Guide to the Manuscript of Leslie James Wilmoth (as filmed by the AJCP), c.1950's

Summary

Collection number:

M399

Creator:

Wilmoth, Leslie James

Extent:

1 item and 1 manuscript (120pp.)

Language:

English

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-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Using printed and some original sources Wilmoth describes early Dutch, Spanish and English explorations in the Pacific, discoveries of Captain Cook, the background to transportation and the preparation and arrival of the First Fleet.

Biographical / Historical:

Leslie James Wilmoth (1881-1963) was born and educated in Melbourne. He worked as a geologist in many countries, including Australia, the Netherlands East Indies, Japan, South Africa, the Gold coast and South America. In his later years, when he had settled in London, he was a director of Lomax, Erskine Company, a publisher of technical journals. He was an active member of the Royal Empire Society in London and was chairman of its Library Committee (1950-56) and deputy chairman of the Council (1953-56). He was awarded the OBE in 1956.

Wilmoth had a long interest in the early history of Victoria and Australia generally. He wrote an unpublished work, 'John Gardiner, pioneer and overlander' (1937), a copy of which is in the City of Boroondara Library in Melbourne. Another copy, held in the Royal Commonwealth Society Library, was filmed by the AJCP on reel M1695. A manuscript entitled 'The Gardiners of Gardiner's Creek' (1959) and related research notes are held in the Mitchell Library. They were filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project on reels M395-96. A manuscript written by Wilmoth, together with correspondence, on the history of early wharves in Victoria is held in the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. In 1961 Wilmoth gave a talk at the Royal Commonwealth Library on the discovery of Australia and copies of the text are in several libraries. (The Royal Empire Society changed its name to the Royal Commonwealth Society in 1958.)

Related

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-vn652935] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Private Residence: Mr. Victor J. Wilmoth, Rest Harrow, Jordans, Beaconsfield Bucks.

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-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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