Mermaid HMS Modify Page Content Ship Details Rig HM Colonial cutter/survey vessel Tonnage 83 VoyagesView Full List 22 October 1823 Mermaid HMS Sydney Sydney 6 May 1823 ➜ 14 August 1823 Mermaid HMS Sydney Sydney ➜ 4 December 1820 Mermaid HMS Sydney Sydney ➜ 23 January 1823 Mermaid HMS Sydney Sydney Description Cutter Media Upload Media Sources Reference Captain's journal and log, 1817 - 1820 Location Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom, History Branch; Hydrographic Department, Taunton United Kingdom; Public Records Office, London; copy, Mitchell Library, Sydney FM 4/2114; further copies, Mitchell Library, Sydney, FM4/2094 - 2095 Reference Log of the "Mermaid" and the "Bathurst" Location Mitchell Library, Sydney FM4/2113; microfilm copies, National Library of Australia, Canberra G1193, G1883 Reference Journal, 1817 - 1818 and Log 1818 - 1821 Location Oxley Library, Brisbane MR 27, MR 38 Reference Journal, 21/12/1817 - 29/07 1818 by Lieutenant King (may be same as previous entry) Location Royal Navy Hydrographic Department, Taunton, England, Volume 69 (Ba.1) and copy by Australian Joint Copying Project in due course Reference Phillip Parker King - Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia: performed between the years 1818 and 1822 (London 1827; Adelaide 1969) (including Bathurst ship) Location Reference Papers of King family Location Mitchell Library, Sydney MSS 592 and some copies, FM3/519 Reference Log, 1817 - 1821 by JS Roe Location Battye Library, Perth, Western Australia 301A/1-2 and 2162A1-11; Mitchell Library, Sydney FM4/64; National Library of Australia, Canberra G242 Reference Journal, 1817 - 1818 by A Cunningham in Ida Lee - Early Explorers in Australia (1925) Location Reference Complete journal Location Mitchell Library, Sydney A1744-5 and FM 4.3104 Reference Cunningham's journal to 1819 and manuscript appendix to King's survey Location Australian Joint Copying Project M692 Reference Further references Location Mitchell Library, Sydney 1817 -1821, MSS 4492; 1817 DOC 920; 1818, DOC 2748; 1818 - 1820, MSS 4345 and DOC 2312; copy FM4/64 Reference William Ellis - Narrative of a tour through Hawaii (London 1826), including passage, Huahine to Sandwich Islands and return, February to September 1822 Reference William Ellis - Polynesian researches during a residence of nearly eight years in the Society and Sandwich Islands (second edition London 1830 - 1831, Volumes 3 and 4) Reference James Montgomery - Journal of voyages and travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennett, Esq (London 1831) also covers above part of voyage Reference JR Kent's journal Location Archives Office of New South Wales and copies SZ996; Mitchell Library, Sydney A4037 and CY1167 Reference John Oxley, Surveyor-General, report to Colonial Secretary, 10/02/1824 and Field Books Location Archives Office of New South Wales Reference George Mackaness - The discovery and exploration of Moreton Bay and the Brisbane river, (1799 - 1823) (1956) Reference Copy of John Oxley's report Reference John Gladstone Steele - The Explorers of the Moreton Bay district, 1770 = 1830 (1972) Reference J Uniacke - Narrative of Mr Oxley's expedition to survey Port Curtis and Moreton Bay included in - Geographical Memoirs of New South Wales - edited by Barron Field (London 1825) Reference Log of Logs, Vol 3 Location South Australian Maritime Museum Author Ian Nicholson Your Stories Your name * E-mail * Post your story * Submit Leave this field blank Share this Page Share this ship with your friends and followers online.
Reference Captain's journal and log, 1817 - 1820 Location Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom, History Branch; Hydrographic Department, Taunton United Kingdom; Public Records Office, London; copy, Mitchell Library, Sydney FM 4/2114; further copies, Mitchell Library, Sydney, FM4/2094 - 2095
Reference Log of the "Mermaid" and the "Bathurst" Location Mitchell Library, Sydney FM4/2113; microfilm copies, National Library of Australia, Canberra G1193, G1883
Reference Journal, 21/12/1817 - 29/07 1818 by Lieutenant King (may be same as previous entry) Location Royal Navy Hydrographic Department, Taunton, England, Volume 69 (Ba.1) and copy by Australian Joint Copying Project in due course
Reference Phillip Parker King - Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia: performed between the years 1818 and 1822 (London 1827; Adelaide 1969) (including Bathurst ship) Location
Reference Log, 1817 - 1821 by JS Roe Location Battye Library, Perth, Western Australia 301A/1-2 and 2162A1-11; Mitchell Library, Sydney FM4/64; National Library of Australia, Canberra G242
Reference Journal, 1817 - 1818 by A Cunningham in Ida Lee - Early Explorers in Australia (1925) Location
Reference Cunningham's journal to 1819 and manuscript appendix to King's survey Location Australian Joint Copying Project M692
Reference Further references Location Mitchell Library, Sydney 1817 -1821, MSS 4492; 1817 DOC 920; 1818, DOC 2748; 1818 - 1820, MSS 4345 and DOC 2312; copy FM4/64
Reference William Ellis - Narrative of a tour through Hawaii (London 1826), including passage, Huahine to Sandwich Islands and return, February to September 1822
Reference William Ellis - Polynesian researches during a residence of nearly eight years in the Society and Sandwich Islands (second edition London 1830 - 1831, Volumes 3 and 4)
Reference James Montgomery - Journal of voyages and travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennett, Esq (London 1831) also covers above part of voyage
Reference JR Kent's journal Location Archives Office of New South Wales and copies SZ996; Mitchell Library, Sydney A4037 and CY1167
Reference John Oxley, Surveyor-General, report to Colonial Secretary, 10/02/1824 and Field Books Location Archives Office of New South Wales
Reference George Mackaness - The discovery and exploration of Moreton Bay and the Brisbane river, (1799 - 1823) (1956)
Reference J Uniacke - Narrative of Mr Oxley's expedition to survey Port Curtis and Moreton Bay included in - Geographical Memoirs of New South Wales - edited by Barron Field (London 1825)
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