Biographical entry: Landsborough, William
Summary
Papers 1845-1908. Includes letters, diaries, journals, miscellaneous papers and documents, accounts, typescripts, circulars, newspaper extracts, pamphlets, government and other publications, two boxes.
Letters comprise some 200 personal items, 1856-1886.
Diaries and journals, 1856-1886, 14 volumes.
Papers relating to the W.D. Uhr case which led to the dismissal of Landsborough as Police Magistrate in Burketown in 1870; papers relating to Landborough's road survey work, St George-Cunnamulla, 1872. Contents list available. Oxley: O.M.69-17.
Diaries and Letters, 1861-1884. One folder
1. Diary, 16 August 1861-2 October 1861, kept on board the brig Firefly, in Moreton Bay and en route to the Albert River.
2. Diary, 9 October 1861-10 December 1861, on board H.M. Victoria details of expedition into the Albert River.
3. Diary, 9 April 1862-29 June 1862, part of expedition in search of Burke and Wills.
4. Diary, 21 February 1866-26 April 1866, recorded during overland expedition, Bowen Downs to Burketown.
5. Diary, 27 April 1866-17 July 1866, continuation of the above to Sweers Island off Burketown.
6. Letters, to Mr Archer and Baron von Mueller.
7. Reminiscences, notes by Landsborough on his career.
8. Addresses and inscriptions regarding Landsborough, of a laudatory nature.
Detailed contents list available. Oxley: O.M.69-30.
Papers, 1865-1916. Letter, 13 June 1915, signed W.H. Clarke, incomplete with photograph, relating to a tree marked by Landsborough. Rough notes, author unknown, [possibly written about 1865], p.1. These three items were found in an envelope with a copy of William Landsborough's Exploration of Australia from Carpentaria to Melbourne, in the possession of the Landsborough family. Oxley: O.M.72-137.
Papers, 1845-1968. Includes a map of Normanton, 1868. Index and alphabetical catalogue available. Eleven parcels. Oxley: O.M.70-40.
Papers (unspecified). Microfilm of originals held in Mitchell Library. Oxley A4.9.10.
Letter, 1862. Letter, William Landsborough to Colonial Secretary, Brisbane, 1862, regarding wreck of the Firefly. Original held Queensland State Archives: QSA Col/A28. Oxley: O.M.78-92/17.