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UQFL79-Series D-File 10
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Cuthbert Edward Peek at Jimbour House for transit of Venus
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- 1882 (Creation)
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Photocopies of extracts from letters written by Cuthbert Edward Peek while on the Queensland and British 1882 Transit Expedition, 29 Oct to 18 Dec 1882, 3 copies. [Cuthbert Edward Peek was a self-funded amateur astronomer who joined the official observers from the Royal Geographical Society that travelled to Jimbour Station and chose Jimbour House as the transit station to observe the transit of Venus; Jimbour House had been recently vacated].
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- English
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Box 3 Folder 19
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- Bell Family (Subject)
- Jimbour House (Dalby, Qld.) (Subject)
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Created, Linda Justo, 20-Jul-2021.