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Title
George William Evans journal of an expedition overland from Jervis Bay to Mr Broughton's farm near Appin, 25 March - 17 April [1812]
Creator
George William Evans, 1780-1852
Call number
C 709
Level of description
fonds
Date

25 March - 17 April [1812]
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
845024
Issue Copy
Microfilm : MAV/FM3/482
Digitised
Physical Description
0.01 metres of textual material
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

George William Evans, surveyor and explorer, arrived at Port Jackson in the H.M.S Buffalo on the 16 October 1802 and in August 1803 was appointed surveyor-general. In March [1812] he surveyed the shores of Jervis Bay, from where he led a two-week overland expedition to Appin, resulting in the settlement of the Illawarra district.

Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/ (accessed March 9, 2009)
Finding Aids
Read the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2011/D04227/a2237.htm
Published Information
`Evans's journal of the journey from Jarvis Bay to Appin, January - April 1912, edited with introduction by M. H. Ellis' and published in the Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society Journal 1, pp. 19-29, 1948.
General note

Microfilm copy available:
MAV/FM3/482
Digital order no:Album ID : 846233
Attributions / conjectures

The handwriting bears a strong resemblance to that of Evans, who engaged in exploration of this part of New South Wales during 1811-1812.
Date note

The paper bears the watermark 1809 and reference to a perpetual calendar confirms the year of 1812. Evans describes such a journey in his memorial to Sir Thomas Brisbane in the Colonial Secretary's in-letters, Bundle 22, no. 54-89, p. 144, but gives the date as 1811.
Name
Broughton, William, 1768-1821
Overand, Bryan
Subject
Bundell.
New South Wales--Discovery and exploration--To 1850.
Explorers--New South Wales.
Place
Jervis Bay (N.S.W.)
Appin (N.S.W.)
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