NRS-981 | Copies of letters to Melville Island

This volume begins with a letter of instructions dated 14 August 1824 to Captain Morris Barlow commanding the military forces on the expedition to the north west coast of New Holland, which, with the expeditions to King George's Sound and Westernport, was designed to thwart supposed French ambitions. Subsequent letters are addressed to the commandant and other officers of the settlement established. This was not a success and in November 1828 after a good deal of money had been spent on the project, instructions were issued to the commandant to abandon it. In the back of the volume is a list of convicts showing their names, original convictions, callings, vessels transported by, number and date returned. (4/3792; microfilm copy 1824-25 SR Reel 6019, 1824-29 SR Reel 748). 1 vol.*ARK (1824-25) Note:This description is based on Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.