Guide to the Papers of Transit of Venus 1882 (as filmed by the AJCP)

Collection Summary

Title

Papers of Transit of Venus 1882 (as filmed by the AJCP)

Date Range

1882 - 1987

Collection Number

M2837

Extent

9 items

Language of Materials

English

Repository

Australian Joint Copying Project

Sponsor

The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes: Papers c.1883-1911 of Charles Grover including notes on Australian life, a sketchbook and reminiscences of his visit to Australia in 1882 in which he referred to the observatories in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, the journey to Jimbour in the Darling Downs, encounters with Indigenous Australians, and the unsuccessful attempt to observe the Transit of Venus in December 1882 with sketches of observatories, Jimbour and Thursday Island; Notes of Sir Cuthbert Peek on journey to Australia in 1882 and observations of southern stars; photographs, postcard and cutting.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Filmed at the private residence of Reverend John Gover, Scotland, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1993 (AJCP Reel: M2837585). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

The private residence of Reverend John Grover. Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1418037] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Finding-aid Notes

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Advisory Statement

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.

Subjects

Astronomers; Australia: visits to; Brisbane Observatory; Brisbane Observatory; Darling Downs, Queensland; Grover, Charles; Jimbour, Queensland; Melbourne Observatory; Melbourne Observatory; Paintings, drawings, and prints; Peek, Sir Cuthbert; Photographs; Queensland: Australian Aboriginals; Queensland: Indigenous Australians; Sydney Observatory; Sydney Observatory; Thursday Island, Queensland; Transit of Venus;

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 464, p.181.