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- 1834-1844 (Creation)
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10 files
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Biographical history
James Kelly (1791-1859), sealer, pilot and harbourmaster was born on 24 December 1791 at Parramatta, N.S.W. He went to sea in 1807 and made several sealing voyages to the Bass Straits and New Zealand. In 1814 he was appointed master of the schooner "... »
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Written narrative of the discovery of Port Davey and Macquarie Harbour" and voyage round Tasmania by James Kelly in 1815-1816 (undated) also a collection of miscellaneous papers.
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This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au
Publication note
Kelly, James 1920 , 'First discovery of Port Davey and Macquarie Harbour' , Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania , pp. 160-181 . https://eprints.utas.edu.au/15826/1/kelly-discovery-davey-1920.pdf
Publication note
Pretyman, ER 1971 , 'Some notes on the life and times of Captain James Kelly' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 105 , pp. 105-112 . https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13417/1/1971_Pretyman_Life_and_times_Captain_James_Kelly.pdf
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The circumnavigations of Van Diemen's Land in 1815 by James Kelly and in 1824 by James Hobbs / edited from their own accounts by James Calder in 1881. Sullivan's Cove | 1984
Available at Morris Miller-Rare-Book (DU 187 .K4 1984)
http://encore.lib.utas.edu.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1191438
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2020