Blue Jacket journal and chronicle of the blue waters, 1855 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 915285
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Baines, Thomas, 1820-1875
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1855]
- 0.03 (1 v.)
- Summary:
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MS 95 comprises a journal that appeared weekly during the six-week voyage of the Blue Jacket from Liverpool to Melbourne, March-May 1855. It begins with a prospectus announcing its campaign against ennui and ends with the Editor's farewell address. Each issue contains letters to the editor, market reports and other editorial comments, mainly humorous, concerning life on board, together with anonymous verse and prose contributions. The sketches and illustrations are presumably Baines' work. There is also a 2 page tabular comparison of the logs of the Blue Jacket and the Red Jacket, travelling from Liverpool to Australia, the latter being "the fastest passage to Australia hitherto known".
- Biography/History:
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Artist and explorer. Thomas Baines accompanied exploring expeditions in Northwest Australia.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 95.
- Also available on microfilm.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-229550070
- Cited In:
- Guide to collection of manuscripts relating to Australia A606.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1855
- Exhibited:
- Exhibited: Treasures Gallery, National Library of Australia, 16a April, 2016
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1945 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1875
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1855
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