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4 items (enclosures to despatch number 177 of 28 August 1852) extracted from CO 280/293...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/689
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This record is about the 4 items (enclosures to despatch number 177 of 28 August 1852) extracted from CO 280/293... dating from 1852 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPG 1/689
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852
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Description (What the record is about)
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4 items (enclosures to despatch number 177 of 28 August 1852) extracted from CO 280/293 (folios 254, 256, 258, 259). Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania): (1) 'Eagle Hawk Neck, from Tasman's Peninsula, on which stands Port Arthur.' Charcoal sketch showing wooded country, buildings etc. and, in the foreground, a sentry box, a line of lamps, large dogs chained to kennels in the charge of a guard. No scale shown. (2) 'Van Diemens Land divided into electoral districts'. Reference table identifying Hobart, Port Arthur, Eagle Hawk Neck and other townships. No scale shown. Compass indicator. (3) Watercolour view of Eagle Hawk Neck. (4) Watercolour sketch map of Tasman's Peninsula and Eagle Hawk Neck, showing positions of sentries etc. No scale shown. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 19.5 cm x 28.5 cm; (2) 44.5 cm x 34 cm; (3) 17.5 cm x 25.5 cm; (4) 17.5 cm x 25.5 cm.
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The items are bound into the portfolio in the order 4, 3, 1, 2.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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