Journal of Edmund A. Delisser, 1865 May 1-Oct. 5 [manuscript].

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Journal of Edmund A. Delisser, 1865 May 1-Oct. 5 [manuscript]

Creator
Delisser, E.A. (Edmund Alexander) 1829-1900
Call Number
MS 7988
Created/Published
[1865]
Extent
10 cm. (2 v. and 1 tin carrying case)
Items
2
Scope and Content
Journal of the Great Australian Bight Expedition, May-October 1865, recording the exploration and naming of the Nullarbor Plain. Written in pencil and ink, the journal covers the dates 1 May to 5 October. Both volumes include mounted and identified botanical specimens, with some since lost or deteriorated. Book II includes a sketch plan entitled "Bight Country -The two catocombs near Kuelna [Colona?] July 16 Sunday -1865". This volume appears to contain the first written use of the name Nullarbor Plain under the date Friday 18 August 1865.
Background
Edmund Delisser was a private surveyor under contract to the South Australian government who carried out a number of surveys of the Great Australian Bight area between 1865 and 1867.
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