Account of a voyage to the southern lands, 1801-1804

Title	Account of a voyage to the southern lands, 1801-1804
Subject	Voyages and travels Australia--Description and travel Tasmania--History Scientific expeditions Natural history
Category	1. Settlement
Author	Milius, Pierre-Bernard
Keywords	Natural world
Person	Matthew Nicholas Thomas
Current holder	State Library of New South Wales
Period of reference	1801 – 1804
Link	https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv7PG09
Series number	MLMSS 9817/Box 1X
Item number	9Bv7PG09
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	In copyright
Country of origin	Australia
Place	Parramatta
Language	French English
Description from source	English translation by Jacqueline Myers, 2001 Microfilm of Milius' original journal (in French) held at MAV/FM4/2233 0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box), 1 CD-ROM, 1 floppy disk Two typescript copies of Pierre Bernard Milius' Voyage aux Terres Australes, 1801-1804. On 19 October 1800, Nicolas Baudin left France in the Géographe and the Naturaliste on a scientific expedition to survey the coast of New Holland and the southern part of New Guinea. Milius was second in command of the Naturaliste. The expedition charted the western and southern coasts of Australia, parts of the northern and eastern coasts and the east coast of Tasmania and collected numerous natural history specimens. From 25 April to 22 July 1802 Milius was in Sydney and his journal includes descriptions of Sydney Town, Parramatta, and the Hawkesbury region, and meetings with Governor Philip Gidley King, Colonel Paterson, Matthew Flinders and the infamous George Barrington.
Physical format	Manuscripts Typescripts
Bibliographic citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/3VVZF5MG/