Diary, 15 August 1869-12 December 1869

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Visit to Rio de Janeiro; meteorological observations; sick list; visits to Rodeio and Petropolis, Montevideo - social activities on shore; voyage to Cape of Good Hope and anchorage at Simonstown; voyage to Melbourne via Kerguelen's Islands - 'no water, -no tea'; gales; arrival Melbourne 26 Nov; visitors 'a real nuisance'; visit to Melbourne- description of public buildings; dinner with Governor; visit to Ballarat, went down mine shaft; picnic at Fern Tree Gully; visit to theatre to see 'Kenilworth'; naval review; voyage to Sydney.

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List of officers with their weight.

Pencil sketches of Cape of Good Hope and Cooks Pepper Pot, Sydney.

Accounts.

(40p.)

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Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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