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King, Phillip Parker (1791 - 1856)

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Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
 
[Repository details]
Title:King Family - Records
Reference:ML MSS 673
Date Range:1843 - 1897
Description:Correspondence with his father, P.P. King 1843-46 and with his sons 1876-97; scrapbook 1843-50 with portraits of family members; journal of the voyage on the "Rattlesnake" 1846-47; sketchbooks of drawings of crustacea 1852, Australian fish 1853 and views of New South Wales. Also 'Sketches from nature' by P.P. King c1800.
Formats:Artwork.
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:King, Robert Lethbridge (1823 - 1897)

Title:King Family - Records
Reference:ML MSS 3447
Date Range:1831 - 1903
Description:Philip Gidley King's journal kept while on the "Beagle" 1831-33 with later additions 1903; letters from C. Darwin 1854-69; reminiscences of C. Darwin 1831-6 written in 1892; autobiography 1894. Also Phillip Parker King's diary kept in New Zealand 1826; notes on natural history and surveying made on voyages of the "Adventure" and the "Beagle" 1826-30 and a letter from R. FitzRoy 1844.
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:King, Philip Gidley (the younger) (1817 - 1904)

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:A3599 and on microfilm FM 4/66
Date Range:1824 - 1855
Description:Correspondence 1824-55 received by King including letters about exploration from T.L. Mitchell, C. Sturt, A. Cunningham, L. Leichhardt, the discovery of gold from W.B. Clarke, R.I. Murchison and P. Strzelecki, and on other subjects from J. Franklin.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:363 pages
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Clarke, William Branwhite (1798 - 1878)

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:FM 4/2113 and FM 4/2094-5
Date Range:1817 - 1822
Description:Journal and log books of the "Mermaid" 1817-21 and "Bathurst" 1818-22 [microfilm, FM 4/2113 and FM 4/2094-5].
Formats:Microfilm.
Access:Available for reference

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:ML DOC 2312
Date Range:1818 - 1829
Description:Letters written by King 1818-29 including letters written while on the "Mermaid" 1818-20, the "Bathurst" 1822-23 and the "Adventure" 1828-29 [ML DOC 2312].
Access:Available for reference

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:ML MSS 4429
Date Range:1817 - 1823
Description:Letterbook 1817-23 regarding survey voyages around the NSW coast and a log book from the "Bathurst".
Quantity:2 volumes
Access:Available for reference

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:ML MSS 963
Date Range:1837 - 1843
Description:Notebook with sketches 1837, 1843 regarding the voyage of the "Rattlesnake" down the south-east coast and the Port Phillip district.
Quantity:1 volume
Access:Available for reference

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:ML MSS 592
Date Range:1837 - 1861
Description:Field book 1837-38; journal of a visit to New Zealand and Norfolk Island in the "Pelorus" 1838-39; accounts book 1848-56, and family and scientific correspondence; family records 1813-1961 including material relating to the "Mermaid", sketches and etchings 1809-41, a watercolour of the "Mermaid" by King 1818 and a photograph of King 1856 [ML MSS 592].
Access:Available for reference

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:ML DOC 920
Date Range:1817
Description:Letter to W.J. Croker 1817 regarding the "Mermaid" and J. Oxley's first expedition into NSW.
Access:Available for reference

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:ML MSS 1521
Date Range:1819 - 1830
Description:Hydrographic surveys 1819-30 and correspondence.
Access:Available for reference

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:MS Q299
Date Range:1848 - 1856
Description:Correspondence, 1848-1856. Includes correspondence with James Dunlop and Christian Carl Ludwig Rumker.
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Dunlop, James (1793 - 1848) | Rümker, Christian Carl Ludwig (1788 - 1862)
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National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:MS 3232
Date Range:1826 - 1830
Description:Papers of the surveying expedition of the "Adventure" and the "Beagle" 1826-30 including the journals of P.P. King, J. Stokes, and R. FitzRoy with meteorological notes, reports and correspondence.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:5 volumes
Access:Available for reference

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:MS 1645
Date Range:1817
Description:Letter to from Phillip Parker King J.W. Croker, 1817. King personally sends news of his arrival in Sydney Cove and describes the preparations being made for the survey.
Quantity:4 pages
Access:Available for reference

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:Mfm G/1893
Date Range:1818 - 1821
Description:Log of HM Cutter Mermaid and Brig Bathurst (third voyage), 1818-1821.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:1 reel
Access:Available for reference

Title:Phillip Parker King - Records
Reference:Mfm G 1883
Date Range:9 February 1818 - 3 May 1818
Description:Journal of HM Cutter Mermaid from 9 February to 3 May 1818.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:1 reel
Access:Available for reference
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