Papers of Oswald Bloxsome, 1838-1942 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 308699
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Bloxsome, Oswald, 1802-1886
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1838-1942]
- 0.12 m. (4 folders)
- Summary:
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Original diary in Oswald Bloxsome's handwriting of a voyage to New South Wales, April-June 21, 1838. The continuation of this journal is in photographic form and covers the remainder of Bloxsome's journey until he landed in Sydney on August 3. The continuation also exists in typed transcript form with a biographical note on Bloxsome written by Emmeline Fisher nee Bloxsome, London 1926. Photostat of A short biography of Oswald Bloxsome compiled by Herbert S. Bloxsome, 1942. Offprint from the Australian Historical Society journal, vol. 2, pt. 10 (1909), p. 230-270. Photograph of sketch of Nelson's Bay, N.S.W.
- Biography/History:
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Bloxsome arrived in Sydney in August 1838. He held a government post managing funds for the Anglican Church and schools. He took up sheep grazing land in New England. In 1844 he built 'The Rangers', a homestead in Mosman, N.S.W., in which Oswald Brierly painted a fresco of H.M.S. Rattlesnake in a squall.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 336.
- Associated materials: Papers of the Bloxsome family, 1802-1969 MS 7414, and, Diary and lease, 1845-1852 MS 5802.
- Some parts of the collection have been photocopied.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1838-1942
- Occupation:
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1982 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1886
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1912
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