Papers of Hermann Beckler

Title	Papers of Hermann Beckler
Subject	Voyages and travels Australia--Social life and customs Frontier and pioneer life--Australia--Queensland Queensland--History Explorers German diaries German letters Return migration Correspondence
Category	1. Settlement
Creator	Beckler, Hermann
Person	Robert O'Hara
Current holder	State Library of Victoria
Period of reference	1855 – 1914
Date	January 1, 1855
Link	https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9916410783607636
Series number	MS 14676
Item number	9.91641E+15
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	Copyright Undetermined. Copyright or permission restrictions may apply.
Country of origin	Australia
Place	Moreton Bay Melbourne Menindee Hamburg
Language	German
Description from source	39.0 cm. (3 boxes). Photocopies, typescript, microform. Heimatmuseum Höchstadt Höchstädt. In German. Transcript of "Expeditionsbericht, S.1-175"; photocopy of German monograph "Kurze Beschreibung der neuen Colonie Queensland in Australien und ihrer vortheile fur ansiedler und einwanderer"; article about Australia in newspaper, "Australische Monat Zeitung", No.3, April 1962; German transcript of Hermann Beckler's shipboard diary, documenting his voyage from Hamburg to Moreton Bay (1855); Extracts from "Das Ausland", Vol. 33, 1860; transcripts of letters written by Hermann Beckler between 1855 and 1861 with handwritten index; microform copies of the original handwritten diary and letters. After testifying to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the expedition in 1862, he returned to Germany and spent the rest of his life as a village doctor.
Physical format	Correspondence Diaries Manuscripts Letters Newspapers Records
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