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Guide to the Allan E. Bax Collection, 1812 - 1959 (bulk 1842 -1893)

Descriptive Summary

Collection Number:	RB007
Title:	Allan E. Bax Collection
Collection Dates:	1812 - 1968
Creator:	Allan E. Bax
Languages Represented:	English
Extent:	2 boxes
Repository:	University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections
Abstract:	The Allan E. Bax Collection comprises 19th century ships' logs and other documents relating to maritime history and shipping

Administrative Information

Provenance

Unknown

Access

The Allan E. Bax Collection is available for research in the Rare Books and Special Collections reading room, Fisher Library.

Copyright Information

The status of copyright of materials described in this guide and other collections of papers in the custody of the University of Sydney Library is governed by copyright law in Australia. Special provisions, access conditions and restrictions apply governing the use of, photoduplication or publication of the items described. Readers should consult with Rare Books and Special Collections Library staff for further information concerning these conditions.

Preferred Citation

Allan E. Bax Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney Library.

Biographical Notes

Allan E. Bax. Allan E. Bax was President of the Royal Australian Historial Society in the late 1960s.

Scope and Content Note

The Allan E. Bax Collection is a collection of 19th century ships' logs, midshipman's diaries, a ship's commission, typescripts of 2 books and unrelated miscellaneous documents.

Local Subject Headings

Bax, Allan E.

Shipping -- Australia -- History -- Sources.

Logbooks.

Description of Series

Series I. Ships' Logs

Series I. Ships' Logs

Box	Folder	Contents
1	1	Ship's Log. HMS Firebrand, 8 December 1849 - 15 July 1850 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB007 Allan E. Bax Collection Series I. Ships' Logs Ship's Log. HMS Firebrand, 8 December 1849 - 15 July 1850 contained in Box: 1 Folder: 1 1 volume manuscript journal His Majesty's Steam Frigate Firebrand. Captain Thomas D. Knox. Kept by Thomas B. Legh, Mate.
1	2	Ship's Log. Royal Saxon, 14 February 1843 - 6 May 1843 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB007 Allan E. Bax Collection Series I. Ships' Logs Ship's Log. Royal Saxon, 14 February 1843 - 6 May 1843 contained in Box: 1 Folder: 2 1 volume manuscript journal Log of the Bark Royal Saxon on a voyage from Sydney to India. Lt. W. Lodge, Commander. W. Charlesworth, Mate.
1	3	Ship's Log. HMS St. Vincent, 2 May 1842 - 7 August 1842 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB007 Allan E. Bax Collection Series I. Ships' Logs Ship's Log. HMS St. Vincent, 2 May 1842 - 7 August 1842 contained in Box: 1 Folder: 3 1 volume manuscript journal A log of the proceedings of HMS St. Vincent, H. J. Codrington C.B. Captain, bearing the flag of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Admiral of the White. Kept by Thomas B. Legh, Volunteer 1st Class.
1	4	Ship's Log. Albion, 4 April 1848 - 1 March 1849 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB007 Allan E. Bax Collection Series I. Ships' Logs Ship's Log. Albion, 4 April 1848 - 1 March 1849 contained in Box: 1 Folder: 4 1 volume manuscript journal Log book on board the Schooner Albion of the Port of Sydney, New South Wales. Joseph Shaw, Master. April 4th 1848. Left Sydney on 11th of April 1848. Arrived at the Fiji Islands, April 19th 1848.
1	5	Ship's Log. Clipper Ship Sobraon, 1890 - 1891; SS Waichora, 1891; Royal Mail Steamship Coptic, 1891 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB007 Allan E. Bax Collection Series I. Ships' Logs Ship's Log. Clipper Ship Sobraon, 1890 - 1891; SS Waichora, 1891; Royal Mail Steamship Coptic, 1891 contained in Box: 1 Folder: 5 2 volumes manuscript, typescript, print, newspaper cuttings, sketches, maps, silver halide prints Ships' logs compiled by Thomas Parkin, Hastings, Sussex on a voyage around the world. Volume 1, England to Australia: London to Melbourne via Cape of Good Hope in the Clipper Ship Sobraon. Volume 2, Australia to New Zealand: Melbourne to Lyttelton, New Zealand via Tasmania in the SS Waichora; New Zealand to England: Lyttelton to London via Cape Horn, the Brazils and Canary Islands in RMS Coptic.

Series II. Journals and Charter

Series II. Journals and Charter

Box	Folder	Contents
1	6	Midshipman's Journal. Robert Morris Haynes. Log of the His Majesty's Ships, Sultan, Temeraire, Hibernia, Tamar and Immortalite, 1 January 1889 - 31 December 1891 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB007 Allan E. Bax Collection Series II. Journals and Charter Midshipman's Journal. Robert Morris Haynes. Log of the His Majesty's Ships, Sultan, Temeraire, Hibernia, Tamar and Immortalite, 1 January 1889 - 31 December 1891 contained in Box: 1 Folder: 6 1 volume manuscript journal
1	7	Midshipman's Journal. Robert Morris Haynes. Log of His Majesty's Ships Immortalite and Active, 1 January 1892 - 14 July 1893 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB007 Allan E. Bax Collection Series II. Journals and Charter Midshipman's Journal. Robert Morris Haynes. Log of His Majesty's Ships Immortalite and Active, 1 January 1892 - 14 July 1893 contained in Box: 1 Folder: 7 1 volume manuscript journal
2	8	Diary kept at the Manning River Pilot Station, 15 May 1863 - 13 November 1871 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB007 Allan E. Bax Collection Series II. Journals and Charter Diary kept at the Manning River Pilot Station, 15 May 1863 - 13 November 1871 contained in Box: 2 Folder: 8 1 volume manuscript journal
2	9	Charter for the Ship Augusta, Southern Whale Fishery Company, 22 October 1849 University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB007 Allan E. Bax Collection Series II. Journals and Charter Charter for the Ship Augusta, Southern Whale Fishery Company, 22 October 1849 contained in Box: 2 Folder: 9 8 pages manuscript

Series III. Books

Series III. Books

Box

Folder

Contents

HMAS Australia, Steam Manual for His Majesty's Fleet containing regulations and instructions relating to the machinery of His Majesty's ships, London, 1910 - 1924
1 volume printed with manuscript annotations, carbon typescript, typescript
Ship's Copy printed in 1910, with annotations and details of repairs to 1924. The Hull of HMAS Australia was sunk off Sydney Heads on April 1924 after she had been dismantled at Garden Island, Sydney, Australia. This Manual came into my hands on December 27th, 1934. Signed, Rupert Hale. Includes correspondence relating to the Contract of Sale of HMAS Australia in January 1924.

Series IV. Typescripts

Series IV. Typescripts

Box	Folder	Contents
2	11	Wooldridge, Captain E., Reminiscences of my sailing ship days, undated University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB007 Allan E. Bax Collection Series IV. Typescripts Wooldridge, Captain E., Reminiscences of my sailing ship days, undated contained in Box: 2 Folder: 11 1 volume, 115 pages, typescript
2	12	Bax, Allan E., The Wreck of HMS Guardian, undated University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections Call no. RB007 Allan E. Bax Collection Series IV. Typescripts Bax, Allan E., The Wreck of HMS Guardian, undated contained in Box: 2 Folder: 12 7 pages, typescript with manuscript annotations, incomplete

Series V. Correspondence

Series V. Correspondence

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