Manila folder labelled 'Hobart 1839-40'

Containers:

Box 4 (MS Acc22.020)

Component identifier:

File 78

Content Summary:

The folder contains a copy of a list of 'French Marines: (l'Astrolabe et la Zélée)' from 'Epitaphs Old St Mary's Cemetery', Catholic Archdiocese Archives, Hobart, Tasmania. This is an incomplete list of members of Dumont d'Urville's final expedition who died in Hobart in early 1840. Edward Duyker discussed their burial and the fate of their graves, inter alia, in his biography of Dumont d'Urville (pp. 432–33), but also in his article: 'France's Military Dead in Australia: An Historical Survey', The French Australian Review (formerly Explorations), ISSN 0815-6158, no. 56, Australian Winter, 2014, pp. 65–83; The folder also contains a copy (downloaded from Archives départementales du Var, État Civil, Saint-Tropez, 1780-1790, 7 E 124/4) of the baptismal record of Félix Balthasar Simon (1788–1839). He was the first mate of the Astrolabe, originally from Saint-Tropez (Var) and was the oldest member of both crews when he died in Hobart

Immediate source of acquisition:

This collection was acquired from Edward Duyker in multiple instalments from 1996 to 2022.

Subjects:

Exploration
History

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