Guide to the Papers of Oswald Bloxsome
MS 336
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Bloxsome, Oswald
- Title
- Papers of Oswald Bloxsome
- Date Range
- 1838 - 1942
- Collection Number
- MS 336
- Extent
- 0.09 metres (3 folders)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
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. The collection also includes: a photostat of 'A short biography of Oswald Bloxsome, Senr.' compiled by Herbert S. Bloxsome, 1942; 'Mosman's Bay ...romance of an old whaling station', an offprint from the Australian Historical Society journal and proceedings, vol. 2, pt. 10 (1909), p. 230-270; and a photostat of a sketch of Nelson's Bay, N.S.W., from Pall Mall Magazine, vol. vii (Sept.-Dec. 1895), p. 266.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Oswald Bloxsome, National Library of Australia, MS 336'.