Rough Journal on HMS Erebus, 17 August 1840-23 November 1841
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Pilot boarding for Derwent River; description of Hobart; social events- dinner with Governor Franklin, kangaroo hunt, lectures by Rev Lillie, bird shooting, expedition to Launceston and Port Arthur- attended service with the shackled convicts; coal mines; attended ball; voyage to Antarctic; expeditions on Auckland Island Group collecting specimens; Campbell's Island; Kerguelin's Land; sailing Antarctic seas- birds sighted; temperatures, sailing through ice, hove overaboard a cask containing paper with latitude and longitude when furthest south signed by Captain and officers; sighting Mount Erebus, smoking; saw Aurora Australis; return to Hobart; social events- shooting birds, dinner, ball and levée at Government House, dance on board Erebus; sailing to Sydney; anchored at Garden Island; Social events - service at St James Cathedral, walking round Wooloomooloo, Domaine, Botanic Gardens; trip to Parramatta - penitentiary; sailing to New Zealand; anchorage in Bay of Islands; visit to Maori settlement; expedition up Kavu Kavu; visits on board by natives and Pomaré, dressed in state robes; unknown birds sighted; visit to fall of Kidde Kidde; leaving Bay of Islands after three month stay with livestock on deck.
Parts 6-10. Pp. 528-1109. Includes: Pp. 1108-9 Memorandum on New Zealand.
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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