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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/GPV/2/1/3
Former ReferenceD3311/104/1/3
TitleCopy of letter of the Nomenclature Board of Tasmania on the naming of Mount Gell in Tasmania
Date19 Jul 1968
DescriptionIt was named after Reverend John Philip Gell in 1842 by Sir John Franklin (later his father-in-law); copies of map of location enclosed; it had previously been called Mount Cheynes prior to 1842; the name Mount Gell was officially assigned by the Nomenclature Board in 1959.
Extent2 pages
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderH.A.? Clennett, Secretary of the Tasmanian Nomenclature Board
Sender LocationHobart, Tasmania
RecipientC.F.K. Gell
Recipient Location87 Wills Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia
Archive CreatorPhilip Victor Willingham Gell (1897-1970)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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