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Australia, NE Coast: Queensland: Cape Flattery to Cape Melville, vicinity; seven...
Catalogue reference: ADM 344/1695
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This record is about the Australia, NE Coast: Queensland: Cape Flattery to Cape Melville, vicinity; seven... dating from 1839 Jan 01 - 1886 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 344/1695
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1839 Jan 01 - 1886 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Australia, NE Coast: Queensland: Cape Flattery to Cape Melville, vicinity; seven items on one sheet: item 1, 'No 69(b) - Cape Flattery, Lizard Island 3 July 1839'; item 2, 'Cape Melville - Flinders Peak W by N 15 Miles'; item 3, 'Point Barrow NW by W 13 Miles'; item 4, 'Cape Flattery NNW 11 Miles'; item 5, 'Point Barrow SSE 13 Miles'; item 6, 'View of mark leading through One-and-half-mile Opening, Great Barrier Reef' by PCM, annotated; item 7, 'Lizard Island S by E 16 Miles', annotated
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Item 1, pen and ink with wash; items 2-5, pencil; items 6-7, 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 33, page 34; Australia Pilot vol. III (Nautical Papers 15), pages 355-369; item 6, enclosure to S129/1886
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11440782/
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ADM 344
Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views
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