Correspondence, February 1893-December 1893

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File Box 1893
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Materials relating to correspondence between Cdr. A. Balfour (Thursday Island, Solomon Islands) and W. Wharton (May-September 1893); Lieut. T. Hening (Thursday Island) and W. Wharton (December 1893); Cdr. G. Pirie (Brisbane) and W. Wharton (February-March 1893); Lieut. H. Purey-Cust (Sydney, Noumea, New Hebrides) and W. Wharton (May-December 1893).

Topics discussed include: crew; survey of Coral Sea; relations with natives; search for shoals in Torres Strait; tidal observations; loss of charts and instruments in Brisbane River floods; plan of Port Arthur; tidal observations in Tasmania; survey of New Hebrides.

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