Letters from George B. Parker: Folder 3 (Waihou, Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland, Francaise Le Duchayler, Cook's Archipelago, Waimate) (78p.), 18 January 1868-24 November 1869

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Item Folder 3

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Subjects include: acting as steward of the races; washing the sheep before shearing; building a sheep dip; bad floods - lost 200 sheep; shooting of Duke of Edinburgh in Sydney by Fenians; Young Osborne's debts; poor treatment afforded Bishop of Otago; invitation from Duke of Edinburgh to sail in Galatea in southseas; meeting the Duke in Canterbury; voyage to Tahiti 'the country is the most beautiful'; the climate; expeditions on shore with the Duke and other officers; differences between French and English ships; Harry's marriage; some fortunes made at Thames diggings; Australian opinion of Duke of Edinburgh 'Australia is horribly Yankee in its style. I wonder when we shall be annexed to the United States'; beneficial future effects of meat preserving; Gisborne Baddington going to gold fields; rich discoveries near Auckland; Harry's return from England.

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