| Bib ID |
2235401 |
| Format |
Manuscript, Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Available for reference. Not for loan. |
| Description |
1874
1 cm. (3 p.)
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| Summary |
Autographed letter signed to Lady Denison (wife of Sir William Thomas Denison, who died in 1871) requesting information on the fertility of the Pitcairn Islanders following their transfer to Norfolk Island.
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| Biography/History |
English naturalist. Author of The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, etc. In 1852 Sir William Denison, Governor of New South Wales was asked to report on a plan for the abolition of the convict settlement on Norfolk Island and for its occupation by the descendants of the Bounty mutineers, who were then living on Pitcairn Island but had become too numerous for the island to support. This plan was put into effect, the Pitcairn Islanders being transferred to Norfolk Island in 1856. (Australian Encyclopaedia, 1958).
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| Notes |
Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 73.
Also available on microfilm, Mfm G 7305.
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| Cited In |
Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; A294.
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| Subjects |
Darwin, Charles, - 1809-1882 - Correspondence. | Denison, Caroline, - Lady, - Correspondence. | Norfolk Island. | Pitcairn Island.
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| Time Coverage |
1874 |
| Occupation |
Naturalists |
| Other authors/contributors |
Denison, Caroline, Lady
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