MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

MS 028 – CLARKE, William Branwhite (1798-1878)
Geologist

Clarke, FGS, FRS, a member of the Anglican clergy, was an active geologist and a leading scientific figure in colonial New South Wales. In 1851-53 he was Geological Surveyor of New South Wales and reported on the southern and northern goldfields of the colony. His most important contribution to Australian geology was his work on the age of the coal deposits of New South Wales.

Series 1. Correspondence 1842-76

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Microfilm of correspondence of Joseph Beete Jukes with WBC, 1842-55. 8 letters from originals in W B Clarke papers, Mitchell Library

Microfilm of correspondence of James Dwight Dana with WBC, 1851-76. 6 letters from originals in W B Clarke papers, Mitchell Library

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Xerox copies. Correspondence of James Dwight Dana with WBC, September 1851 - January 1876. 6 letters. Copies from originals in W B Clarke papers, Mitchell Library

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Xerox copies. Correspondence of Joseph Beete Jukes with WBC, December 1842 - February 1855 on aspects of Australian geology. 8 letters. Copies from originals in W B Clarke papers, Mitchell Library

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Ms draft letter to Admiral P P King, 7 July 1847, on identification of coal measures of New South Wales. Microfilm of original in W B Clarke Papers, Mitchell Library

Ms draft letter to Ludwig Leichhardt, 7 August 1847, expressing sympathy on the failure of Leichhardts's second expedition. Microfilm of original in W B Clarke Papers, Mitchell Library

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