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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter from [Christian Carl] Rumker to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-06-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 217-218
Scope and Contents

Providing an extract of his last observations at the observatory at Parramatta and requesting government confirmation of the grant of 1000 acres of land at Stone Quarry Creek (which he had received from the governor).

Dates: 1822-06-28
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from P.M. Roget of the Royal Society, 1828-02-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 220-221
Scope and Contents

Concerning the reduction of the observations taken at Parramatta Observatory under Sir Thomas Brisbane.

Dates: 1828-02-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).