Guide to the Records of the Hydrographic Department (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M2318-M2337, M2436-M2467

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Created: 2019

Collection Summary

Creator
The Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty (UK)
Title
Records of the Hydrographic Department (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range
1787 - 1956
Collection Number
M2318-M2337, M2436-M2467
Extent
397 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

Records relating to surveys carried out by Royal Navy warships and surveying vessels in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, including surveys of the coasts and adjoining islands and reefs of Australia and New Zealand. The bulk of the records filmed date from 1828 to 1855, when Sir Francis Beaufort was Hydrographer, but many later letters, reports and sailing directions have also been copied. Among the records filmed are extracts from journals and logs, remark books, sailing directions, reports, letters and survey data books and also selected items from the minute-books 1825-1856 and letter-books 1815-1855 of the Hydrographic Department.

There are letters and reports 1800-1909 from a large number of naval officers, and officials and scientists. Among the more prominent are Sir Francis Beaufort, E.F. Bedwell, Sir Edward Belcher, F.P. Blackwood, H.M. Denham, B. Drury, G.W. Earl, A. Field, R. FitzRoy, M. Flinders, Sir John Franklin, J. Gowland, W. Hobson, Sir Everard Home, Sir William Hooker, F. Howard, J.H. Kay, P.P. King, A.I. Krusenstern, J. MacGillivray, G. Richards, J.S. Roe, Sir James C. Ross, F.W. Sidney, O. Stanley, J.L. Stokes, J. Tuckey, W. Whewell, J. Wickham, T. Woore and C. Yule.

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

Material selectively filmed at the United Kingdom Hydrographic Department, England, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1986 (AJCP Reels: M2318-M2337, M2436-M2467). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. Formerly Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, Taunton, Somerset, England.

For further information, see The UKHO Archive (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-ukho-archive#archive-contents).

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-vn8036174] 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 2019. 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.

Pieces that were not filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project have not been included in this Finding Aid.

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

Australia: exploration; Beaufort, Sir Francis; Bedwell, E.F., Lieut.; Belcher, Sir Edward; Blackwood, F.P., Capt.; Denham, Sir Henry M.; Drury, B., Capt.; Earl, G.W.; Field, A.M., Captain; FitzRoy, Robert, Captain; Flinders, Matthew, Captain; Franklin, Sir John; Gowland, J., Lieutenant; Great Britain: Admiralty; Great Britain: Hydrographic Office; Hobson, W.; Hobson, William, Captain; Home, Sir James E., 2nd Baronet; Hooker, Sir William J.; Howard, F., Lieutenant; Indian Ocean; Kay, J.H.; King, Phillip P., Captain; Krusenstern, A.I., Admiral; MacGillivray, John; Maps, plans and charts: Australia; New Zealand: exploration; Richards, G., Lieutenant; Roe, John S.; Ross, Sir James C., Admiral; Royal Navy: exploration and surveys; Sidney, F.W., Lieutenant; Stanley, Owen, Captain; Stokes, John L., Admiral; Tuckey, J.; Whewell, W.; Wickham, J., Captain; Woore, Thomas; Yule, Charles, Lieutenant

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 246, p92.

Biographical / Historical

The Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty was created by an Order-in-Council of 12 August 1795 which stated that it would be responsible for 'the care of such charts, as are now in office, or may hereafter be deposited' and for 'collecting and compiling all information requisite for improving Navigation, for the guidance of the commanders of His Majesty's ships'. Alexander Dalrymple, who had been Hydrographer to the East India Company since 1779, was appointed the first Hydrographer.

In 1797 the Hydrographer's staff comprised an assistant, a draughtsman, three engravers and a printer. It remained a small office for much of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, under Dalrymple's successor, Thomas Hurd, a regular series of marine charts were produced and in 1814 the first surveying vessels were commissioned. The first Catalogue of Admiralty Charts appeared in 1825. In 1817 the Australian navigator Lieut. Phillip Parker King was supplied with instruments by the Hydrographic Office, but it was not until 1837 that an Australian surveyor, Capt. J.C. Wickham, was issued with detailed instructions by the Hydrographer. Meanwhile a notable Pacific survey had been carried out by Capt. F.W. Beechey in 1825-1828. The period 1836-1860 was the great age of Australian and Pacific surveys, with the voyages of Capt. J. Wickham and Cdr. J.L. Stokes in H.M.S. Beagle (1837-1843), Capt. E. Belcher in H.M.S. Sulphur (1836-1840), Capt. F. Blackwood in H.M.S. Fly (1842-1845), Capt. O. Stanley in H.M.S. Rattlesnake (1847-1850), Capt. J.L. Stokes in H.M.S. Acheron (1847-1851), Cdr. J.B. Drury in H.M.S. Pandora (1850-1856) and Capt. H.M. Denham in H.M.S. Herald (1852-1861)

In 1860, following agreements between the Admiralty and the five self-governing Australian colonies, colonial marine surveys were inaugurated. The Admiralty supplied the officers and instruments and published the charts, while the colonial governments provided the crews and paid colonial allowances. The Tasmanian Government soon abandoned its survey, but the colonial surveys continued in New South Wales until 1870, Victoria until 1878, and Queensland and South Australia until 1880. In 1872 the Western Australian Government made a similar agreement with the Admiralty and a survey was carried out for 15 years. After 1880 British survey vessels were again attached to the Australian Station with the object of charting the remote northern and western coasts, as well as New Guinea and the Pacific islands. This work came to an end in 1915. In 1921 the Royal Australian Navy Surveying Service took over the responsibility of surveying and charting Australian waters. Very little surveying was done in New Zealand after the 1850s until the establishment of the Royal New Zealand Navy Surveying Service in 1949.

Reference: G.C. Ingleton. Charting a continent. (Sydney, 1944)

Hydrographers of the Royal Navy
  1. 1795 Alexander Dalrymple
  2. 1808 Capt. Thomas Hurd
  3. 1823 Capt. William Edward Parry (knighted 1829)
  4. 1829 Admiral Francis Beaufort (knighted 1848)
  5. 1855 Admiral John Washington
  6. 1864 Capt. George Richards (knighted 1877)
  7. 1874 Capt. Frederick Evans (knighted 1881)
  8. 1884 Admiral William Wharton (knighted 1897)
  9. 1904 Admiral Arthur Mostyn Field (knighted 1911)
  10. 1909 Admiral Herbert Purey-Cust (knighted 1919)
  11. 1914 Admiral John Parry (knighted 1919)

Item Descriptions

Series II. Miscellaneous Papers, 1787 - 1843

19 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2318-M2321.

Subseries Vols. 61-68. East Indies, 1803 - 1836

5 items

Filmed selectively.

East Indies, November 1821 - June 1822 (File Vol. 62 (B2))
1 item
Capt. R. Gore (H.M.S. Satellite). Remarks on passage from Trincomalee to Port Jackson and from Port Jackson to Torres Strait, November 1821 - June 1822 (Item ff.622-28)
East Indies, 4 August 1811 - 7 August 1811 (File Vol. 64 (B4))
1 item
Capt. Beaver (H.M.S. Nisus). Extracts from logs, 1802-1813, including western coast of New Holland, 4 August 1811 - 7 August 1811 (Item ff.329-44)
East Indies, [1803] (File Vol. 65 (B5))
1 item
Capt. W. Kent (H.M.S. Buffalo). Remarks on harbour of Port St. Vincent, south-west coast of New Caledonia, [1803] (Item ff.711-14)
East Indies, 14 April 1825 - May 1832 (File Vol. 66 (B6))
7 items
Capt. J. Lingcome (H.M.S. Larne). Remarks, including Bay of Islands, Norfolk Island, Great Barrier Reef, 14 April 1825 - 14 July 1826 (Item ff.5-6)
Survey of Jervis Bay, N.S.W. made in cutter Dart detached from H.M.S. Crocodile, 1830 (Item ff.205-15)
Capt. D. McKenzie (Minerva Smith). Extracts from journal of voyage to Pacific, December 1828 - February 1829 (Item ff.265-66)
Capt. W. Jervoise (H.M.S. Success). Remarks, including voyage from Hobart to Sydney, January 1828 - August 1829 (Item ff.341-48)
Capt. J. Colpoys (H.M.S. Cruizer). Remarks on anchorages at Achen and Cocos-Keeling Islands, 1 November 1829 - 20 December 1829 (Item ff.415-25)
Abstract of log of Fergusson of passage from Port Jackson through Torres Strait, 19 April 1829 - 11 May 1829 (Item ff.463-88)
Remarks on Cocos Islands, May 1832 (Item ff.561-70)
East Indies, 1 October 1833 - 1836 (File Vol. 68 (B7))
3 items
Capt. G.R. Lambert (H.M.S. Alligator) Remarks, including Bay of Islands, Norfolk Island, Swan River, 1 October 1833 - 13 November 1834 (Item ff.137-52)
Capt. W. Hobson (H.M.S. Rattlesnake). Remarks, including Hobart, Port Phillip, N.S.W., 1836 (Item ff.623-35)
L. Bailey (H.M.S. Zebra). Remarks, including Cocos Island, Swan River, King George's Sound, 15 March 1835 - 20 December 1835 (Item ff.821-26)

Subseries Vols. 69-71. Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, April 1787 - October 1843

4 items
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, 8 April 1787 - 30 May 1830 (File Vol. 69 (Ba.1))
19 items

Principal contents (963pp). Filmed selectively.

Preliminary observations on currents and the ocean by Captain Lowe, 18 July 1822 (Item ff.1-41)

Includes ocean logs from different locations.

H.M.S. Coromandel. Remark book, 13 August 1819 - 2 February 1822 (Item ff.43-55)
H.M.S. Claudine. Extracts from log, 16 May 1820 - 30 May 1830 (Item ff.59-66)
R. Skinner (H.M.S. Dromedary). Remarks, 15 June 1819 - 30 July 1821 (Item ff.67-141)
Remarks on HMS Gramford, August 1815 (Item ff.142-155)
Capt. J. Pasco (H.M.S. Hindostan). Remarks, 20 December 1808 - 6 December 1810 (Item ff.159-67)
H.M.S. Hesper. Remark book, 26 September 1814 - 25 June 1816 (Item ff.172-278)
Lieut. J. Murray (H.M.S. Lady Nelson). Remarks, 12 November 1801 - 23 March 1802 (Item ff.281-404)

Related Materials

Transcript is held at the National Library of Australia, Collection reference: MS 8178 (https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1834634).

Lieut. Phillip Parker King (H.M.S. Mermaid). Journal, 21 December 1817 - 29 July 1818 (Item ff.411-583)
D. Blackburn (H.M.S. Supply). Remarks, 8 April 1787 - 15 May 1792 (Item ff.615-30)
Lieut. H. Ball. (H.M.S. Supply). Remarks, 4 June 1787 - July 1790 (Item ff.631-49)
Capt. M. Currie (H.M.S. Satellite). Remarks, 21 July 1822 - 30 September 1823 (Item ff.663-73)
J. Mitchell (H.M.S. Slaney). Remarks, 1 January 1825 - 30 June 1825 (Item ff.679-90)
Observations on H.M.S. Lyra, 1816 - 1817 (Item ff.695-799)

Observations made with a Dip Sector instrument.

Remark book by J. Oakley, 1 July 1822 - 31 December 1822 (Item ff.805-810)
Observations by Captain Lowe, 9 July 1823 (Item f.815-823)
Sir Joseph Banks to Sir Francis [Hartwell], 26 August 1805 (Item f.827)

Returns manuscript of Lieut. J. Tuckey.

Remarks on most eligible routes from Port Jackson to various places, n.d. (Item ff.831-38)
[J. Tuckey]. Sketch of present state of colony of N.S.W., [1804] (Item ff.839-935)
J. Tuckey to Sir Francis Hartwell, 1 March 1809 (Item ff.937-40)

Financial difficulties; compilation of East Indies directory; seeks appointment.

Phillip Parker King. Notes on Rowleys Shoals, n.d. (Item ff.943-44)
Discoveries made in interior of N.S.W., 30 June 1815 (Item ff.947-950)
Notes on Port St. Vincent, New Caledonia. (incomplete) (Item ff.955-58)
Lieut. W. Longdon. Remarks on Macquarie Island. (incomplete) (Item ff.959-60)
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, 1818 - 14 October 1843 (File Vol. 70 (Ba.2))
23 items

Principal contents (492pp).

Capt. Rennock (H.M.S. Conway). Remarks, 7 November 1832 - 12 January 1834 (Item ff.1-17)
Directions from Investigator Strait to Adelaide (Item ff.19-21)
Remark Book of H.M.S. Conway on the South America Station, 1 January 1835 - 2 October 1835 (Item ff.25-28)
Memoir to accompany four charts of Fiji (Item ff.31-36)
General description of Fiji, n.d. (Item ff.37-47)
Sailing directions for New Zealand, n.d. (Item ff.49-56)
Sailing directions for Gulf St. Vincent (Item ff.57-60)
W. Jeffery (H.M.S. Tortoise). Remarks, 13 June 1841 - 14 October 1843 (Item ff.61-84)
Capt. R.S. Dundas (H.M.S. Warspite). Remarks, 21 December 1826 - 2 November 1827 (Item ff.87-111)
Pacific islands discovered by ship Rebecca, 1820 (Item ff.113-15)
Loss of Venus on Alert's Reef near Torres Strait, 1 July 1826 (Item ff.117-18)
Alert's Reef, North East Coast Australia, 1826 (Item ff.120-126)
Newspaper Clipping from Morning Herald, 1 March 1816 (Item f.129)
Details of a ship wreck by Captain Morris of Duke of Bedford (Item f.131-133)
Extract from the Logbook of the Schooner Prince Regent, 21 September 1828 (Item f.135)

Commander Salmon on a speculative voyage for Beech de mer, in 1827 from Sydney N.S. Wales. Extracts from January 6th 1827 to April 28th 1827.

Records of Longitude and Latitude, 1807 (Item ff.139-140)
'River Derwent - Van Diemen's Land', Hobart Town Gazette, 10 October 1827 (Item f.145)

Hand written copy of article from newspaper.

'A supposed river on the East Coast of Australia', The Australian, 24 October 1827 (Item f.144)

Hand written copy of article from newspaper.

'Port Davey - Van Diemen's Land', The Monitor, 26 March 1828 (Item f.145)

Handwritten copy of newspaper article.

'Stewart's Harbour and Storm Bay - Van Diemen's land', Hobart Town Gazette, 27 February 1828 (Item f.146)

Handwritten copy of article from newspaper.

Capt. R.S. Dundas (H.M.S. Volage). Remarks, 21 September 1825 - 20 December 1826 (Item ff.149-70)
W. Johns (H.M.S. Rainbow). Remarks, 1 April 1828 - 30 September 1828 (Item ff.175-82)
Capt. T.F. Gordon (H.M.S. Pandora). Remarks, 26 April 1829 - 16 October 1829 (Item ff.185-92)
Extract from The Times regarding H.M.S. Sherwood, 15 June 1830 (Item ff.195-196)

About Penny Charlotte voyage.

Chronomatic measurements for H.M.S. Warspite from Port Jackson, 1827 (Item f.197)
J. Fraser. Remarks on passage from Port Jackson through Torres Strait, 1829 (Item ff.199-214)
W. Cooling. Remarks on Melville and Bathurst Islands (Item ff.215-28)
Abstract from the Log Book of the Big 'Guide', 1830 (Item ff.231-234)
W. Fisher. Sailing directions, Bay of Islands (Item ff.235-36)
Capt. E. Yonge (H.M.S. Volage). Remarks, 21 December 1826 - 13 March 1827 (Item ff.237-43)
Lieut. C. Jeffreys. Remarks on coast of N.S.W. and adjacent islands, 1818 (Item ff.245-340)
Capt. R. Towns. Remarks on passage from Port Jackson through Torres Strait, 1829 (Item ff.345-69)

Includes map on f.369.

W. Johns (H.M.S. Rainbow). Remarks, 1 October 1828 - 31 August 1829 (Item ff.375-86)
W. Johns (H.M.S. Rainbow). Remarks, 1 March 1827 - 30 September 1827 (Item ff.389-401)
Capt. C. Mitchell (H.M.S. Slaney). Remarks, 1 July 1825 - 31 December 1825 (Item ff.405-7)
'Loss of the ship Valetta,' newspaper cutting, 19 August 1826 (Item f.409)
J.W. Armstrong (H.M.S. Volage). Remarks, 1 January 1827 - 1 July 1827 (Item ff.411-41)
J. Huntley (H.M.S. Champion). Remarks, 3 August 1826 - 17 January 1827 (Item ff.447-48)
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, 6 February 1826 - 31 March 1828 (File Vol. 70 (Ba.2))
4 items

Principal contents (492pp).

J. W. Armstrong (H.M.S. Volage). Remarks, 1 July 1826 - 31 December 1826 (Item ff.451-59)
Remarks on Port Jackson from H.M.S. Balage, 6 January 1827 - 15 January 1827 (Item ff.463-466)
G. Rose (H.M.S. Pandora). Remarks, 12 December 1827 - 31 March 1828 (Item ff.467-73)
R. Kilroy (H.M.S. Success). Remarks, 6 February 1826 - 8 February 1827 (Item ff.475-84)
W. Johns (H.M.S. Rainbow). Remarks, 10 September 1826 - 17 February 1827 (Item ff.487-92)
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific: Miscellaneous correspondence, remark books and reports, 18 June 1813 - 29 May 1840 (File Vol. 71 (Ba.3))

Includes:Sailing Directions for ports on Northwest side of Tahiti; sailing directions for Port Lincoln 1840; Remarks on Kiapara Harbour; Remark books for H.M.S. Alligator (Sept. 1831-Sept. 1832; Nov. 1834-Aug. 1836), H.M.S. Blonde, H.M.S. Melville (Sept. 1831-Sept. 1832; April 1834-July 1835), H.M.S. Imogene (July 1832-June 1833), H.M.S. Victor (1836), H.M.S. Conway (Dec. 1836-Feb. 1838), H.M.S. Zebra (Feb.-Nov.1832), H.M.S. Hyacinth (1834-1835), H.M.S. Challenger (1829), H.M.S. Dauntless (Jan. 1821-Dec. 1822), H.M.S. Sulphur (Nov. 1828-Dec. 1830), H.M.S. Seringapatam (April-May 1830), H.M.S. Curfew (July 1831-July 1832), H.M.S. Raleigh (1835) and other unknown vessels; Report on islands in Pacific (1831) by Captain Fitzgerald; correspondence between S. Ashmore and Capt. F. Beaufort regarding charts of Torres Strait July-August 1835; extract from journal of Eliza Scott on voyage towards South Pole (Feburary to March 1839); Observations and field book of survey of N.S.W. Coast by J. Oxley; Passage of Joeseph Winter through Torres Strait May-June 1831; Extracts from journal of Captain Charlton (Sophia) March 1829 – March 1830; extract from ship log of Layton; Perth Gazette and West Australian Journal December 1833; Index to islands in Pacific Ocean 1828; Report of Survey on the Inner Harbour of Port Louis September 1831; miscellaneous letters.

Subseries Vol. 107. Remark Books, July 1813 - December 1828

4 items

Filmed selectively.

Capt. W. Black (H.M.S. Racoon). Remarks in Pacific. (93pp), 9 July 1813 - 10 January 1815 (File)
Capt. T. Coe (H.M.S. Tees). Remarks. (8pp), 1 July 1823 - 30 June 1824 (File)
Capt. J. Laws (H.M.S. Satellite). Remarks. (67pp), 26 November 1827 - 31 December 1828 (File)
Capt. J. Stirling (H.M.S. Success). Remarks. (20pp), 6 February 1826 - 8 August 1827 (File)

Mr Ian Nicholson (Log of Logs) advised that the log extracts refer to the Caroline Islands not Torres Strait as the Hydrographic Dept schedule seems to indicate.

Subseries Vol. 108. Remark Books, January 1829 - June 1833

6 items

Filmed selectively.

Capt. J.W. Montagu (H.M.S. Crocodile). Remarks. (31pp), 17 August 1829 - 26 July 1830 (File)
Capt. W. Waldegrave (H.M.S. Seringapatam). Report of tour of South Sea Islands. (18pp), March 1830 - June 1830 (File)
Capt. R. Pridham (H.M.S. Zebra). Remarks. (10pp), 25 January 1829 - 31 January 1830 (File)
Capt. J. Montagu (H.M.S. Crocodile). Hydrographical observations. (53pp), 7 August 1829 - 26 July 1830 (File)
Capt. C. Fremantle (H.M.S. Challenger). Remarks. (19pp), 1 January 1832 - 12 June 1833 (File)
I. Mowle (H.M.S. Imogene). Remarks. (8pp), 16 October 1832 - 30 June 1833 (File)

Series III. Pre-1857 In-Letters, 1816 - 1864

13 items

Filmed selectively.

For a more detailed list see the available supplementary material.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2322-M2324.

Subseries A. Correspondence Prefix A, 1816 - 1856

Principal correspondents include:G. Airy; G. Alexander; W.H. Allen & Co.; H. Amsinck; T. Andrews; J. Arnold; G. Arthur; F. Beaufort; T. Hurd; J. Washington.

Subseries B. Correspondence Prefix B, 1828 - 1852

Principal correspondents include:

A. Miles; Bowdery, Kerby & Son; Capt. C. Bethune; Capt. F. Blackwood; E. Brooker; E. Hardy; F. Beaufort; H. Barrow; J. Bailey; J. Balling; J. Bennett; J. Booth; J. Brownrigg; J. Washington; L. Bailey; R. Beecroft; R.B. Bate; S. Brock; Sir Thomas Brisbane; T. Bevis; W.E. Parry.

Subseries C. Correspondence Prefix C, 1832 - 1856

Principal correspondents include:

A Miles; A. Cheyne; E. Hardy; F. Beaufort; J. Colquhoun; J. Washington; M. Clifton; R. Collinson; S. Carkeek; S. Christie; Sir Francis Collier; T. Collings; W. Carson; W. Chambers; W.B. Clarke.

Subseries D-E. Correspondence Prefix D-E, 1833 - 1856

Principal correspondents include:

F. Beaufort; A. Becher; B. Drury; C. Enderby; Capt. F. Blackwood; Capt. J. Erskine; Chevalier Dillon; D. Douglas; E. Hardy; F. Evans; G.W. Earl; J. Biscoe; J. Dundas; J. Edge; Lieut. J. Dayman; Marshall and Ednay; Sir Henry De La Beche; Sir William Denison; W. Eden.

Subseries F-G. Correspondence Prefix F-G, 8 April 1838

Principal correspondents include:

A. Becher; A. Gordon; B. Fossett; C. Fox; Capt. Elliot; Capt. R. FitzRoy; Capt. S. Fremantle; F. Beaufort; G. Fisher; G. Frankland; G. Griffiths; J. Fitzgerald; J. Gibson; J. Gould; J. Washington; L. Fitzmaurice; Lieut. M. Friend; Lieut. W. Geary; P. Goring; Sir John Franklin; W. Fitton; W. Forbes.

Subseries H. Correspondence Prefix H, 1829 - 1856

Principal correspondents include:

A. Becher; A. Miles; B. Hebeler; C. Heaphy; F. Beaufort; F. Henslowe; G. Arthur; G. Halsted; G. Hansard; H. Slack; J. Herbert; J. Horsburgh; R. Hay; R. Heward; Sir Everad Home; Sir Thomas Brisbane; Sir William Hooker; T. Harington; T. Henderson; W. Heron; W.E. Parry; W.J. Hooker.

Subseries J-K. Correspondence Prefix J-K, 1833 - 1853

Principal correspondents include:

G. Johnson; A.I. Krusenstern; Capt. P.P. King; Col. Kennedy; E. Hardy; E. Sabine; F. Beaufort; J. Jackson; J.B. Jukes; J.B. Jukes; J.H. Kay; P. Krusenstern; Sarah Kay; W. Jones.

Subseries L. Correspondence Prefix L, 1834 - 1856

Principal correspondents include:

A. Miles; C. Lewis; Capt. G. Lambert; E. Hardy; E. Lumley; F. Beaufort; G. Halsted (Lloyds); J. Lee; J. Washington; Lachlan, Sons and Macleod; Lieut. G. Leary; Marie Lumley; R. Laurie; W. Lejeune; W. Leyburn.

Subseries M-N. Correspondence Prefix M-N, 1819 - 1854

Principal correspondents include:

A. Becher; A. Miles; A. Milne; Capt. J. Nias; Capt. T. Nicholas; E. Deas Thomson; E. Hardy; E. Nepean; F. Beaufort; F. Mason; F. May; G. Miller; G. Morice; G. Moubray; General W. Miller; J. Goldner; J. Gould; J. MacGillivray; J. Marshall; J. Meek; J. Mitchell; J. Nicholson; J. Norman; M. McClatchie; R. Latham; R. Newman; Sibella Miles; T. Marjoribanks; T. McDonnell; W. Moriarty.

Subseries O-P. Correspondence Prefix O-P, 1832 - 1855

Principal correspondents include:

C. Pasco; C. Phillips; Capt. J. Pasco; Capt. J.J. Onslow; F. Beaufort; G. Palmerston; H. Prescott; J. Penfold; J. Pentland; J. Purdy; N. Phillips; R. Owen.

Subseries R-S. Correspondence Prefix R-S, 1828 - 1856

Principal correspondents include:

C. Riddell; C. Rumker; C. Shadwell; C. Stanley; Capt. T. Symonds; D. Rough; E. Sabine; E. Suttor; F. Beaufort; G. Richards; G. Stoddart; H. Smith; J. Roach; J. Washington; J.S. Roe; Lieut. A. Smith; Lieut. H. Simpson; S. Stewart; T. Simpkinson; T.R. Robinson; W. Richardson; W. Roe.

Subseries T-V. Correspondence Prefix T-V, 1831 - 1856

Principal correspondents include:

E. Deas Thomson; E. Hardy; F. Beaufort; F. Tabart; H. Trollope; J. Towson; Janet Taylor; W. Vaughan.

Subseries W-Y. Correspondence Prefix W-Y, 1834 - 1864

Principal correspondents include:

Capt. J. Wickham; Comm. C. Yule; E. Wheeler; Elizabeth Yule; F. Beaufort; G. Whitington; G. Yates; H. White; H. Wise; H. Worth; Henry H. Willis & Co.; J. Busby; J. Wood; Lieut. C. Wilkes; Maria Wickham; Sir Henry Young; T. Walcott; T. Woore; W. Hamilton; W. Walker; W. Whewell.

Series IV. Miscellaneous Letters and Papers, 1802 - 1956

41 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2324-M2325.

Subseries Misc. File 3. Early surveys, custody of instruments etc., July 1828 - October 1828

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W.E. Parry. Memorandum on work received from H.M.S. Blossom, surveying in Pacific. (5pp), 17 October 1828 (File 3)
W.E. Parry to Sir Edward Owen, 22 July 1828 (File 4)

Authority for inserting corrections to chart of east coast of Australia.

Subseries Misc. File 4. Bequest of Sir John F. Parry, 1916 - 1918

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Papers relating to Shackleton Antarctic Expedition, 1916 - 1918 (File 9)

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Correspondence between J.F. Parry and G.M. Martin and D. Mawson (Liverpool) concerning fitting out of S.S. Discovery, report of Sir Ernest Shackleton on position of men on Elephant Island, tidal observations at Macquarie Island and Adelie Land, and command of Ross Sea Expedition.

Subseries Misc. File 6. Miscellaneous Letters, October 1802 - April 1859

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Capt. Phillip Gidley King (Sydney) to Evan Nepean, 9 November 1802 (File 1)

Departure of H.M.S. Investigator and Lady Nelson to continue surveys; visit of Franch ships Naturaliste and Geographe; N. Baudin; summary of voyage of Lieut. M. Flinders on south coast including survey of Port Phillip; arrival of H.M.S. Buffalo. Encloses queries by King to masters of South Sea whalers Britannia, Speedy and Venus, 21 May 1802

Lieut. Matthew Flinders (Cumberland Isles) to [unknown], 18 October 1802 (File 2)

Survey of N.S.W. coast; loss of anchors; need for H.M.S. Lady Nelson to return to Sydney. (incomplete)

Lieut. J.C. Woolnough (n.pl.) Probable advantages of establishing a fort and factory on the Sandwich Islands, (14pp), c. 1815 (File 4)
Lieut. G. Vine (Prince of Wales Island) to T. Hurd, 28 April 1820 (File 6)

Remarks of two voyages to China via Port Jackson and Louisiade Archipelago.

Adm. R. Baynes (Valparaiso) to Admiralty, 25 April 1859 (File 12)

Sends letter from Capt. F. Montresor (H.M.S. Calypso) on guano found on Jarvis Island in Pacific.

Capt. Phillip Gidley King (Sydney) to J.W. Croker, 1 February 1821 (File 18)

Account of survey by H.M.S. Mermaid of Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait and north-west coast of Australia; purchase of Bathurst; transfer of P. Baskerville from H.M.S. Dromedary.

Subseries Misc. File 8. Miscellaneous letters to Sir Francis Beaufort, March 1845 - October 1848

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Letters of Lieut. C. Pasco, March 1845 - October 1848 (File Folder 5)
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Lieut. C. Pasco to A. Miles, 23 October [1848?] (Item 2)

Inquires about appointment to Rossbank Observatory.

Lieut. C. Pasco (Trincomalee) to F. Beaufort, 28 March 1845 (Item 9)

Remarks of voyage of H.M.S. Vestal from Sydney to Hongkong. Includes maps. (7pp)

Subseries Folder 9. Papers concerning Capt. John Lort Stokes, 1833 - 1853

(17 letters)

Mainly letters from Capt. John Lort Stokes to F. Beaufort. Subjects include appointment in command of New Zealand survey (1847), search for shoal on west coast of Australia, Lieut. C. Pasco, appointment of chart agent in Sydney, wreck of Mary in Bass Strait, disposal of whaleboat in New Zealand, natural history specimens.

Subseries Folder 10. Letters of Cdr. C. Yule, 1850 - 1854

(13 letters)

Mainly written to Sir Francis Beaufort, the letters deal with the disposal of the instruments of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Yule's promotion to Captain, position of Sextant River, Cape York, mail route via Torres Strait, location of rock in Endeavour Strait, and his interest in an appointment in Australia or New Zealand.

Subseries Misc. File 9. Miscellaneous letters to Sir Francis Beaufort, November 1838 - October 1852

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Letters of Lieut. A. Kortright, October 1852 (File Folder 1)
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Lieut. A. Kortright to Sir Francis Beaufort, 25 October 1852 (Item 16)

Seeks assistance to emigrate to Australia.

Miscellaneous correspondence, November 1838 - June 1839 (File Folder 2)
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A. Cunningham (Sydney) to F. Beaufort, 5 November 1838 (Item 6)

Wishes to join H.M.S. Beagle on voyage to north-west coast; resignation from Botanical Garden; allowance; service with Capt. P.P. King; journeys of G. Grey and F. Lushington.

F. Cunningham (Sydney) to F. Beaufort, 10 June 1839 (Item 7)

Departure of Capt. J. Wickham for north coast and Capt. P.P. King for Port Stephens; health.

Subseries Misc. File 10. Miscellaneous papers, January 1848

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Letters of Major E. Sabine, April 1848 (File Folder 2)
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E. Sabine to A. Miles, 11 April 1848 (Item 4)

Reduction of staff at Hobart Observatory.

Subseries Misc. File 11. Miscellaneous letters, 1837 - January 1843

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Hydrography and chart-printing, July 1838 - January 1843 (File Folder 1)
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T.C. Croker to F. Beaufort, 4 July 1838 (Item 11)

Unsuccessful search for instructions to A. Tasman in 1644; inquiries made to British Museum and R. Brown.

Capt. F. Crozier (South Shetlands) to Admiralty, 22 January 1843 (Item 14)

Log and meteorological journals for 1842 given to Capt. J.C. Ross.

Letters of Capt. W. Hobson, 1837 (File Folder 3)

(5 letters)

Letters of Capt. W. Hobson (Port Phillip, Sydney) to F. Beaufort and Sir Richard Bourke concerning position of Crocodile Rock, Bass Strait, plans of Port Phillip by Lieut. W. Shortland, publication in Sydney of three charts of Port Phillip, and sketches of Cloudy Bay and Wayheike, New Zealand.

Subseries Misc. File 15. Miscellaneous letters, August 1831 - March 1856

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Miscellaneous letters, August 1831 - March 1856 (File Folder 1)
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Capt. F. Beechey (Weybridge) to F. Beaufort. (11pp), 15 August 1831 (Item 3)

Suggestions for more detailed survey of Pacific, referring to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides and Caroline Islands; need for interpreters; choice of vessel.

Notes on crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. (3pp), 1839 (Item 6)
Capt. G. Richards to J. Washington, 17 March 1856 (Item 10)

Contribution of F. Evans to New Zealand Pilot; recommends Evans for further employment.

Printed papers, March 1856 (File Folder 2)
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Petition of meeting of General Association for Australian Colonies to House of Commons calling for reestablishment of monthly postal steam communication with Australia. (8pp), 4 March 1856 (Item 3)

Subseries Misc. File 16. Surveys, Franklin Search, 1846 - June 1862

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Surveys, Franklin Search, 1846 - June 1862 (File Folder 1)
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Remark book of H.M.S. Cormorant. (14pp), 1846 (Item 3)

Including visit to Hawaii.

Lieut. A. Bowen (Georgetown, Tasmania) to Admiralty, 2 December 1861 (Item 15)

Offers to undertake survey of north coast of Tasmania; estimated cost.

J. Washington. Memoranda on letter from Sir George Bowen to Duke of Newcastle on contribution of Queensland Government to cost of Queensland survey, 24 June 1862 - 27 June 1862 (Item 16)

Subseries Misc. File 20. Miscellaneous letters, December 1857

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Miscellaneous letters, December 1857 (File Folder 3)
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Cdr. G. Mechan (Honolulu) to [unknown], 8 December 1857 (Item 3)

Activities of whalers in Pacific; number of whalers at Hawaii; hydrographic notes on Fanning Island, Christmas Island and Diana Shoal.

Subseries Misc. File 22. Letters of Lieut. J. Wood, January 1839 - June 1844

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Letters of Lieut. J. Wood, January 1839 - May 1839 (File Folder 2)
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Lieut. J. Wood (Chatham) to F. Beaufort, January 1839 (Item 3)

Return of instruments and New Zealand charts supplied to H.M.S. Buffalo in 1836; charts supplied to J. Busby at Bay of Islands.

Lieut. J. Wood to F. Beaufort, 19 May 1839 (Item 4)

Requests supply of instruments and books.

Lieut. J. Wood to F. Beaufort, 20 May 1839 (Item 5)

Requests charts for H.M.S. Buffalo.

Letters of A.B. Usborne, December 1839 - June 1844 (File Folder 5)
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A.B. Usborne to F. Beaufort, 23 December 1839 (Item 1)

Accident in Australia.

A. B. Usborne to F. Beaufort, 30 December 1839 (Item 2)

Pension not granted; service as master on H.M.S. Beagle.

A. B. Usborne to F. Beaufort, 24 Dec. [1839] (Item 19)

Sends letters for Capt. J. Wickham and messmates on H.M.S Beagle.

A. B. Usborne (Falmouth) to F. Beaufort, 2 June 1844 (Item 20)

Return to England; sends correspondence with Governor R. FitzRoy; regret at abandoning New Zealand survey.

Subseries Misc. File 23. Letters of G. Airy, January 1831 - March 1857

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Letters of G. Airy, March 1857 (File Folder 2)
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G. Airy to J. Washington, 14 March 1857 (Item 27)

Inquires about accuracy of longitudes of points on various islands, including Tasmania and New Zealand.

Letters of T.R. Robinson, January 1831 - July 1835 (File Folder 3)
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T.R. Robinson to [unknown], 26 January 1831 (Item 1)

Relative importance of Parramatta and Cape of Good Hope as sites for observatories.

T.R. Robinson to F. Beaufort, 17 July 1835 (Item 22)

Criticises note of G. Airy of colonial observatories, including Parramatta.

T.R. Robinson to Lord Gosford, 17 June 1835 (Item 22a)

Need for additional observatories, including one further east than Parramatta.

Subseries Misc. File 24. Letters of Sir John Herschel, Sir William Hooker, T.H. Huxley, April 1849 - February 1857

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Letters of Sir John Herschel, Sir William Hooker, T.H. Huxley, April 1849 - February 1857 (File Folder 1)
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Sir William Hooker to Sir Francis Beaufort, 27 April 1849 (Item B/5)

High opinion of J. MacGillivray; publication of results of voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake.

Sir William Hooker to Sir Francis Beaufort, 3 January 1852 (Item B/7)

Reasons for preferring B. Seemann to J. MacGillivray as naturalist.

Sir William Hooker to Sir Francis Beaufort, 17 May 1852 (Item B/8)

Request for charts; meeting with Capt. H.M. Denham and his officers.

Sir William Hooker to Sir Francis Beaufort, 9 September 1852 (Item B/9)

Letters for H.M.S. Herald; receipt of plants from New Zealand.

Sir William Hooker to Sir Francis Beaufort, 23 April 1856 (Item B/10)

Inquires about North Australian Expedition; appreciation of Sir Everard Home.

Sir William Hooker to Sir Francis Beaufort, 12 February 1857 (Item B/11)

Inquires about cases of specimens from H.M.S. Herald.

T.H. Huxley to Sir Francis Beaufort, 20 November 1850 (Item C/1)

Applies for post at Fisgard to work up results of H.M.S. Rattlesnake expedition.

Letters of J.W. Hamilton and Capt. W.A.B. Hamilton, 1849 - 1850 (File Folder 3)
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J.W. Hamilton (Wellington) to Sir Francis Beaufort, 1849 - 1850 (Item A/1-6)

New Zealand survey; search for moa; earthquakes; visits to Middle Island; Capt. R. FitzRoy; explorations with E.J. Eyre; Anglican settlement at Canterbury; work for H.M.S. Acheron and New Zealand Company; Capt. J.L. Stokes. (6 letters)

Letters, December 1850 (File Folder 6)
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Sir Everard Home to Sir Francis Beaufort, 16 December 1850 (Item 28)

Requests second set of New Zealand and Australian charts; appointment of Capt. B. Drury to New Zealand survey.

Subseries Misc. File 25. Correspondence, May 1849 - July 1861

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Letters of Capt. H. Kellett and Lieut. J. Wood, May 1849 - August 1849 (File Folder 1)
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Capt. H. Kellett (Oahu) to Sir Francis Beaufort, 16 May 1849 (Item 1)

Slow voyage to Hawaii; plans for Arctic voyage; return of Lieut. J. Wood to England.

Lieut. J. Wood (Honolulu) to Sir Francis Beaufort, 22 May 1849 (Item 10)

Departure of H.M.S. Herald; lack of communications from England; plans to visit Pitcairn Island.

Lieut. J. Wood to Sir Francis Beaufort, 28 May 1849 (Item 11)

Forwards papers, including list of charts and fossils sent in H.M.S. Pandora.

Lieut. J. Wood (Papeete) to Sir Francis Beaufort, 24 June 1849 (Item 12)

Visit to Tahiti; Franch and other ships at Papeete; sovereignty of Leeward Islands; readiness of chiefs to receive Pitcairn Islanders; encloses letter of W. Miller (Honolulu).

Lieut. J. Wood (Valparaiso) to Sir Francis Beaufort, 7 August 1849 (Item 13)

Visit to Tahiti and Pitcairn Island; reluctance of Pitcairn Islanders to move to Tahiti; land system.

Letters of Lieut. F.W. Sidney, December 1860 - July 1861 (File Folder 4)
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Lieut. F.W. Sidney (Guernsey) to J. Washington, 26 December 1860 (Item 27)

Offer of command of N.S.W. survey; hopes Richards will remain on Channel Islands survey.

Lieut. F.W. Sidney to J. Washington, 28 May 1861 (Item 28)

Future arrangements for Channel Islands survey; readiness to leave for Australia.

Lieut. F.W. Sidney to J. Washington, 2 July 1861 (Item 29)

Imminent departure for N.S.W.; supply of instruments and stores; appointment of Hixson as assistant.

Subseries Misc. File 26. Correspondence, 1851

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Surveying and navigational matters, 1851 (File Folder 3)
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Sir Everard Home to Sir Francis Beaufort, 1851 (Item 5-11)

Preparations for voyage of H.M.S. Calliope; order for aneroid barometer; search for shoals; voyage to Australia; visit to Cape of Good Hope Observatory; transfer of surveyor G. Heath from H.M.S. Fantome; plans to visit New Zealand and New Caledonia; expects piracy and great increase in shipping due to gold discoveries. (7 letters)

Subseries Misc. File 27. Miscellaneous letters, November 1856 - December 1856

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Miscellaneous letters, December 1856 (File Folder 3)
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Rosamond Beaufort to J. Washington, 19 December 1856 (Item 5)

Introduces P. Woodcock; application for naval cadetship of F. Nixon, son of Bishop to Tasmania.

Letters of E. Sabine, November 1856 (File Folder 4)
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E. Sabine to J. Washington, 23 November 1856 (Item 3)

Voyage of Dr. Scoresby to Australia; supply of Admiralty compass.

Subseries Misc. File 28. Miscellaneous letters, c.1855 - January 1857

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Miscellaneous letters, January 1857 (File Folder 2)
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Rev. J. Calvert (Woodbridge) to J. Washington, 30 January 1857 (Item 11)

Requests loan of portrait of Chief Thakombau by G. Wilson for book on Fiji; fears of French annexation of Fiji; translation of Bible into Fijian.

Undated letters, c.1855 (File Folder 3)
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[unknown] to J. Washington, c. 1855 (Item 6)

Treasures of H.M.S. Bounty brought from Pitcairn Island; request to inspect log of H.M.S. Bounty; despatch of box of implements to Pitcairn Island; future of Pitcairn Islanders. (incomplete)

Subseries Misc. File 29. Letters of Admiral R. FitzRoy, March 1857 - June 1860

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Adm. R. FitzRoy to J. Washington, 2 March 1857 (File 3)

Thanks for congratulations; book by Sir Charles Napier; notoriety of Earp in New Zealand.

Adm. R. FitzRoy to J. Washington, 18 February 1860 (File)

Paper by W. Scott on latitude and longitude of Sydney Observatory; position determined by H.M.S. Beagle in 1836.

Adm. R. FitzRoy to J. Washington, 11 June 1860 (File)

Meeting of Royal Society; outbreak of hostilities in New Zealand.

Adm. R. FitzRoy to J. Washington, 15 June 1860 (File)

Refers to meeting between Capt. J. Wickham and Duke of Newcastle.

Subseries Misc. File 41. Deepening of entrance to Port Jackson, October 1874

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F. Nixon (Sydney) to F. Evans, 10 July 1874 (File 19)

Controversy about choice of channels for deepening; division between engineers and nautical authorities; asks Evans to suspend judgment.

Subseries Misc. File 43. Letterbook of Capt. A.B. Becher, October 1859 - January 1861

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Minute on imperfect state of charts of Chatham Islands, 4 October 1859 (Item ff.163)
Minute of payment to masters for pilotage in Inner Passage of Torres Strait, 11 October 1859 (Item ff.170)
A. Becher to Cdr. C. Yule, 16 October 1860 (Item ff.297-98)

Receipt of manuscript of Volume 3 of Australian Directory.

A. Becher to Cdr. C. Yule, 10 November 1860 (Item ff.385-88)

Location of lights on Australian coast; route to India from Australia.

A. Becher to Capt. Glendinning, 29 January 1861 (Item ff.411-12)

Inquires about soundings near Cocos Islands.

Subseries Misc. File 54. Reminiscences of Hydrographic Service, October 1956 - November 1956

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Adm. K. Collins. Circular letter inviting recollections of experiences in Hydrographic Service, 29 October 1956 (Item 1a)
Adm. A.L. Jackson to K. Collins, 3 November 1956 (Item 1)

Service on H.M.S. Sealark in Solomon Islands at outbreak of World War I.

Capt. F. Gibson to K. Collins, 27 November 1956 (Item 11)

Service on H.M.S. Fantome in Australia in 1907-1910; employment of aborigines.

Subseries Misc. File 78. Papers of Commander B. Drury, 1856 - 1857

(8 papers)

Letters of Cdr. B. Drury (Bath) to J. Washington, A.B. Becher and Lieut. W. Chimmo. They refer to his achievements in New Zealand, lack of recognition by the Admiralty, survey of the Snares. Includes a tracing of the Snares.

Subseries Misc. File 91. Samoan Hurricane, 1889

Translations of reports to Admiralty, Berlin, on loss of cruiser Adler and gunboat Eber and stranding of corvette Olga at Apia as result of hurricane on 16 March 1899. Includes tracing of Apia harbour. (22pp)

Series V. Surveyors' Letters, 1828 - 1913

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2326-M2331.

Subseries SL. 3d. Letters of Capt. Henry Mangles Denham, 1852 - 1856

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Letters and despatches of Capt. Henry Mangles Denham (H.M.S. Herald) to Sir Francis Beaufort and J. Washington, 1852 - 1856 (File)

(Mainly 1856).

Written from Sydney, Auckland, Norfolk Island and Fiji, the letters deal with the movements of H.M.S. Herald, surveys, relations with colonial governments, activities of missionaries in Pacific, relations with Wesleyan missionaries in Fiji, possible annexation of Fiji, exploration of Viti Levu, natural history specimens, despatch of paintings and drawings, search for B. Boyd, death of Capt. P.P. King, paper on magnetic deviation at Corbu Islet, Fiji, retirement of Beaufort as Hydrographer.

(36 letters)

Subseries SL. 3e. Letters of Capt. Henry Mangles Denham, 1857 - 1863

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Letters and despatches of Capt. Henry Mangles Denham (H.M.S. Herald), mainly to J. Washington, 1857 - 1863 (File)

Written from Sydney, Flinders Island and King George's Sound, they deal with the officers and establishment of H.M.S. Herald, outbreak of scurvy on the ship, relations with Capt. S. Fremantle, solar eclipse, outer route to Torres Strait, lighthouses, survey of Port Jackson, wreck of Dunbar (1857), requisition for instruments, visit to Flinders Island, survey in Western Australia, observation of comet (1858), cruise in Coral Sea (1859), despatch of tracings and observations, appointment of J.W. Smith on detached surveying service (1860), death of Sir Francis Beaufort, return to England, list of charts and surveys (1852-1860) (45 letters) .

Subseries SL. 15c. Letters of Capt. O. Stanley and Lieut. C. Yule, 1846 - 1849

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Despatches and letters of Capt. O. Stanley (H.M.S. Rattlesnake) and Lieut. C. Yule (H.M.S. Bramble), mainly to Sir Francis Beaufort, 1846 - 1849 (File)

Written from Sydney, Moreton Bay, Port Curtis and Cape York, they deal with the voyage to Australia, plans for the Torres Strait expedition, surveys of N.S.W and Queensland coasts, inspection of Bass Strait lighthouses (1848), Capt. P.P. King, selection of sites for customs houses, defects of H.M.S. Bramble, observations on Indigenous Australians by J. MacGillivray, survey of Torres Strait (1848), exploring expedition of E. Kennedy. (42 letters)

Subseries SL. 15d. Letters of Lieut. C. Yule, 1848 - 1850

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Reports of Lieut. C. Yule (H.M.S. Bramble) to Capt. O. Stanley (H.M.S Rattlesnake), 1848 - 1850 (File)

Written from Sydney, Moreton Bay, Dunk Island, Cape York, Louisiade Archipelago and Redscar Bay, they deal with surveying work, inspection of lighthouses, survey of New Guinea, encounters with natives, and expedition of E. Kennedy. (22 letters)

Subseries SL. 15e. Letters of Capt. O. Stanley and Lieut. C. Yule, 1846 - 1850

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Despatches and letters of Capt. O. Stanley (H.M.S. Rattlesnake) and Lieut C. Yule (H.M.S. Bramble) to Sir Francis Beaufort, 1846 - 1850 (File)

Written from Sydney, Moreton Bay and Cape York, they deal with the appointment of J. MacGillivray as naturalist, surveys in Torres Strait and of New Guinea coast, despatch of charts, resources of Louisiade Archipelago, condition of H.M.S. Bramble, expedition of E. Kennedy, death of Capt. O. Stanley (1850), instruments, completion of narrative of voyage, return to England. (31 letters)

Subseries SL. 15f. Letterbook of Capt. O. Stanley, 1845 - 1850

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Letters of Capt. O. Stanley (H.M.S. Rattlesnake), written at Portsmouth, Sydney, Redscar Bay (New Guinea), Port Essington, Rockingham Bay, Port Curtis and Moreton Bay, 1845 - 1850 (File)

The recipients include W.A. Hamilton (Admiralty), Sir Charles Ogle, Adm. J.R. Dacres, Adm. S. Inglefield, H.G. Ward (Admiralty), E. Deas Thomson (Sydney), J. Briggs, J. Bicheno (Hobart), Sir Francis Beaufort, Capt. J. Erskine, Capt. J. Macarthur (Port Essington), Lieut. C. Yule, Capt. J. Maxwell, Capt. R. Bunbury (Port Phillip), Sir Henry Young (Adelaide), Sir Francis Collier, J. MacGillivray. (196 pp.)

Subseries SL. 19a. Letters of Capt. Phillip Parker King, 1828 - 1854

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Letters of Capt. Phillip Parker King to W.E. Parry and Sir Francis Beaufort. Written from Port Famine, Valparaiso, London, Plymouth, Sydney, Port Stephens and Dunheved, New South Wales, 1828 - 1854 (File)

Subjects include proceedings of H.M.S. Adventure, Beagle, and Adelaide in South America, Capt. R. FitzRoy, departure for Australia (1832), navigational aids at Port Jackson, wreck of Hive at Jervis Bay, murder of R. Cunningham, visit of H.M.S. Beagle to Sydney (1836), inner route to Torres Strait, supply of publications, observation of comet, J. Dunlop and Parramatta Observatory, death of Capt. O. Stanley, use of Torres Strait by steam vessels, French annexation of New Caledonia, need for British squadron in Australian waters, possible visit of Russian squadron (1854).

Also manuscript on difference in longitude by chronometers (1826).

(46 letters)

Subseries SL. 24. Letters of Capt. J. Wickham, 1837 - 1841

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Despatches and letters of Capt. J. Wickham (H.M.S. Beagle) to F. Beaufort, 1837 - 1841 (File)

Written from Woolwich, Simons Bay, Swan River, Sydney, Port Phillip, Port Stephens, Port Essington, Timor and London, they deal with preparations of H.M.S. Beagle, appointment of officers, voyage to Australia, J.S. Roe, explorations of G. Grey, Capt. P.P. King, stores, surveys of north-west coast and Bass Strait, charts, Wickham's invaliding and return to England. Includes letters of Lieut. J.L. Stokes. (40 letters)

Subseries SL. 25. Letterbook of Capt. James C. Ross, 1834 - 1840

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Letters of Capt. J.C. Ross (H.M.S. Erebus) concerning preparations and early stages of his Antarctic expedition, 15 April 1839 - 15 June 1840 (File)

Recipients include Sir Robert Otway, C. Wood, J. Briggs, R. Dundas, Sir John Barrow, R. O'Ferrall, Capt. F. Crozier, T. Hallett.

Subseries SL. 25a. Letters of Sir James C. Ross, 1836 - 1853

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Letters of Capt. James C. Ross (H.M.S. Erebus) to F. Beaufort, 1839 - 1848 (File)

Written from Madeira, St. Helena, Hobart, Sydney, Bay of Islands, Falkland Islands and Aylesbury, they deal with preparations for the Antarctic expedition, voyage to Australia, despatch of observations, establishment of observatory at Hobart, Sir John Franklin, failure of attempt to reach South Magnetic Pole, explorations of Lieut. C. Wilkes, need for warship at New Zealand, Polar charts, instruments, payment of officers at Van Diemen's Land, proposed promotion for Lieut. J.H. Kay, future of Hobart Observatory, Franklin Relief Expedition. (55 letters)

Subseries SL. 29. Letters of Capt. F. Blackwood, 1841 - 1846

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Includes hand-written summary of letters and topics.

Despatches and letters of Capt. F. Blackwood (H.M.S. Fly) and Lieut. C. Yule (H.M.S. Bramble) to F. Beaufort, 1841 - 1846 (File)

Written from Devonport, Hobart, Sydney, Swan River, Torres Strait, Sourabaya, Singapore and Darnley Island, they deal with preparations for voyage, supply of instruments, appointment of officers, voyage to Australia, performance of instruments, plans for survey of south coast of New Guinea, magnetic observations, survey of Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, erection of Beacon at Raine's Islet, despatch of charts, defects of H.M.S. Fly, Lieut. C. Yule, Lieut. C. Shadwell, boredom of surveying work, opposition of Sir George Gipps to observatory at Sydney, survey by Yule of Moreton Bay, return of Blackwood to England, proposals for further surveys in Torres Strait. (86 letters)

Subseries SL. 30a. Letters of Capt. John Lort Stokes, 1841 - 1847

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Letters of Capt. John Lort Stokes (H.M.S. Beagle) to F. Beaufort, 1841 - 1847 (File)

Written from Swan River, Sydney, Port Essington, London.

Subjects include investigation of harbour for Australind, surveys of north-west coast, Gulf of Carpentaria and Bass Strait, Capt. Phillip Parker King, settlement at Port Essington, observation by Capt. J. Wickham of comet at Moreton Bay (1843), lighthouses in Bass Strait, dangers in entrance to Tamar River. (16 letters)

Subseries SL. 30b. Letters of Capt. John Lort Stokes, 1847 - 1851

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Letters of Capt. John Lort Stokes and G. Richards (H.M.S. Acheron) to Sir Francis Beaufort, written from London, Simon's Bay, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Otago, 1847 - 1851 (File)

Subjects include supply of instruments and books to H.M.S. Acheron, death of Stokes' wife on voyage to Australia (1848), survey of New Zealand, despatch of charts and natural history specimens, Sir George Grey, future government of New Zealand, relations with East Indies Station, Capt. Phillip Parker King, death of Capt. O. Stanley, relations with Maoris, return to England. (45 letters)

Subseries SL. 43b. Letters of Capt. F.W. Sidney, 1854 - 1863

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Letters of Capt. F.W. Sidney to J. Washington, 1861 - 1863 (File)

Written from Sydney, Trial Bay and Newcastle, they deal with the N.S.W. survey, expenses, assistants, visit to New Zealand (1863), survey of Manukan Harbour, conflict with Maoris.

(16 letters)

Subseries SL. 68. Letters of Major E. Sabine, 1844 - 1854

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E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 16 May 1849 (File)

Urges promotion for Lieut. J.H. Kay; his exemplary conduct in Van Diemen's Land.

E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 21 April 1849 (File)

Appointment of staff to Hobart Obsevatory; Lieut. J.H. Kay.

E. Sabine to E. Dunsterville, 6 March 1850 (File)

Acknowledges list of appointments to Hobart Observatory.

C. Younghusband to [Sir Francis Beaufort], 10 January 1851 (File)

Location and dimensions of Hobart Observatory.

E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 13 January 1851 (File)

Supply of instruments to H.M.S. Pandora.

Lieut. J.H. Kay. List of books and instruments required for Hobart Observatory, 1 October 1850 (File)
E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 21 January 1851 (File)

Supply of dip forms to Lieut J.H. Kay.

E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 21 January 1851 (File)

Supply of instruments and stationery to Lieut J.H. Kay.

E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 3 February 1851 (File)

Supply of instruments to Capt. B. Drury.

E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 31 March 1851 (File)

Need to retain Hobart Observatory.

E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 7 February 1854 (File)

Commends Lieut. J. Dayman; his work in Antarctic and Hobart.

E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 3 May 1852 (File)

Supply of stationery to Lieut. J.H. Kay.

E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 13 July 1852 (File)

Receipt of magnetical observations from Lieut. J.H. Kay.

E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 22 November 1852 (File)

Receipt of magnetical observations from H.M.S. Herald and Torch.

E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 26 January 1853 (File)

Suggestion for improved magnetical observations made by Capt. B. Drury (H.M.S. Pandora).

E. Sabine to Sir Francis Beaufort, 27 June 1853 (File)

Grant to T.H. Huxley for publication of zoological and anatomical researches on H.M.S. Rattlesnake.

Subseries SL. 108. Letters of Capt. E. Belcher, 1836 - 1840

7 items

Filmed selectively.

Capt. E. Belcher (Isabella Island) to F. Beaufort., 10 June 1837 - 29 December 1837 (File)

Visit of H.M.S. Sulphur to Sandwich Islands; political crisis owing to banishment of French missionaries; relations with Capt. A. Dupetit-Thouars; surveys in North Pacific. (45 pp.)

Capt. E. Belcher (Oahu) to F. Beaufort, 24 July 1837 (File)

Arrival in Sandwich Islands; detention owing to conduct of Government.

Capt. E. Belcher to F. Beaufort, 24 July 1837 (File)

Meeting with Capt. A. Dupetit-Thouars.

Capt. E. Belcher (San Blas) to F. Beaufort, 21 December 1837 (File)

Activities since July 1837. (18 pp.)

Capt. E. Belcher (Panama) to F. Beaufort, 17 March 1839 (File)

Plans for future survey, including visit to Sandwich Islands.

Capt. E. Belcher (Oahu) to F. Beaufort, 10 June 1839 (File)

Survey of Clipperton Island; meeting with King of Sandwich Islands; appointment of American Consul.

Meteorological observations, Bow Island, 20 March 1840 - 21 March 1840 (File)
1 item
Capt. E. Belcher (Tahiti, Macassar) to F. Beaufort, April 1840 - September 1840 (Item)

Coral boring at Bow Island; observations at Point Venus; caulking of H.M.S. Sulphur; disputes involving British citizens at Tahiti; visits to Fiji and New Hebrides; Lieut. C. Wilkes; survey of south New Guinea coast; relations with crew. (6 letters)

Series V. ii. Surveyors' letters, 1866 - 1909

31 items

For the period 1866-1876 the letters comprise both official letters (registered as S Papers) and private letters from surveyors to the Hydrographer. After 1876 only private letters are included in this series. The post-1876 official letters are listed in the next section.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2332-M2337.

Correspondence, January 1866 - November 1866 (File Box 1866)

Includes materials relating to correspondence from Lieut. E. Bedwell (Brisbane); Cdr. H.L. Cox (Melbourne); Lieut. J. Gowlland (Newcastle); Lieut. F. Howard (Adelaide, Timor, Adam Bay); Cdr. J. Hutchison (London, Adelaide); Lieut. F. Sidney (Sydney, Gillingham); Lieut. H. Stanley (Melbourne); Cdr. G. Wilkinson (Melbourne) to G. Richards.

Topics include: Queensland survey; estimates; staff; purchase of launch; survey of Moreton Bay; unemployed immigrants in Brisbane; mail route to Batavia; survey of Westernport and Hobson Bay; death of T. Bourchier; disastrous wreck at Newcastle; errors in Newcastle chart; McKinley Exploring Expedition in Northern Territory; recall of B. Finniss; instruments; survey of Liverpool River and Goulburn Island; visit of Malay proas; chart of entrance to Port Phillip.

Other material filmed includes Lieut. F. Howard to Henry Ayers regarding the appointment of Mr McKiley to explore Northern parts of Australia, and Regulations of Koepang Island of Timor.

A-K: Correspondence, November 1866 - 23 December 1867 (File Box 1867)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. R. Armit (Melbourne) and G. Richards (1867); Lieut. E. Bedwell (Brisbane) and G. Richards (1867); Cdr. J. Hutchison (Adelaide) and G. Richards (1866-1867).

Topics include: death of G. Wilkinson; command of Victorian Survey; equipment; accounts; survey of Moreton Bay; Repairs to Beatrice; surveys of Spencer's Gulf and St. Vincent Gulf.

L-Z: Correspondence, November 1866 - November 1867 (File Box 1867)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. G. Nares (Sydney, Batavia) and G. Richards (1867); Cdr. F. Sidney (Sydney) and G. Richards (1867); Cdr. G. Wilkinson (Melbourne) and G. Richards (1866-1867).

Topics include: alterations in charts of eastern coast of Australia; lighting of inner route of Torres Strait; charts of Edgecumbe Bay, Torres Strait, Port Darwin; soundings in Arafura Sea; J.G. Boulton; survey of coast near Port Stephens; sheets of Newcastle Harbour; silting up of Hobson Bay; Lieut. H. Stanley; charts of Westernport; correspondence with Victorian Government.

A-K: Correspondence, November 1867 - December 1868 (File Box 1868)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. R. Armit (Melbourne, Sydney) and G. Richards (1868); Lieut. E. Bedwell (Brisbane, Sydney) and G. Richards (1867-1868); Lieut. J. Gowlland (Sydney) and G, Richards (1868); Cdr. J. Hutchison (Adelaide) and G. Richards (1867-1868).

Topics include: disposal of Victoria; command of Victorian Survey; relations with Lieut. H. Stanley; expenses; appointment to H.M.S. Virago; promotion; survey of Moreton Bay; discovery of gold at Gympie; expenses; repair to Pearl; new settlements in northern Queensland; chart of Broken Bay; survey of southern coast of N.S.W.; survey of St. Vincent Gulf; reduced expenditure; despatch of tracings.

L-Z: Correspondence, December 1867 - November 1868 (File Box 1868)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. F. Sidney (Sydney, Melbourne) and G. Richards (1868); Lieut. H. Stanley (Melbourne) and G. Richards (1867-1868).

Topics include: courts-martial; Duke of Edinburgh; hopes of retirement; accounts; transfer to Victorian Survey; Lieut. H. Stanley; death of Comm. G. Wilkinson; relations with Lieut. R. Armit; survey of Wilson's Promontory; command of Victorian Survey; alterations in sailing directions; discovery of reef near King Island.

A-K: Correspondence, November 1868 - October 1869 (File Box 1869)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. R. Armit (Sydney, Pt. Denison, Wellington) and G. Richards (1868-1869); Lieut. E. Bedwell (Brisbane) and G. Richards (1869); Lieut. J. Gowlland (Sydney) and G. Richards (1869); Lieut. F. Howard (Adelaide) and G. Richards (1869); Cdr. J. Hutchison (Adelaide) and G. Richards.

Topics include: court-martial; relations with officers of H.M.S. Virago; survey of Moreton Bay; erection of lighthouse at Sandy Cape; possible withdrawal of Imperial grant for colonial surveys; disposal of schooner Edith; accounts; future of N.S.W. Survey; deaths of Capt. J. Hutchison and Lieut. Guy; visit of Duke of Edinburgh; survey of St. Vincent Gulf.

L-Z: Correspondence, November 1868 - November 1869 (File Box 1869)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut H. Stanley (Melbourne) and G. Richards. Topics include: acquisition of steamer Pharos; accounts; despatch of tracings; command of Victorian Survey; survey of Wilsons Promontory; Victoria-Tasmania submarine cable; wrecks; chart of Port Phillip Heads. (13 letters)

Correspondence, October 1869 - September 1870 (File Box 1870)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. E. Bedwell (Brisbane) and G. Richards (1869-1870); Lieut. J. Gowlland (Sydney) and G. Richards (1869-1870); Lieut. F. Howard (Adelaide) and G. Richards (1870); Lieut. H. Stanley (Melbourne) and G. Richards (1870).

Topics include: Queensland Survey; accounts; discovery of shoal; surveys of south coast of N.S.W. and Clarence River; continuance of surveys by N.S.W. Government; survey of Kangaroo Island; staff; surveys of Portland Bay, Port Fairy and Warrnambool; inadequacy of Pharos.

Correspondence, October 1870 - October 1871 (File Box 1871)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. E. Bedwell (Brisbane) and G. Richards (1870-1871); Lieut. J. Gowlland (Sydney) and G. Richards (1870-1871); Cdr. F. Howard (Adelaide) and G. Richards (1870-1871); Lieut H. Stanley (Melbourne) and G. Richards (1870-1871).

Topics include: progress of Queensland Survey; death of Governor S. Blackall; future surveys; completion of survey of Clarence River and Middle Harbour; despatch of charts; survey of Hunter River; Survey of south-east coast; accounts; chronometers; despatch of tracings and sailing directions; appointment of assistant surveyor.

Correspondence, October 1871 - December 1872 (File Box 1872)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. W. Archdeacon (Perth, Albany) and G. Richards(1872); Cdr. E. Bedwell (Gladstone, Brisbane, Sydney) and G. Richards (1871-1872); Lieut. J. Gowlland (Sydney) and G. Richards (1872); Cdr. F. Howard (Adelaide) and G. Richards (1872); Lieut. H. Stanley (Melbourne) and G. Richards.

Topics include: voyage to Western Australia; Governor F. Weld; equipment; survey of Challenger Passage; survey of Port Curtis; changes in middle channel in Moreton Bay; repair of Pearl; journey to Cape York; tin and copper discoveries in Queensland; reports of N.S.W. survey; search for survivors of Maria wrecked on Bramble Reef; despatch of tracings; survey of Sydney Harbour; differences of longitude between Melbourne and Adelaide observatories; complaints about chart of eastern Bass Strait.

Correspondence, October 1872 - October 1873 (File Box 1873)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. W. Archdeacon (Perth) and G. Richards; Cdr. E. Bedwell (Gladstone, Brisbane, Mackay) and G. Richards; Cdr. F. Howard (Adelaide) and G. Richards; Lieut. H. Stanley (Melbourne) and G. Richards.

Topics discussed include: survey of Challenger Passage and Cockburn Sound; instruments; despatch of tracings; progress of Queensland Survey; accounts; Port Augusta estuary; survey of Kangaroo Island; graving dock at Williamstown; survey of King Island; repair of Victoria.

Correspondence, November 1873 - November 1874 (File Box 1874)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. W. Archdeacon (Perth) and G. Richards and F. Evans; Cdr. E. Bedwell (Brisbane, Hobart, Mackay) and G. Richards and F. Evans; Lieut. L. Dawson (Sydney, New Guinea, Singapore) and G. Richards and F. Evans; Cdr. F. Howard (Adelaide) and G. Richards and F. Evans; Cdr. H. Stanley (Melbourne) to G. Richards and F. Evans.

Topics include: survey of Cockburn Sound and Rottnest Island; use of convicts on surveys; erection of lighthouse at Champion Bay; lack of progress of Western Australia; survey of Port Bowen; observation of transit of Venus; visit to Tasmania; reports of Queensland Survey; proceedings of H.M.S. Basilisk along southern coast of New Guinea; repair of Beatrice; wrecks; despatch of tracings and sailing directions; navigation of West Channel of Port Phillip; survey of Bass Strait islands; wreck of British Admiral.

Correspondence, November 1874 - November 1875 (File Box 1875)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. W. Archdeacon (Perth) and F. Evans; Cdr. E. Bedwell (Brisbane, Gladstone) and F. Evans; Lieut. L. Dawson (Sydney, Levuka) and F. Evans; Cdr. F. Howard (Port Pirie, Adelaide) and F. Evans; Cdr. H. Stanley (Melbourne) and F. Evans.

Topics include: reports of surveys; staff; need for vessel; plan of Port Curtis; despatch of tracings; surveys of New Guinea and Fiji; instruments; measles epidemic; hiring of crew in Fiji; resurvey of Port Pirie; silting up of Hobsons Bay; sale of charts; erection of second lighthouse on King Island; survey of islands in Bass Strait; corrected chart of Hobsons Bay.

A-K: Correspondence, October 1875 - October 1876 (File Box 1876)

Includes: materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. W. Archdeacon (Perth) and F. Evans; Cdr. E. Bedwell (Brisbane, Maryborough) and F. Evans; Lieut. L. Dawson (Sydney) and F. Evans; Cdr. F. Howard (Adelaide) and F. Evans.

Topics discussed include: Instruments; expedition of E. Giles; progress of survey of Cape Leeuwin; accounts; reports of surveys; Torres Strait; rocks at Port Curtis; Fiji survey; lighting of Ngaloa Bay; C. Malan; illness; surveys of west coast and Murray River entrance.

L-Z: Correspondence, November 1875 - 3 October 1876 (File Box 1876)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. W. Moore (Levuka) and F. Evans (1876); Lieut. L. Dawson (London) and F. Evans (3/10/1876); Cdr. H. Stanley (Melbourne) and F. Evans.

Topics include: arrival of H.M.S. Alacrity in Fiji; corrections to charts; survey of Savu Savu Bay and islands of Kandovu; survey of harbour at Suva; surveys of Banks Strait and islands in Bass Strait.

Correspondence, February 1877 - September 1878 (File Box 1877-1878)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. E. Bedwell (Brisbane, London, Southport) and F. Evans (1877-1878); Lieut. E. Connor (Brisbane) and F. Evans (9/04/1878); Lieut. W. Moore (Fiji) and F. Evans (24/05/1877); Cdr. H. Stanley (Melbourne) and F. Evans and W. Blakeney (1877-1878).

Topics discussed include: purchase of theodolite; accounts; despatch of tracings; position recommendations; List of instruments transmitted to England on H.M.S. Alacrity (Sydney); Error in lead line; visit to Sydney; continuance of Victorian Survey; negotiations with Sir George Bowen; proposed survey of Tasmanian coasts.

Correspondence, 8 May 1880 - 14 September 1885 (File Box 1879-1884)

Correspondents include: Cdr. J.E. Coghlan; W. Wharton; Lieut. L. Dawson; Lieut. J. Dixon; Cdr. R. Hoskyn; Cdr. F. Howard; Lieut. W. Moore; Lieut. T. Pullen.

Topics discussed include: request of Lieut. H.J. Dockrell to return to England; consultation with Sir Frederick Broome on naval defence; error in survey of Bon Repos Bay, Marquesas Islands; development of Northern Territory; survey of Dundas and Clarence Straits; misprints in Fiji charts; staff.

Correspondence, 26 January 1886 - December 1888 (File Box 1886-1888)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Capt. P. Aldrich (Tonga, Auckland) and W. Wharton (September-December 1888); Cdr. J.E. Coghlan (London) and W. Wharton (12/06/1887); Lieut. A.M. Field (Townsville, Cooktown, Sydney) and W. Wharton (May 1886-October 1888); Cdr. R. Hoskyn (Sydney, Launceston) and W. Wharton (May 1886-April 1888); Lieut. T. Pullen (Sydney) and W. Wharton (December 1886-October 1887).

Topics discussed include: deep-sea specimens; tide gauge; soundings of H.M.S. Egeria in Southern Ocean; staff; condition of instruments returned from Western Australian Survey; meteorological logs; Banks Island tracings; visit to Tasmania; geological specimens obtained from Louisiade Archipelago; future of survey; Survey by H.M.S. Myrmidon of Bass Strait; staff; collision with H.M.S. Tyne; passage through Great Barrier Reef near Cape Grafton; progress of survey; return to England; reef at Cooktown; meteorological log; New Guinea survey; repairs of H.M.S. Lark; survey of Sydney Harbour.

Correspondence, 1888 - 1889 (File Box 1889)

Includes:

Materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. P. Aldrich and W. Wharton (April-June 1889); Lieut. A.M. Field (London) and W. Wharton (April-May 1889); Cdr. C. Oldham (Hobart, Sydney, Auckland, Suva) and W. Wharton (February-December 1889). Topics discussed include: Search for Pelorus shoal at Tonga; mineralogical specimens from Louisiade Archipelago; domestics on H.M.S. Dart; deep-sea soundings; staff; survey of Tonga.

Lieut. G. Richards. Papers on Queensland tides

Correspondence, January 1890 - November 1890 (File Box 1890)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. L. Dawson (Hobart, Sydney) and W. Wharton (January-June 1890); Cdr. W. Moore (Port Darwin, Perth) and W. Wharton (February-November 1890); Cdr. C. Oldham (Sydney, Thursday Island) and W. Wharton (April-September 1890); Lieut. G. Pirie (Brisbane, Cooktown, Thursday Island) and W. Wharton (February-September 1890).

Topics discussed include: death of Lieut. J. East; clothing for seamen in northern Australia; surveys of H.M.S. Rambler; search for Booby Rock, Torres Strait; voyage to Australia; health of crew; survey of northwest Australia; court-martial; Port Darwin; relations with crew; speed of H.M.S. Penguin; insubordination of crew; court-martial; guano at Barrie Island; acquisition of whaleboat; visit to Sydney; survey of Torres Strait.

Correspondence, January 1891 - November 1891 (File Box 1891)

Includes materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. G. Frederick (Sydney, Hobart) and W. Wharton (January-March 1891); Cdr. W. Moore (Hobart, Albany, Darwin) and W. Wharton (February-November 1891); Lieut. G. Pirie (Brisbane, Thursday Island) and W. Wharton (January-September 1891).

Repairs to H.M.S. Dart; visit to Sydney; plans for survey; crew; surveys of Macquarie Harbour and New Hebrides; court-martial of Lieut. G. Oliver; inspection of H.M.S. Penguin; geological specimens from north-west Australia; lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin; newspaper allegations against Moore: discipline; deep-sea samples; shoal water at Cape Bowling Green; survey of Torres Strait.

Correspondence, August 1892 - December 1892 (File Box 1892)

Includes:

Cdr. W. Moore (Hong Kong) and W. Wharton (12 Jan): sailing directions for area off Cape Bougainville.

Cdr. G. Pirie (Thursday Island) to W. Wharton (23/09/1892): promotion; extension southwards of Queensland Survey.

Materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. H. Purey-Cust (New Hebrides, Noumea, Sydney) and W. Wharton (August-December 1892): survey of New Hebrides and New Caledonia; hostility of natives; meteorological observations at Noumea; staff. (3 letters)

Correspondence, February 1893 - December 1893 (File Box 1893)

Materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. A. Balfour (Thursday Island, Solomon Islands) and W. Wharton (May-September 1893); Lieut. T. Hening (Thursday Island) and W. Wharton (December 1893); Cdr. G. Pirie (Brisbane) and W. Wharton (February-March 1893); Lieut. H. Purey-Cust (Sydney, Noumea, New Hebrides) and W. Wharton (May-December 1893).

Topics discussed include: crew; survey of Coral Sea; relations with natives; search for shoals in Torres Strait; tidal observations; loss of charts and instruments in Brisbane River floods; plan of Port Arthur; tidal observations in Tasmania; survey of New Hebrides.

A-M: Correspondence, January 1894 - December 1894 (File Box 1894)

Includes:

Materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. A. Balfour (Sydney, Hobart, Townsville) and W. Wharton (1894): Survey of Coral Sea; relations with natives; repairs to H.M.S. Penguin; health of crew; deep-sea soundings; natural history specimens. (15 letters)

Materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. T. Hening (Brisbane, Sydney, Cooktown) and W. Wharton (1894): Tidal observations in Queensland; repairs to H.M.S. Paluma; need for steam tender; purchase of compasses; staff; grounding of H.M.S. Paluma; Queensland surveys. (15 letters)

O-Z: Correspondence, February 1894 - November 1894 (File Box 1894)

Includes:

Materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. H. Purey-Cust (Hobart, Sydney, Noumea) and W. Wharton discussing: work of Hobart Observatory; tidal observations; Tasmanian charts; grounding of H.M.S. Ringarooma; New Hebrides survey; relations with natives; volcanic eruption. (7 letters)

Correspondence, January 1895 - December 1896 (File Box 1895-1896)

Materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. H. Purey-Cust (Sydney) to W. Wharton (February-May 1895); Lieut. W. Howard (Hobart) to W. Wharton (January-October 1896); Cdr. T. Hening (Sydney) and W. Wharton (February-August 1895); Lieut. R. Glennie (Cooktown) and W. Wharton (July-November 1895); Cdr. A.M. Field (Suva) and W. Wharton (October-November 1896); Cdr. L. Dawson (Perth) and W. Wharton (March-December 1896); Lieut. J. Combe (Sydney, Hobart, Suva, Noumea) and W. Wharton (January 1895-October 1896); Cdr. A. Balfour (Hobart, Suva, Tonga) and W. Wharton (May-November 1895).

Topics discussed include: Instruments; Selwyn Strait; Lieut. R. Glennie; survey of Coral Sea; staff; accidents; survey of Rotumah; Coral Reef Expedition; Survey of Swan River; lighthouses; purchase of gunboat Victoria; Western Australian surveys; steamer routes; establishment of observatory at Mount Wellington; survey of Tonga; sounding wire.

Correspondence, January 1897 - November 1898 (File Box 1897-1898)

Includes:

Materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. J. Combe (Sydney, Esperance) and W. Wharton (January-April 1897): survey of Esperance.

Materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. A.M. Field (Sydney, Honolulu, Suva, Tonga) and Sir William Wharton (March 1897-November 1898): Deep-sea soundings; Fanning Island; Coral Reef Expedition; survey of Tonga. (11 letters)

Lieut. J.F. Parry (Morris Island, Queensland) to Sir William Wharton (30 July 1898): Superiority of Cairns to Cooktown as surveying base.

Correspondence, February 1899 - December 1900 (File Box 1899-1900)

Includes:

Materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. J.W. Combe (Esperance, ALbany, Sydney) and Sir William Wharton discussing: Lieut. F. Pasco; qualifications of officers of H.M.S. Penguin; survey of south coast of Western Australia. (6 letters)

Materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. C. Monro (Brisbane, Cairns) and Sir William Wharton discussing: Qualifications of officers of H.M.S. Dart; shoal in Flinders Group; tracing of Princess Charlotte Bay. (3 letters)

Materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. J.F. Parry (Hobart, Flinders Island) and Sir William Wharton discussing: survey of Morris Island; sale of Admiralty charts in Australia; surveys in north Queensland; qualifications of officers of H.M.S. Dart. (3 letters)

Materials relating to correspondence between Lieut. F. Pasco (Sydney) and Sir William Wharton discussing the despatch of books.

Correspondence, 22 September 1904 - 2 November 1907 (File Box 1901-1907)

Includes:

Cdr. W.P. Dawson (Sydney) to Sir William Wharton (22 September 1904): Lieut. F. Walker.

Cdr. E.C. Hardy (Cairns) to A.M. Field (2 November 1907): Commencement of survey of Queensland coast.

Correspondence, November 1907 - December 1908 (File Box 1908)

Includes:

Materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. F. Pasco (Sydney, Cairns, High Island) and A.M. Field discussing: supply of stationery, tables; staff; soundings; visit to Tasmania; survey of Devonport; Queensland Survey; condition of H.M.S. Fantome; illness of Cdr. E.C. Hardy. (19 letters)

Correspondence, February 1909 - December 1909 (File Box 1909)

Includes:

Materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. F. Pasco (Hobart, Sydney, Broome) and A.M. Field and H. Purey-Cust discussing: loss of whaler; survey of north-west coast of Australia; repairs to H.M.S. Fantome; Lieut. F. May. (8 letters)

Series VII. Remark Books, 1834 - 1863

202 items

Books kept by the commanders or masters of Royal Navy ships recording discoveries and other matters of hydrographical interest.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2436-M2446.

Biographical / Historical

Note: After 1861 the remark books were no longer bound together. In addition, commanders and masters generally used printed books supplied by the Admiralty, which tended to result in far less information being recorded, and far more blank space, compared to many of the remark books of earlier years. (A similar pattern is evident following the introduction of printed log books.)

Subseries. Volume, 1834 - 1835

4 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Buffalo F. Sadler (master) (57pp), May 1833 - January 1835 (File)
H.M.S. Hyacinth W. Forbes (master) (56pp), 1835 (File)
H.M.S. Hyacinth Cdr. F. Blackwood (11pp), 1835 (File)
H.M.S. Zebra Cdr. R. McCrea (13pp), September 1834 - December 1835 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1836 - 1837

7 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Acteon G. Biddlecombe (master) (48pp), January 1836 - February 1837 (File)
H.M.S. Rattlesnake C. Pope (master) (13pp), 1836 (File)
H.M.S. Rattlesnake C. Pope (master) (16pp), 1837 (File)
H.M.S. Rattlesnake Capt. W. Hobson (15pp), 1837 (File)
H.M.S. Victor W. Mills (master) (17pp), 1837 (File)
H.M.S. Victor Cdr. R. Crozier (36pp), 1837 (File)
H.M.S. Zebra L. Bailey (master) (86pp), 1836 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1838

5 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Alligator J. Jackson (master) (9pp), September 1838 - December 1838 (File)
H.M.S. Britomart J. Hill (master) (5pp), September 1838 - December 1838 (File)
H.M.S. Fly Cdr. R. Elliott (10pp), 1838 (File)
H.M.S. Larne Cdr. P. Blake (29pp), 1838 (File)
H.M.S. Pelorus D. Craigie (master) (8pp), 1838 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1839

3 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Britomart J. Hill (master) (8pp), 1839 (File)
H.M.S. Larne Cdr. P. Blake (27pp), 1839 (File)
H.M.S. Pelorus D. Craigie (master) (5pp), 1839 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1840

4 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Britomart J. Hill (master) (12pp), 1840 (File)
H.M.S. Buffalo J. Wood (master) (13pp), 1840 (File)
H.M.S. Calliope R. Browne (master) (15pp), July 1840 - October 1840 (File)
H.M.S. Herald P. Bean (master) (16pp), 1840 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1840 - 1843

6 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Britomart Cdr. O. Stanley (22pp), June 1841 - August 1841 (File)
H.M.S. Britomart J. Hill (master) (10pp), 1841 (File)
H.M.S. Curacoa Capt. J. Jones (15pp), 1841 (File)
H.M.S. Curacoa W. Parker (master) (16pp), 1841 (File)
H.M.S. Favorite Cdr. T. Sullivan (10pp), 1841 - 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Pelorus D. Craigie (master) (1pp), 1840 - 1841 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1843

14 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Basilisk B. Woolley (master) (4pp), 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Carysfort Capt. Lord George Paulet (5pp), 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Champion R. Knox (master) (5pp), 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Champion Lieut. J. Dalyell (3pp), September 1843 - December 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Dublin Capt. J. Tucker (15pp), 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Favorite T. Codnor (master) (19pp), 1840 - 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Herald P. Bean (master) (22pp), 1838 - 1839 (File)
H.M.S. North Star Capt. Sir Everard Home (72pp), 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Satellite Cdr. R. Gambier (8pp), March 1843 - November 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Satellite G. Hodges (master) (13pp), 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Talbot H. Thompson (master) (8pp), February 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Talbot Capt. Sir Thomas Thompson (12pp), 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Vindictive R. Hodges (master) (10pp), 1843 (File)
H.M.S. Vindictive Capt. J.T. Nicolas (6pp), 1843 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1844

12 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Carysfort Capt. Lord George Paulet (3pp), May 1844 - August 1844 (File)
H.M.S. Champion Cdr. J. Clavell (8pp), 1844 (File)
H.M.S. Collingwood Capt. R. Smart (11pp), 1844 (File)
H.M.S. Cormorant J. Warren (master) (8pp), 1844 (File)
H.M.S. Fly F. Evans (master) (92pp), 1843 - 1844 (File)
H.M.S. Modeste Cdr. T. Baillie (20pp), 1844 (File)
H.M.S. North Star Sir Everard Home (18pp), January 1844 - June 1844 (File)
H.M.S. Salamander J. Jenkins (master) (36pp), 1844 (File)
H.M.S. Salamander Cdr. A. Hamond (87pp), 1844 (File)
H.M.S. Thalia (4pp), 1844 (File)
H.M.S. Thalia H. Vane (master) (26pp), 1844 (File)
H.M.S. Vestal Capt. C. Talbot (15pp), 1844 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1845

15 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Calliope Capt. E. Stanley (9pp), September 1845 - December 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Collingwood Admiral Sir George Seymour (10pp), December 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Collingwood J. Penn (master) (33pp), 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Daphne Capt. J. Onslow (14pp), 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Driver Cdr. C. Hayes (39pp), February 1845 - December 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Driver J. Jarvis (master) (12pp), October 1845 - December 1845 (File)
H.M.S. North Star Capt. Sir Everard Home (19pp), 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Osprey Cdr. F. Patten (8pp), 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Osprey A. Halloran (master) (22pp), 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Racehorse Cdr. G. Hay (12pp), May 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Racehorse J. Nops (master) (10pp), May 1845 - December 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Salamander J. Jenkins (master) (20pp), 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Salamander Cdr. A. Hamond (46pp), 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Talbot H. Thompson (master) (12pp), 1845 (File)
H.M.S. Talbot Capt. Sir Thomas Thompson (8pp), 1845 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1846

12 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Calliope R. Graham (master) (10pp), 1846 (File)
H.M.S. Carysfort H. Brehaut (master) (10pp), March 1846 - December 1846 (File)
H.M.S. Castor Capt. C. Graham (6pp), 1846 (File)
H.M.S. Childers Cdr. J. Pitman (4pp), May 1846 - December 1846 (File)
H.M.S. Collingwood Capt. R. Smart (10pp), 1846 (File)
H.M.S. Collingwood J. Penn (master) (20pp), 1846 (File)
H.M.S. Cormorant J. Warren (master) (16pp), April 1846 - December 1846 (File)
H.M.S. Driver Cdr. C Hayes (57pp), 1846 (File)
H.M.S. North Star (12pp), January 1846 - June 1846 (File)
H.M.S. Osprey A. Halloran (master) (15pp), January 1846 - October 1846 (File)
H.M.S. Salamander J. Jenkins (master) (42pp), 1846 (File)
H.M.S. Spy Lieut. Cdr. S. Wooldridge (22pp), 1846 (File)

Subseries. Separate volume, December 1841 - June 1846

1 item
H.M.S. North Star R. Stuart (master) (62pp), December 1841 - June 1846 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (A-G), 1847

7 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Calliope R. Graham (master) (10pp), 1847 (File)
H.M.S. Calliope Capt. E. Stanley (20pp), 1847 (File)

(Incomplete)

H.M.S. Castor Capt. C. Graham (2pp), November 1847 (File)
H.M.S. Dido J. Kellock (master) (13pp), February 1847 - December 1847 (File)
H.M.S. Dido Capt. J. Maxwell (18pp), 1847 (File)
H.M.S. Grampus J. Hutchings (master) (14pp), July 1847 - December 1847 (File)
H.M.S. Grampus Capt. H.B. Martin (4pp), 1847 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (H-W), 1847

6 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Hazard C. Parker (master) (70pp), 1847 (File)
H.M.S Inflexible T. Hart (master) (28pp), 1847 (File)
H.M.S. Juno P. Loney (master) (20pp), 1847 (File)
H.M.S. Racehorse J. Rusden (master) (29pp), 1847 (File)
H.M.S. Racehorse Capt. E. Sotheby (13pp), 1847 (File)
H.M.S. Spy Lieut. Cdr. S. Woolridge Wooldridge (19pp), 1847 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (A-H), 1848 - 1850

10 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Calypso R. Knox (master) (32pp), February 1848 - December 1848 (File)
H.M.S. Calypso Capt. H. Worth (34pp), February 1848 - December 1848 (File)
H.M.S. Constance H. Paul (master) (21pp), 1848 (File)
H.M.S. Constance Capt. G. Courtenay (10pp), 1848 (File)
H.M.S. Dido W.G. Stent (master) (18pp), 1848 (File)
H.M.S. Dido Capt. J. Maxwell (29pp), 1848 (File)
H.M.S. Fly W. Luke (master) (17pp), 1848 (File)
H.M.S. Fly Cdr. R. Oliver (12pp), 1848 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah W. Hilliard (master) (16pp), May 1848 - December 1848 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah Capt. J. Erskine (140pp), 1848 - 1850 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (J-W), 1848

2 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Racehorse Cdr. E. Sotheby (15pp), April 1848 - July 1848 (File)
H.M.S. Rattlesnake (13pp), 1848 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (A-H), 1849 - 1850

9 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Amphitrite Lieut. G. Walker (13pp), 1849 (File)
H.M.S. Cockatrice (3pp), July 1850 - November 1850 (File)
H.M.S. Daphne F. Hale (master) (16pp), August 1849 - December 1849 (File)
H.M.S. Daphne Capt. E. Fanshawe (20pp), 1849 (File)
H.M.S. Fly W. Luke (master) (13pp), 1849 (File)
H.M.S. Fly Cdr. R. Oliver (6pp), 1849 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah W. Hilliard (master) (69pp), March 1849 - September 1849 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah Capt. J. Erskine (98pp), 1849 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah W. Hilliard (master) (33pp), March 1849 - October 1849 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (I-W), 1849

2 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Inflexible Cdr. J. Hoseason (6pp), 1849 (File)
H.M.S. Swift Cdr. W. Aldham (22pp), June 1849 - December 1849 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (A-M), 1850

3 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Fly W. Luke (master) (15pp), 1850 (File)
H.M.S. Fly Cdr. R. Oliver (23pp), 1850 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah W. Hilliard (master) (56pp), 1850 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (K-W), 1849 - 1850

2 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Swift E. Rowe (master) (60pp), July 1849 - December 1850 (File)
H.M.S. Swift Cdr. W. Aldham (21pp), 1850 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1851

6 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Calliope R. Knox (master) (9pp), March 1851 - December 1851 (File)
H.M.S. Daedalus (7pp), 1851 (File)
H.M.S. Fantome Cdr. J. Gennys (15pp), March 1851 - December 1851 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah W. Hilliard (master) (11pp), 1851 (File)
H.M S. Swift E. Rowe (master) (11pp), 1851 (File)
H.M.S. Swift Cdr. W. Aldham (16pp), 1851 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1851 - 1865

4 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Miranda F. Corbet (master) (18pp), February 1865 - May 1865 (File)
H.M.S. Fly W. Luke (master) (8pp), 1851 (File)
H.M.S. Portland J. Hutchings (master) (9pp), 1851 (File)
H.M.S. Sphinx Capt. R. Brown (8pp), January 1862 - April 1862 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (A-H), 1852

2 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Dido V. Roberts (master) (17pp), January 1852 - November 1852 (File)
H.M.S. Fantome (26pp), 1852 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (I-W), 1851 - 1852

1 item

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Virago Cdr. R. Stewart (67pp), August 1851 - December 1852 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (A-H), 1853

2 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Amphitrite Capt. C. Frederick (25pp), 1853 (File)
H.M.S. Electra J. Rusden (master) (7pp), 1853 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (I-W), 1852 - 1854

3 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Serpent Cdr. E. Lambert (9pp), June 1853 - January 1854 (File)
H.M.S. Serpent Cdr. L. Hammet (22pp), August 1852 - June 1853 (File)
H.M.S. Serpent D. Speer (master) (73pp), November 1852 - December 1853 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (A-L), 1854

6 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Amphitrite V. Roberts (master) (3pp), August 1854 - September 1854 (File)
H.M.S. Amphitrite Capt. C. Frederick (23pp), January 1854 - November 1854 (File)
H.M.S. Calliope Capt. J. Fitzgerald (12pp), 1854 (File)
H.M.S. Calliope R. Knox (master) (17pp), 1854 (File)
H.M.S. Fantome C. Polkinghorne (master) (6pp), December 1854 (File)
H.M.S. Fantome Cdr. J. Gennys (29pp), 1854 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (M-Z), 1854

5 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Pique Capt. Sir Frederick Nicholson (29pp), March 1854 - December 1854 (File)
H.M.S. President V. Roberts (master) (13pp), 1854 (File)
H.M.S. President Capt. R. Burridge (15pp), 1854 (File)
H.M.S. Trincomalee Capt. W. Houston (8pp), 1854 (File)
H.M.S. Virago Cdr. E. Marshall (4pp), 1854 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (A-H), 1855

5 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Amphitrite Capt. C. Frederick (13pp), March 1855 - August 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Amphitrite Cdr. M. Connolly (17pp), January 1855 - March 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Brisk E. Maunder (master) (6pp), 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Calliope Capt. J. Fitzgerald (6pp), February 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Fantome Cdr. J. Gennys (15pp), February 1855 - December 1855 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (I-W), 1854 - 1855

11 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Juno C. Cleveland (master) (20pp), 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Juno Capt. S. Fremantle (9pp), August 1855 - November 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Lily Cdr. J. Sanderson (26pp), November 1854 - May 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Monarch C. Parker (master) (21pp), 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Monarch Capt. G. Patey (6pp), 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Pandora Capt. J. Drury (2pp), February 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Pique G. Carr (master) (23pp), 1855 (File)
H.M.S. President V. Roberts (master) (11pp), 1855 (File)
H.M.S. President Capt. R. Burridge (26pp), January 1855 - August 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Trincomalee H. Norway (master) (18pp), 1855 (File)
H.M.S. Trincomalee Capt. W. Houston (11pp), 1855 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1856

7 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Fantome Cdr. J. Gennys (9pp), January 1856 - June 1856 (File)
H.M.S. Herald Capt. H. Denham (30pp), August 1856 (File)
H.M.S. Juno C. Cleveland (master) (9pp), January 1856 - November 1856 (File)
H.M.S. Juno Capt. S. Fremantle (8pp), June 1856 - October 1856 (File)
H.M.S. Monarch Capt. G. Patey (9pp), 1856 (File)
H.M.S. Monarch C. Parker (master) (17pp), 1856 (File)
H.M.S. Trincomalee Capt. W. Houston (11pp), 1856 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1855 - 1857

6 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Alarm Capt. D. Curry (9pp), [1856] (File)
H.M.S. Alarm J. Wallis (master) (21pp), [1856] (File)
H.M.S. Esk Capt. Sir Robert McClure (8pp), 1857 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah Capt. T. Harvey (18pp), October 1855 - February 1857 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah T. Hull (master) (19pp), 1857 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah Capt. T. Harvey (28pp), 1857 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1858

3 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Elk Cdr. H. Campion (8pp), May 1858 - December 1858 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah Capt. T. Harvey (27pp), 1858 (File)
H.M.S. Havannah T. Hull (master) (21pp), 1858 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1859

1 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Elk Cdr. H. Campion (16pp), 1859 (File)

Subseries. Volume, 1859 - 1863

10 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Alert Cdr. W. Pearse (61pp), 1860 (File)
H.M.S. Calypso Capt. F. Montresor (14pp), 1860 (File)
H.M.S. Calypso C. Cleveland (master) (16pp), 1860 (File)
H.M.S. Elk Cdr. F. Campion (3pp), January 1860 - August 1860 (File)
H.M.S. Fawn S. Libby (master) (5pp), February 1860 - December 1860 (File)
H.M.S. Herald J. Smith (master) (17pp), 1859 - 1860 (File)
H.M.S. Pioneer (10pp), 1860 (File)
H.M.S. Pioneer Cdr. F. Robinson (42pp), 1862 - 1863 (File)
H.M.S. Topaze Capt. J. Spencer (2pp), 1860 (File)
H.M.S. Topaze T. Read (master) (3pp), 1860 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (A-H), 1857 - 1861

3 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Alert A. Boxer (master) (110pp), 1857 - 1861 (File)
H.M.S. Alert Cdr. W. Pearse (50pp), 1861 (File)
H.M.S. Harrier H. Sedmond (master)(14pp), 1861 (File)

Subseries. Volume: (I-W), 1860 - 1861

3 items

Filmed selectively.

H.M.S. Iris Capt. C. Vernon (15pp), December 1860 - July 1861 (File)
H.M.S. Mutine C. Prickett (master) (6pp), 1861 (File)
H.M.S. Pioneer T. Nelson Moss (master) (6pp), July 1861 - December 1861 (File)

Series X. Survey Data Books, 1819 - 1946

54 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2447-M2467.

Subseries i. Miscellaneous Books, 1819 - 1889

10 items

Filmed selectively.

Australia, 1862 - 1866 (File 12)
Australia, 1889 (File 13)

H.M.S. Dart.

Australia, 1882 - 1884 (File 19)

Nav. Lieut. J. Dixon (Work book).

Pacific, 1845 - 1846 (File 20)

Cdr. J. Stanton.

Pacific, 1845 - 1847 (File 21)

Cdr. J. Stanton.

Australia, 1798-1799, 1801-1803 (File 22)

Lieut. Matthew Flinders (Bearings).

Australia, 1819 (File 24)

Lieut. Phillip Parker King (Meridional distances).

Pacific, 1824 - 1826 (File 26)

H.M.S. Blonde (Chronometrical and astronomical observations.

Australia, 1846 - 1849 (File 39)

H.M.S. Fly, Bramble, Rattlesnake (Meridional distances).

Australia, 1847 - 1848 (File 42)

Capt. O. Stanley (Meridional distances).

Subseries ii. Astronomical Observation Books, 1837 - 1894

18 items

Filmed selectively.

Australia, 1842 - 1846 (File 24)

Capt. F. Blackwood (H.M.S. Fly).

Pacific, 1837 (File 27)

Capt. E. Belcher (H.M.S. Sulphur).

Pacific, 1840 (File 30)

Capt. E. Belcher (H.M.S. Sulphur).

Australia, 1842 - 1846 (File 33)

F. Evans (H.M.S. Fly).

Pacific, 1837 - 1838 (File 34)

Observations made by C. George and Capt. E. Belcher. Sites of Observation include: Observatory Panama, Taboga Observatory, Honolulu, Norfolk Sound and on H.M.S. Sulphur.

New Guinea, 1886 (File 38)

Lieut. T. Pullen (H.M.S. Lark).

New Guinea, 1849 - 1850 (File 39)

Capt. O. Stanley (H.M.S. Rattlesnake).

Pacific, 1846 (File 42)

Capt. H. Kellett (H.M.S. Herald).

Pacific, 1847 - 1849 (File 62)

H.M.S. Rattlesnake.

New Zealand, 1848 - 1858 (File 74)

Capt. J.L. Stokes (H.M.S. Acheron) and Capt. B. Drury (H.M.S. Pandora).

Pacific, 1848 (File 76)

H.M.S. Pandora.

Pacific, 1845 - 1847 (File 78)

H.M.S. Herald.

New Guinea, 1892 - 1894 (File 81)

Sir William MacGregor.

Pacific, 1853 - 1859 (File 83)

Capt. Henry Mangles Denham (H.M.S. Herald).

Australia, 1842 - 1846 (File 84)

Capt. F. Blackwood, F. Evans (H.M.S. Fly).

Pacific, 1843 (File 85)

Capt. E. Belcher (H.M.S. Samarang).

Pacific, 1863 (File 90)

H.M.S. Hecate.

Subseries iii. Data Books, 1885 - 1946

29 items

Filmed selectively.

Queensland, 1885 - 1891 (File 6)

H.M.S. Paluma (2 vols.).

New Guinea, Tasmania, 1885 - 1888 (File 7)

H.M.S. Dart.

Ceylon, Australia, 1887 - 1889 (File 8a)

H.M.S. Egeria.

Pacific, 1890 (File 17a-b)

H.M.S. Egeria.

Australia, 1888 - 1891 (File 18)

H.M.S. Myrmidon and H.M.S. Rambler

Queensland, New Hebrides, 1889 - 1892 (File 19)

H.M.S. Dart.

Australia, 1890 - 1891 (File 21)

H.M.S. Penguin.

Australia, 1892 (File 24)

H.M.S. Dart.

Pacific, 1893 - 1896 (File 27)

H.M.S. Penguin.

Pacific, 1896 - 1899 (File 28)

H.M.S. Penguin.

Australia, China, 1897 - 1900 (File 30)

H.M.S. Waterwich.

Pacific, Canada, 1897 - 1899 (File 34)

H.M.S. Egeria.

Australia, New Zealand, 1899 - 1905 (File 35)

H.M.S. Penguin (2 vols.).

Australia, 1896 - 1901 (File 41)

H.M.S. Dart.

Australia, 1902 - 1903 (File 42)

H.M.S. Dart.

Australia, 1905 - 1906 (File 43)

H.M.S. Penguin.

Pacific, 1900 - 1905 (File 50a)

H.M.S. Egeria.

Pacific, Canada, 1906 - 1910 (File 51)

H.M.S. Egeria.

Australia, 1907 - 1911 (File 60)

H.M.S. Fantome.

Australia, 1911 - 1913 (File 61)

H.M.S. Fantome.

Australia, 1913 (File 62)

H.M.S. Fantome.

New Zealand, c. 1920-1921 (File 66)

H.M.S. Veronica.

Australia, 1910 - 1914 (File 71)

H.M.S. Sealark.

Australia, 1919 - 1920 (File 75)

H.M.S. Fantome.

Torres Strait and Queensland, 1920 - 1923 (File 77)

H.M.S. Fantome.

Australia, Borneo, 1923 - 1926 (File 78)

H.M.S. Herald.

East Indies, Australia, 1942 - 1946 (File 113)

H.M.S. Challenger.


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