Collection of diaries and drawings by Robert Gale from a surveying cruise to Australia and the islands surrounding it
Diary kept by Robert Gale, captain's steward on board HMS RATTLESNAKE on the scientific surveying cruise to Australia and New Guinea, between 1846 and 1850. Also includes a diary kept between 1847 and 1849; a notebook concerning a list of shells, stones etc and a sketchbook of coastal views.