Letter from William Graham at Eyre Patch Telegraph Station, Australia
Letter from William Graham at Eyre Patch to Mr [Pattline?] at the University, North Terrace, Adelaide, reporting on the small number of shells found for many miles along the beach east and west of Eyre Patch and sending a few for study at the University.
Dates
- Creation: 7 Oct 1893
Extent
2 folios
Language of Materials
- English
English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 8417, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 8417, fols. 1-2
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 21663
Abstract
Letter from William Graham at Eyre Patch Telegraph Station, Australia.
Biographical / Historical
William Graham was telegraph master at Eyre Patch Telegraph Station in 1893. Eyre Patch is on the south coast of Western Australia on the Great Australian Bight.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The letter was found in 2015 in the Bodleian's copy of the Journal of the Polynesian Society (1924).
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of a Letter from William Graham at Eyre Patch Telegraph Station, Australia
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Lucy McCann
- Date
- 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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