Letter 1880 Apr. 2 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2976333
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Knuckey, Richard Randall, 1842-1914
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1880
- 15 p.
- Summary:
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The letter is in two typed copies. It is addressed to Charles Todd in answer to his request for details of Knuckey's meeting with Alexander Hume in 1872. Hume claimed to have met a survivor of the 1848 Leichhardt Expedition, Adolf Classen, living with a tribe of Aboriginals in the MacDonnell Ranges. Knuckey did not believe Hume, having found several discrepancies in his account. He gives his opinion that Leichhardt's last camp was on the Thomson River.
- Biography/History:
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Knuckey was a surveyor on the Overland Telegraph Line, 1871-1872, later becoming Chief Officer of the Electric Telegraph Department, Adelaide.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 1323.
- Typescripts.
- Originals held by Mitchell Library.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1848
- Occupation:
- Surveyors
- Other authors/contributors:
- Todd, Charles, Sir, 1826-1910
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1984 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1914
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1880
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