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GRG 154/1 Diary - John Ross, Leader, Overland
Telegraph Survey Expedition, transcribed by GRG 154/2 Transcription of diary and miscellaneous papers - John Ross, Leader, Overland Telegraph Survey Expedition
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Details of the movements of the exploration party and other observations were recorded by John Ross in a diary kept during the
Overland Telegraph Survey Expedition, see
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