Letter from David and Jane Cannan in Melbourne to his brother James

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Item 5

Content Summary:

Letter from David Cannan written from 26 Flinders Lane, Melbourne to his brother James. In it he describes his business as an importer as dull with the expectation that it will pick up as the roads to the gold fields will open soon. He talks about the cost of land and houses compared to back home. His intention to travel to Adelaide, how much goods cost, the condition of Melbourne streets and offices. Jane then finishes the letter discussing her skecthing of the suburbs and detailing the townships which are camps of several thousand people accommodated in villages of tents. She describes in great detail the streets, tents, and people of her new surrounds and compares things in the colony to how they are back home such as fireplaces, clothing etc.

Names:

Johnson, Margaret Dorothea

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