Selected diary entries, 17 November 1861-28 August 1862

Component identifier:: Item f. 11L - 55R
Content Summary:: Boarding Clifton at Gravesend; filthy conditions, doctor down with D.T.'s and captain called on Harry Ramsdale to prescribe for him; doctor cut his own throat and put ashore; Harry Ramsdale assumes medical charge of the ship - details of passenger's ailments, birth of children; weather; speaking with other ships; thieving; chess tournament; eclipse of sun on 31 Dec; concert ; playing cards; dancing; crossing the line ceremonies; quarrelling amongst crew and passengers; shooting albatrosses; sighting Moreton Bay, 7 April 1862; by steamer to Brisbane - description of town; made camp; visit to Ipswich; journey to Warwick via Toowoomba; arrival at Allora; purchasing tools; surveying and buying land; purchasing animals; sowing vegetables; Harry Ramsdale. gives medical assistance to settlers.
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