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		Creator		Hockings, Albert John
		Title		Albert John Hockings - Recollections of a cruise in the South Sea Islands, 1861
		Level of Description		Collection
		Date of Work		1861
		Type of Material		Graphic Materials Textual Records
		Call Number		MLMSS 7445
		Physical Description		1 folder - 0.01 Meters Textual Records - (typescript) Drawings
		Administrative / Biographical Note		Albert John Hockings was a seedsman and former mayor of Brisbane.
		Contents		Typescript of a lecture originally delivered by Albert John Hockings in the Mechanics Institute, South Brisbane in May 1861, describing a trading cruise among the South Sea Islands, 1845-1846, on the brigantine Sarah Wilson. During the cruise Hockings visited Auckland, Tahiti, Samoa and Tonga. The typescript includes a hand drawn chart and two watercolour drawings.
		Source		Presented by Mrs Catherine Versi, July 2004


		Name		Sarah Wilson (Ship)
		Subject		Australians -- Travel -- Oceania. Samoa -- Description and travel. Tahiti -- Description and travel. Tonga -- Description and travel. Voyages and travels -- 19th century.
		Place		Auckland (N.Z.) Oceania