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Date(s)
- 1816-1817 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
1 volume, 27cm x 36 cm x 1 cm., paper covered, 88 pp
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Joshua Fergusson born 1790 in Ballymoyer, County Armagh, Ireland and died 16 Dec 1867 at Tinder Box Bay, Tasmania. He is credited with naming the bay after finding a tinderbox on the beach soon after he settled there in 1817. He was a merchant captain ... »
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Scope and content
Log kept by Captain Joshua Fergusson of the brig "Jupiter" on his voyage from Calcutta to van Diemen's Land 14 September 1816 to 9 December 1816 and from Van Diemen's Land to Port Jackson and return January to March 1817.
The volume is a standard ship's ... »
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Conditions governing reproduction
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
Maritime Museum of Tasmania- Lantern slide of Joshua Fergusson : https://ehive.com/collections/3906/objects/351963/fergusson-joshua-lantern-slide
Publication note
Notes on early Hobart by Joshua Fergusson of Tinderbox Bay - Tasmanian Archives https://stors.tas.gov.au/AI/LMSS12-1-85
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2020