Party: Chester, Henry Marioribanks (1832 - 1914)
- From
- 1832
- To
- 1914
Summary
Autobiography, poetry, government record extracts. Includes an account of a punitive expedition mounted against the Mount Ernest Island people, in retaliation for the massacre of the crew of the Speerweer at Prince of Wales Island. Also a brief history of the government settlement at Somerset to ca.1870.
Three satirical poems 1868-1869.
Extracts from government records relating to Somerset, 1869-1882.
Typescript and manuscript items in one portfolio. DIXSON: MS.Q.287-289.