Biographical entry: Mein, J.S.V.
Summary
Letter, Newspaper extract. Letter to Colonial Under Secretary, 21 April 1871, wherein Mein claims to have been the original discoverer of Cairns Harbour. Photocopy, pp.5. Newspaper extract, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 February 1866, with report by Mein of his 1857 cruise in north Queensland waters, and subsequent discovery of the reef and harbour. Oxley: O.M.73-24.