'European Enterprise in Australia'

 
Component identifier:
Series 10
Content Summary:

During the years 1883 to 1885 The Melbourne Review published a series of articles by Petherick entitled 'European enterprise in Australasia'. In the frontispiece of a bound copy of the articles Petherick wrote an undated note: 'These 'sketches' written in 1883-1884 at the suggestion of Henry Gyles Turner editor of The Melbourne Review, link to work of the explorers with current European history - and show what led to the discoveries in Australasia. I had only completed the Portuguese and Spanish enterprises and was about to begin those of the Dutch when the publication of the Review was suspended.'

The series contains papers relating to the articles. They include notes, drafts, manuscripts for the publisher, and a complete set, cut from The Melbourne Review, annotated and bound by Petherick. There is also a manuscript entitled 'European enterprise in Australasia during the sixteenth century. Venice-Spanish-Portugal. London, John Murray, 1887'.

This series comprises Items 1-1811.

Immediate source of acquisition:
Edward Augustus Petherick presented his collection of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, maps and pictures relating to Australia and the Pacific to the Commonwealth Parliament in 1909 as the 'Nucleus of an historical museum'. The agreement between Petherick and the Library Committee was formalized by the Petherick Act, which was passed by the Commonwealth Parliament in 1911.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1441032).
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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