Annexation of Northern Territory ... copy of Despatches addressed to His Grace the Secretary of State on the subject of the Annexation of the Northern Territory and the replies thereto, together with copies of all applications ... for the occupation of land within such Territory

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1863.

Foolscap folio, 3 pages.

Recent cloth with titling on the front cover; a fine copy.

South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 127 of 1863. The most important item of correspondence reprinted here is Governor Dominick Daly's long letter of 23 December 1862 to the Duke of Newcastle, informing him of the successful return the previous month of John McDouall Stuart and his party 'after having crossed the continent to Van Dieman's Gulf, where he has planted the British flag.... Mr Stuart's journal and chart are in the printer's hands' but he expands at length on what has been discovered, the benefits that will follow and the greater suitability of South Australia over Queensland re annexation. Offered together with SAPP Number 70 of 1863 (a short letter from Newcastle, reprinted in full in the main paper here).

Item #58314

Price (AUD): $350.00