Papers of William Bloomfield Douglas

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 280
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1876-1882, 1975
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 3 boxes

Scope and Content

Xerox copy of diary, originally in 4 volumes, written while Resident of Selangor, Malaya, 1876-1882, with offprint of an article by J.M. Gullick concerning the diary, 1975

Administrative / Biographical History

Captain William Bloomfield Douglas (fl 1870-1882), colonial administrator, served as the first Government Resident in the Northern Territories, Australia, 1870-1873. He left the Northern Territories in 1874 and found work in the Straits Settlements and as Resident of Selangor, Malaya, 1876-1882.

Access Information

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Other Finding Aids

Listed as no. 678 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).

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No reproduction or publication of personal papers without permission. Contact the library in the first instance.