Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land

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19th-century non-fiction book geographical study scientific book

"Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land" is a 19th-century scientific and geographical study by explorer Paweł Edmund Strzelecki that documents the geology, climate, and natural resources of parts of Australia and Tasmania.

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Label	Occurrences
Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land canonical	1
Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, accompanied by a geological map, sections, and diagrams	1

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Target entity: Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land
Context triple: [Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, notableWork, Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land]

A. Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia
"Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia" is the published account by explorer Edward John Eyre detailing his overland explorations and observations of the Australian interior in the 1840s.
B. Standard of the Governor of New South Wales
The Standard of the Governor of New South Wales is the official personal flag used to represent the governor’s authority and presence within the Australian state of New South Wales.
C. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen
Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen is an early 19th-century botanical work by Robert Brown that provided one of the first comprehensive scientific descriptions of the plant life of Australia and Tasmania.
D. Royal Commission to Arthur Phillip
The Royal Commission to Arthur Phillip was the formal British instrument appointing him as the first Governor of New South Wales and empowering him to establish and administer the new penal colony.
E. Mrs Macquarie’s Chair
Mrs Macquarie’s Chair is a historic sandstone rock cut into a bench on Sydney Harbour, famed for its panoramic views of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land
Target entity description: "Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land" is a 19th-century scientific and geographical study by explorer Paweł Edmund Strzelecki that documents the geology, climate, and natural resources of parts of Australia and Tasmania.

A. Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia
"Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia" is the published account by explorer Edward John Eyre detailing his overland explorations and observations of the Australian interior in the 1840s.
B. Standard of the Governor of New South Wales
The Standard of the Governor of New South Wales is the official personal flag used to represent the governor’s authority and presence within the Australian state of New South Wales.
C. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen
Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen is an early 19th-century botanical work by Robert Brown that provided one of the first comprehensive scientific descriptions of the plant life of Australia and Tasmania.
D. Royal Commission to Arthur Phillip
The Royal Commission to Arthur Phillip was the formal British instrument appointing him as the first Governor of New South Wales and empowering him to establish and administer the new penal colony.
E. Mrs Macquarie’s Chair
Mrs Macquarie’s Chair is a historic sandstone rock cut into a bench on Sydney Harbour, famed for its panoramic views of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century non-fiction book ⓘ geographical study ⓘ scientific book ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land ⓘ surface form: Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, accompanied by a geological map, sections, and diagrams
author	Paweł Edmund Strzelecki ONNED1 ⓘ
contributionTo	early scientific understanding of Australian geology ⓘ early scientific understanding of Tasmanian geology ⓘ
countryOfSubject	Australia ⓘ Tasmania ⓘ Tasmania ⓘ surface form: Van Diemen’s Land
describes	parts of Australia ⓘ parts of Tasmania ⓘ
documents	climatic conditions ⓘ mineral resources ⓘ soil types ⓘ topography ⓘ vegetation patterns ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	climatology ⓘ geography ⓘ geology ⓘ natural resource assessment ⓘ
focusesOn	economic potential of natural resources ⓘ physical geography ⓘ
genre	geographical literature ⓘ scientific literature ⓘ
hasAuthorCitizenship	Polish–British ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation	explorer ⓘ geologist ⓘ
historicalContext	European exploration of Australia ⓘ colonial period in Australia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	climate of New South Wales ⓘ climate of Van Diemen’s Land ⓘ geology of New South Wales ⓘ geology of Van Diemen’s Land ⓘ natural resources of New South Wales ⓘ natural resources of Van Diemen’s Land ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	19th century Australia ⓘ 19th century Van Diemen’s Land ⓘ
titleSubject	New South Wales ⓘ Tasmania ⓘ surface form: Van Diemen’s Land
usedBy	geographers ⓘ geologists ⓘ historians of science ⓘ

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Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land → alsoKnownAs → Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land ⓘ

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