudhoe Channel); item 5, 'View E - Double Island'; item 6, 'View G - Round Top Island kept well open N of Victoria Islet' (LLewelyn Bay), by Staff Cdr Bedwell, c1879
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Item 1, watercolour; items 2-3, pencil; items 4-6, pen and ink
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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 6B, item 23, page 24; Australia Pilot vol. III (Nautical Papers 15), pages 249-354
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11440772/
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ADM 344
Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views
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