Guide to the Journals of Granville Stapylton (as filmed by the AJCP), 1836-1838

Summary

Collection number:

M2014

Creator:

Stapylton, Granville William Chetwynd

Extent:

5 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Journals 1836 kept by Stapylton while on surveying expeditions under Sir Thomas Mitchell referring to encounters and relations with Indigenous Australians, survey of Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers, journey to Australia Felix, Grampian Mountains, Glenelg River, Stapylton's relations with Mitchell and other members of party.

At the end of the diary in Vol. 3 Stapylton wrote in pencil:

"I may cursorily remark that if a friend were to ask me my sincere statement of the matter I would simply tell him, that if he wished for a foretaste of Hell, I would recommend him to apply for permission to accompany the next Expedition of Discovery under the same Commander with his 24 convicts, and that after six months experience of the system as it relates to the position and comfort of the second in command and organised as this has been according to the peculiar fashion of the Devil himself, who is at present unquestionably walking New Holland in the person of --------------- I am confident he would be enabled to give a pretty correct account of what the Infernal regions present, in the shape of entertainment."

Biographical / Historical:

Granville William Chetwynd Stapylton (1800-1840). Son of Major-General Granville Chetwynd Stapylton and grandson of 4th Viscount Chetwynd. Appointed assistant surveyor in New South Wales in 1828. In 1836 was second-in-command of Sir Thomas Mitchell's expedition to Australia Felix. In 1838 was sent to Port Phillip as a surveyor under Robert Hoddle and was later sent to Moreton Bay. While surveying the coast south of Brisbane he was killed when Indigenous Australians attacked his camp.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2288214] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

The private residence of Mr H.P. Chetwynd-Stapylton, Chichester, West Sussex, England.

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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