Letterbooks of Jonathan B. Hodgkin, November 1866-June 1868

 
Component identifier:
Series D/HO/F60-62
Content Summary:

Copies of letters written by J. B. Hodgkin to his father and step-mother during his trip to Australia and New Zealand, Nov. 1866-June 1868.

F62 also contains copies of letters to other relatives and friends. The letters describe the voyage from England to Melbourne on the Yorkshire Nov. 1866-Feb. 1867 and on to Dunedin in the Albion Feb. 1867; visits to Christchurch, Timaru and Wellington and travels on horseback in the South Island, including the New Zealand Alps and goldfields; birdshooting; meetings with colonists; the voyage to Melbourne on the Bombay in July 1867; meetings of the Society of Friends in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania; travels on horseback in western Victoria and the Adelaide Hills; meeting with Henty Family at Portland; kangaroo hunting and bird shooting; encounter with Adelaide police; visit to Melbourne Observatory; health; religious and moral matters; finances; impressions of colonists; departure from Melbourne in Feb. 1868; voyage to England on Holmsdale. (382 pp.)

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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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