Guide to the Papers of Basil Lubbock (as filmed by the AJCP), 24 December 1792-13 March 1936

Summary

Collection number:

M3055 - M3058

Creator:

Lubbock, Basil, 1876-1944

Extent:

45 items

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

Availability:

Not for loan

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Diary 14 September-27 December 1882 kept by passenger on the Superb between Melbourne and London.

Captain's logs including logs of Patriarch kept by Capt. Henry Plater on voyages from London to Sydney 1877 and 1883, Thermopylae by Capt. John Henderson on voyages from between London and Sydney 1881-83, and Cutty Sark by Capt. Moodie on voyages between London and Shanghai 1870-72.

Correspondence, notes and photographs 1876-1903 concerning the passenger ship Torrens.

Papers c.1927-29 relating to Bully Hayes, trading in the Pacific, and blackbirding.

Papers c.1882-1922 concerning voyages of the Cutty Sark between London and Sydney.

Correspondence 1928-34 of Basil Lubbock. Correspondents include Capt. R. Hamilton and Henry E. Earp.

Log and journal 1881-84 kept on HMS Beagle and HMS Nelson.

Notes and logs of South Seas whaling vessels.

Biographical / Historical:

Basil Lubbock (1876-1944) went to Canada in 1897 and on to the gold rush in the Klondyke. He came home on Royalshire as an ordinary seaman, a voyage he recorded in Round the world before the mast (London, 1902). After World War I he spent his life recording the history of sailing ships between 1850-1930. His books include The China Clippers (1914), The Colonial Clippers (1921) and The Last of the Windjammers (2 Vols. 1927-1928).

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-vn1714381] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, Greenwich, London.

Collection reference: N.M.M. Section 5 LUB. For further information see Basil Lubbock at the National Maritime Museum [http://collections.rmg.co.uk/archive.html#!asearch]

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 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

Contact:

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