thanks ,Tony, you are a gem as usual. If it is one and the same Harry Stockdale, he seems to have been artist, poet and explorer. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "tony-moore" <tony-moore@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 03 April 2004 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [NSW-W] Harry Stockdale > > Dear Jill, > > I don't know if you have found these references but they may be of use..... > > http://gutenberg.net.au/ausexplore/ausexpl3-app15.html > > > http://www.gutenberg.net/etext04/7hstr10.txt > The Project Gutenberg EBook of The History of Australian Exploration from > 1788 to 1888, by Ernest Favenc > Chapter 20 <<abbreviated>> > John Forrest's journeys --Camel expedition by Giles--The Brisbane Courier > expedition--Further explorations--Stockdale at Cambridge Gulf--Carr-Boyd > and O'Donnell open good country in Western Australia--Work done by > explorers--Their characteristics--Conclusion. > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/books/indx0036.htm > > http://tinyurl.com/ywfzv > > http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an6054553 > > http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/australia.html > R.F. Wilkins donated this knife with a blade of flaked, recycled glass and gum handle and its paper-bark sheath to the Museum in 1900. It was collected by Harry Stockdale during an expedition to the Port Essington and Alligator River regions in the Northern Territory in 1891. Stockdale was an artist who made extensive sketches of Aboriginal people, objects and kept detailed diaries of his journeys as well as writing a manuscript (unpublished) about Aboriginal people. His most thoroughly documented field trips were made to the northern region of Western Australia, the Kimberleys, in 1884-85 and 1885-86. His illustrated notebooks from these trips give meticulously detailed accounts of the flora and fauna, the weather and descriptions of Aboriginal people. > > There are lots of references to Harry Stocdales works: > > http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First > or shortcut to catalogue: http://tinyurl.com/397yd > > put ...... harry + stockdale .......... in the box, then press search. > > I presume you were the one who supplied information about Ned & the family on this page: http://tinyurl.com/2otaw > > Cheers, > > Tony Moore >