Correspondence, October 1871-December 1872

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File Box 1872
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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.

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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