Sydney
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1790-07-26
Reporting on his work at the observatory at Sydney, and describing the main hindrances to his work (including the lack of 'men of business' in the country, the 'unfortunate want of abilities' of the surveyor of lands, and his problems with the Governor). The letter also includes a description of the local topography of Sydney and his opinion of the country - 'a more dreary, dismal, barren, inanimated [sic] country I believe does not exist anywhere in the whole world'.
Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1792-06-18
Written on board HMS Gorgon on Dawes' return passage to England and concerning the safe return of instruments from the observatory at Sydney.
Letters from observatories, 1853 - 1855
Letters from observatories, 1861 - 1865
Letters from observatories, 1864 - 1869
Letters from observatories, 1869 - 1872
Letters from observatories, 1872 - 1875
Letters from observatories, 1875 - 1878
Log entries from 2 May until 21 July 1802, 1802-05-02 - 1802-07-21
Daily log entries made while the Investigator was at anchor at Port Phillip, while travelling eastwards via Wilson’s Promontory, and while in Sydney Cove, Port Jackson.
Meteorological observations, 1888 - 1893
Observations for the variation and dip of the magnetic needle, 1801 - 1805
Made in HMS Investigator during a voyage of discovery to the South Sea in the years 1801-1805.
Observations from Port Lincoln towards Port Jackson, 1802-03-05 - 1802-05-16
Including observations made at (or in the vicinity of) Kangaroo Island, Port Phillip, Bass Strait and Port Jackson.
Observations made along the west and south coasts of Hew Holland, 1803-04-30 - 1803-06-28
Travelling via Cape Leuwen, towards Bass Strait and Port Jackson, and including observations made at Cattle Point and Garden Island.
Observations made at Port Jackson, 1802-05-25 - 1802-07-18
Made in HMS Investigator on a voyage of discovery to the South Sea in the years 1801-1805.
Observations made between Port Jackson and St Helena, 1801 - 1805
The observations form a continuous run, with occasional headings based on location (reproduced here).
Observations made from Port Jackson along the east (and northeast) coasts of New Holland, 1802-07-22 - 1803-02-10
The observations form a continuous run, with occasional headings based on location (reproduced here).
Observations made from Port Jackson towards Timor, 1803-06-19 - 1803-08-23
Beginning with rates of the timekeepers from 19 June until 9 August.
Observations made from Timor towards Port Jackson, 1803-04-19 - 1803-05-12
The observations form a continuous run, with occasional headings based on location (reproduced here).
Observations made off Cape Leuwen and towards Port Jackson, 1803-05-13 - 1803-08-09
The observations form a continuous run, with occasional headings based on location (reproduced here).
Observations made upon the east point of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, 1802-05-12 - 1802-07-18
Includes accounts of the rates of the timekeepers.
Pages marked up for insertion of observations by James Inman, 1803 - 1805
Made in HMS Investigator on a voyage of discovery to the South Sea in the years 1801-1805.
Papers on determining galvanic longitudes, 1878 - 1888
Receipt for money received from Captain Charles Mitchell of HMS Slaney for a box chronometer, 1825-05-07
Signed by J. Robertson.
Summaries of observations made between December 1801 and July 1802, 1801-12-12 - 1802-07-18
Includes accounts of the rates and errors of the timekeepers by Earnshaw and Arnold, and summaries of observations to determine longitude made in Princess Royal Harbour, at Bay 10, in Port Phillip Bay and at Cattle Point on the east side of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson.