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| Title: | Some early recollections |
| Authors: | Finniss, Boyle Travers |
| Keywords: | Boyle Travers Finniss
Colonel William Light
Kangaroo Island
Aborigines
South Australian history
Borrow Collection
Flinders University Library
Surveyors
Adelaide history
Colonisation
Transcripts
Premiers
Governors |
| Issue Date: | 24-Jun-2011 |
| Abstract: | Boyle Travers Finniss was Assistant Surveyor to Colonel William Light when the colony of South Australia was set up in 1836. He describes early encounters with the Aborigines, early settler life, the political and social life of the colony, the progress of surveying and building the city of Adelaide, and his own career which included a term as the first Premier of South Australia under responsible government. |
| Description: | Transcript of manuscripts, reference 'Finniss, Boyle Travers, 20-21', Borrow Collection, Flinders University Library |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2328/25020 |
| Appears in Collections: | Borrow Collection
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