Methodology

The transcript of each diary has been taken from source documents (explorers’ diaries or journals).  It is then proofread against the source document up to four times before inclusion in the draft Volume.

The names of personnel involved in an exploration have been taken from the original reports and other sources.

Field books have not been reproduced unless in the form of a diary or journal.

Each report, diary or journal of an exploration published is given an Exploration Reference Number that relates to the year the exploration was made.  Where a particular exploration produced more than one account each report is given a unique number, e.g. the Great Southern Expedition of 1835 had a report by Stirling (1835/17) and one by Roe (1835/18).

The following repositories have been consulted.

AUSTRALIA

Archives Office of New South Wales

Archives Office of Tasmania

National Library of Australia, Manuscripts Section

Northern Territory Archives Service

Northern Territory Library and Information Service

Queensland State Archives

Queensland State Library

State Library NSW - Mitchell Library and Dixson Library

State Library of SA, Mortlock Library

State Library of Tasmania

State Library of Victoria

State Records of South Australia

State Records of Victoria

University of Melbourne Library

UNITED KINGDOM and IRELAND

Belfast Library and Archives

The British Library

British Museum Manuscript Department

Cambridge University Libraries

Edinburgh University Library

UK Hydrographic Office  (formerly Department)

John Rylands University Library of Manchester

Linen Hall Library

Naval History Collection - Plymouth Central Library

National Army Museum

National Library of Ireland

National Library of Wales

Dyfed

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

National Library of Scotland

Northern Ireland Records

Belfast Central Library

Oxford University -  Manchester College Library

Queens University Belfast

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Royal Commonwealth Society - Records

Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers

Royal Navy Museum

The Royal Society - Library and Archives

St Andrews University Library

St Deiniol's Library North Wales

Trinity College Library, Dublin

University of Birmingham Library

University College Library, London

University of Glasgow

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland Public Library

National Library of New Zealand, Alexander Turnbull Library Wellington

SOUTHERN AFRICA

National Archives and Record Service of South Africa

National Library of South Africa

University of KwaZulu-Natal - Durban campus

National Library of Mauritius

Mauritius Archives

CANADA

University of Toronto - Chief Librarian's Office

Victoria University - Library (Toronto)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

American Geographical Society

Association of American Geographers

Library of Congress

Boston Archives (Massachusetts)

NE Regional Archives Waltham (Massachusetts)

New Bedford Free Public Library (Massachusetts)

INDIA and PAKISTAN

National Archives of India

National Archives of Pakistan