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Title: M. Wright Diary of A Surveyor in East New South Wales, Australia
Creator:
Wright, M.
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.170/296
Physical Description:
1 Volumes
148 leaves : paper ; 280 x 210 mm. bound to 350 x 230 mm.
Date (inclusive): 1847
Abstract: The typed transcript of a diary by an Irish surveyor working in East New South Wales, Australia from July 1, 1847 to November
17, 1847. During this time Wright surveyed areas in the vicinity of Dungog, Newcastle, and Singleton. Wright discusses surveying
and life in New South Wales, and also includes an unfinished tale about an evil parson.
General Physical Description note: 148 leaves : paper ; 280 x 210 mm. bound to 350 x 230 mm. Binding: Purple Riven spring-back binder.
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[Identification of item], M. Wright Diary of A Surveyor in East New South Wales, Australia (Collection 170/296). UCLA Library
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9953571053606533
The manuscript suggests that M. Wright was Irish by birth. He was irregularly employed as a surveyor in New South Wales, Australia,
and during 1847 surveyed portions of Dungog, Newcastle, and Singleton.
This volume is a typed transcript of a diary covering the period from July 1, 1847 to November 17, 1847. During this time
Wright surveyed areas in the vicinity of Dungog, Newcastle, and Singleton. He discusses personal, professional, and public
matters, including the change in governors in New South Wales from Sir George Gipps to Sir Charles FitzRoy, Mr. Edmund Besley
Court Kennedy's Cape York expedition, and the Commercial Bank scandal. Much attention is given to the Presbyterianism and
Scottish population in Australia. It also includes an unfinished tale about an evil parson that stops and starts at irregular
intervals throughout the manuscript.
Bound Manuscripts Collection (Collection 170) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Surveyors -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Diaries.
Wright, M. --Diaries.