Protest Book
Date1890s
Object number00047625
NameProtest book
MediumLeather, Ink on paper
DimensionsOverall (Closed): 404 x 280 x 45 mm, 3742 g
Overall (Open): 404 x 520 x 40 mm
Overall (Open): 404 x 520 x 40 mm
ClassificationsBooks and journals
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Sydney Training Depot Snapper Island
DescriptionA leather-bound Protest Book recording shipping and cargo incidents.
HistoryProtest books were used to make formal statements, often about 'incidents', accidents or potential accidents to shipping and cargo.
This leather-bound book has handwritten manuscript records of statutory declarations on shipping and cargo incidents. It was kept by Public Notary Arthur Dowland in the 1890s.SignificanceThis protest book is a good example of this type of record of shipping incidents and provides detailed information from witnesses in statuary declarations.Percy Cruikshank
1850-1859