Edmund Besley Court Kennedy and Alfred Allatson Turner collection
Collection
Accession number
34677
Date
1845-1848
Abstract
The collection comprises: a letter by Edmund Kennedy written to Mrs Sarah Turner in 1845 while on an expedition to Port Essington; a manuscript journal by Kennedy about his 1847 expedition in western Queensland in which he named the Barcoo River, and a journal for the same expedition by his friend and fellow explorer Alfred Allatson Turner (the son of Sarah Turner). The collection also includes a collection of artefacts belonging to Kennedy which include several telescopes, a pocket watch, maps and sketches.
System of arrangement
Arranged into 8 series
Description
Four journals, six drawings, two letters, and various artefacts
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status
Out of copyright.
Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.
Notes
Users are advised that this Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander material may contain culturally sensitive imagery and descriptions which may not normally be used in certain public or community contexts. Annotation and terminology which reflects the creator's attitude or that of the era in which the item was created may be considered inappropriate today. This material may also contain images, voices or names of deceased persons.
Custodial history
This archive which remained in the hands of seven generations of the family, was inherited by historian Edgar Beale from his great-great-grandmother Sarah Turner (née Allatson) and his great-grandfather Alfred Allatson Turner.
Preferred citation
34677, Edmund Besley Court Kennedy and Alfred Allatson Turner collection, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland