Biographical entry: Mann, John Frederick (1819 - 1907)
- Born
- 1819
- Died
- 1907
Summary
Diary, sketchbook, 1846-1847. English born surveyor and explorer, second in command of Leichhardt's unsuccessful transcontinental expedition which left Brisbane in October 1848 bound for the Swan River. The exercise was marked by illness and personal quarrels and was terminated after eight months. Mann worked for the New South Wales Survey Department, 1848-ca.1875.
Diary and sketchbook of the expedition, 1 October 1846-9 August 1847.
Manuscript and typescript, illus., one volume, plus one portfolio, 12 cm, 36 cm.
Diary details daily progress, natural history, also illness and discontent of the party, many references to Leichhardt. DIXSON: MS.Q.399, MS.178.