Kerguelen Islands

Date: 1771-1772

By: Kerguelen-Tremarec, Yves Joseph de, 1734-1797

Reference: qMS-1100

Description: Letter from Des Roches on Kerguelen's departure for Europe, Port Louis, 20 Mar 1771; Kerguelen's report on his discovery, 1772; Kerguelen's proposal for a colony on Kerguelen Island; letters from Kerguelen to D'Apres de Mannevillette; sundry correspondence relating to this voyage, 1772; minutes relating to the voyage, 1772 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (68 pages). Physical Description: Mss (photocopy) (35 cm; red linen)

Date: 1793-1895

From: Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) : Records

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-10-28

Description: Further Antarctic papers re the expedition under Ross, notebooks on the flora of Bay of Islands, 1841; proposed expedition to the Antarctic 1887-1901; Transit of Venus expedition, 1874; lecture notes. Also selected letters from the inwards letterbooks, including indexes, 1793-1895. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller description of the contents of this reel.

Date: 1858 - 1898

From: [Buchanan, John] 1819-1898 :Scrapbook

Reference: E-208-q-041-1

Description: Four drawings on sheet: Kerguelen's Land. Usnea Taylori, Hook. fil. Closely allied to U. melaxanthae of New Zealand. Includes artist's colour note. Found in New Zealand. Sphaerophoron tenerum. Laur. Cape Horn. Abundant on the titles. Includes artist's colour note. Parmelia cincinnata. Ach. Cape Horn, on rocks and trunks of trees above limit of evergreen beech. Includes artist's colour note. Lecanora paleacea. Fries. Falkland Islands on ground and tussock mounds. Includes artist's colour note. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 202 x 210 mm

Date: 1840-1842

From: Great Britain Foreign Office : Records relating to French affairs in the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-07-3590

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1847-1856

By: Rogers, Erasmus Darwin, 1817-1906

Reference: qMS-1715

Description: Accounts of voyages, three on whaling and sea elephant ventures from New London (Connecticut) to Desolution Island (Kerguelen Island). 1. As 1st Mate to the `Charles Carroll'. Master was Captain Thomas Long 2. Captain Rogers, `E L Frost', New London to San Francisco (no whaling, incomplete) 3. Captain Rogers of the `Corinthian' 4. Captain Rogers, `Corinthian' - includes sighting of Heard Island, where Rogers is believed to have been the first European to land At back: Notes on the journal compiled by Miss Helen L Winslow, Feb 1970 Also includes accounts of the voyage of the `Diana', Jan-Sep 1848; and `Atlas', 1848-1849 and 1854-1856 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (132 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; ¼ black roan, black boards)

Date: 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Newton, J, active 1784

Reference: C-131-004-c

Description: A view of Christmas Harbour with the Resolution and the Discovery in the harbour. Two boatloads of men are rowing out to one of the ships and a third boat is at the water's edge. A fourth boat can be seen in the distance with men standing on the shore. In the central foreground a flock of twenty penguins are disposed in groups. A sea-lion is in the left foreground near rocks. A man with a large stick is preparing to kill one of the penguins. Two dead birds lie on the ground beside him. Other penguins can be seen on the beach. In the background a cliff surmounted by a large rock. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 4 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 260 x 402 mm

Date: 14 Feb-9 Sep 1772, 10 Jan 1814

By: Rosily (Admiral), active 1772-1814

Reference: qMS-1721

Description: Early manuscript copy of a journal written by Rosily (later to bcome an admiral) concerning exploration around the Antarctic coast. Includes covering letter from le Duc Decres, at the French Hydrographic Office, enclosing a copy of Captain Flinders' journal. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (13 pages). Physical Description: Mss (photocopy) (35 cm; blue pamphlet case)

Date: 1767-1957

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3074

Description: Selected records from the Navigational Practice, Newspapers and Playbills, General records and Descriptions, Shipbuilding, Theses and Essays and Visitors' and Autograph Books records sections. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1776 - 1800 - 1830

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations to Cook's voyages - London? 18--?]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: A-111-076

Description: A view of Christmas Harbour with the Resolution and the Discovery in the harbour. Two boatloads of men are rowing near one of the ships and a third boat is at the water's edge in the left foreground. A fourth boat can be seen in the distance with men standing on the shore. In the central foreground a flock of twenty penguins are disposed in groups. A man with a large stick is approaching the group. Two dead birds lie on the ground beside him. Other penguins can be seen on the beach. In the background a cliff surmounted by a large rock, and on the right in the distance an arched rock stands in the sea. Cook's third voyage visited Kerguelen Islands in December 1776. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, image 100 x 175 mm, on sheet 148 x 222 mm

Date: 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Newton, J, active 1784

Reference: C-131-004-b

Description: A view of Christmas Harbour with the Resolution and the Discovery in the harbour. Two boatloads of men are rowing out to one of the ships and a third boat is at the water's edge. A fourth boat can be seen in the distance with men standing on the shore. In the central foreground a flock of twenty penguins are disposed in groups. A sea-lion is in the left foreground near rocks. A man with a large stick is preparing to kill one of the penguins. Two dead birds lie on the ground beside him. Other penguins can be seen on the beach. In the background a cliff surmounted by a large rock. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 4 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 260 x 402 mm

Date: 1866-1867

From: Great Britain Foreign Office : Records relating to French affairs in the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-07-3607

Description: Consular and diplomatic work in the Australian colonies. Further matters re Hawaii, Loyalty Islands, Kerguelen Island and French naval movements. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1915-1916

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-377

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1776 - 1779

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: C-131

Description: Plates from A voyage to the Pacific Ocean / Cook & King. Excludes charts and sketches (coastal profiles); otherwise there is at least one example of every plate including subjects from Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tonga, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Hawaii, Alaska, Siberia, Kamtchatka Peninsula (Russia), and Vancouver Island Quantity: 260 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, three coloured, the rest black and white, some semi-bound, some proofs, various sizes Finding Aids: See shelf-list for details of holdings.. Processing information: Not individually catalogued.

Date: 1784

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: A-111-022

Description: Shows penguins and a man about to kill one, a seal, ships and boats. Derived from an engraving by Newton after Webber in Cook, J and King. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean... London, 1784. vol. 1, pl.4. cf. B-054-009, a Dutch engraving of the same drawing Same as A-111-022-a Extended Title - Published in: Anderson, G W. A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages ... London [1784 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 241 x 380 mm

Date: 1868-1869

From: Great Britain Foreign Office : Records relating to French affairs in the Pacific

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-07-3608

Description: Mainly concerning consular and diplomatic activity in the Australian colonies, problems concerning behaviour of Royal Navy crews in French Pacific ports, French activities on Souther Ocean and Pacific islands, and other matters. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1784

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: A-111-022-a

Description: Shows penguins and a man about to kill one, a seal, ships and boats. Derived from an engraving by Newton after Webber in Cook, J and King. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean... London, 1784. vol. 1, pl.4. cf. B-054-009, a Dutch engraving of the same drawing Same as A-111-022 Extended Title - Published in: Anderson, G W. A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages ... London [1784 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 241 x 380 mm

Date: 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Newton, J, active 1784

Reference: C-131-004

Description: A view of Christmas Harbour with the Resolution and the Discovery in the harbour. Two boatloads of men are rowing out to one of the ships and a third boat is at the water's edge. A fourth boat can be seen in the distance with men standing on the shore. In the central foreground a flock of twenty penguins are disposed in groups. A sea-lion is in the left foreground near rocks. A man with a large stick is preparing to kill one of the penguins. Two dead birds lie on the ground beside him. Other penguins can be seen on the beach. In the background a cliff surmounted by a large rock. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 4 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 260 x 402 mm

Date: 1777 - 1820 - 1778

From: [Various artists] :[Plates from All the voyages round the world] - [London ; Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: A-211-052/053

Description: The top image, from an original made in 1778 by John Webber, shows a view of Christmas Harbour in Kerguelen's Land, with penguins and a man about to kill one. Cook's two sailing ships are moored in the stretch of water beyond. The lower image, from an original drawn by John Webber in 1777, shows a clearing in tropical vegetation. In the far left foreground is an open thatched shelter with two figures beside it. In the centre foreground a man walks with fruit or other foodstuffs tied to either end of a pole over his right shoulder. There are three thatched hutts on a slight rise in the background with palm trees beyond. Extended Title - Published in Samuel Prior's "All the voyages round the world" Quantity: 2 b&w art print(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 180 x 104 mm.

Date: n d

From: Falla, Robert Alexander (Sir), 1901-1979 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2366-376

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1784 - 1788 - 1792

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: B-054-009

Description: A view of Christmas Harbour with the Resolution and the Discovery in the harbour. Two boatloads of men are rowing out to one of the ships and a third boat is at the water's edge. A fourth boat can be seen in the distance with men standing on the shore. In the central foreground a flock of twenty penguins are disposed in groups. A sea-lion is in the left foreground near rocks. A man with a large stick is preparing to kill one of the penguins. Two dead birds lie on the ground beside him. Other penguins can be seen on the beach. In the background a cliff surmounted by a large rock. Derived from an engraving after John Webber 'A view of Christmas Harbour in Kerguelen's Land in Cook, J and J King 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...' (London, 1784) Vol 1 plate 4 Other Titles - View of Christmas Harbour in Kerguelen's Land [translation] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 235 x 376 mm