Journal kept by Mattie J. Yonge, 28 May 1928-11 July 1928

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Subjects include: voyage to Toulon; Naples; Port Said; monsoon; Colombo; deck sports; Cocos Keeling Islands; concert by crew; fancy dress ball; Fremantle; Adelaide -'a very nice town but still an unfinished look about it'; Melbourne; visit to Botanical Gardens; Mt Dandenong; Sydney- 'quite a nice town but very dirty compared with Melbourne…we saw the new bridge which is in the process of construction - it'll be a wonderful bridge when completed'; Brisbane - civic reception; Great Barrier Reef luncheon 'food consisted of turtle soup and other foods obtainable from Reef'; train to Cairns.

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