Diary of John Adams, 28 July 1848-19 March 1849

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The diary was written for Graham by his step-father, John Adams. Many of the entries are quite lengthy and deal with the affairs of the Burra mines, meetings of directors of the South Australian Mining Association, Henry Ayers, the secretary of the Association, the trial of Thomas Burr, the superintendent of the Burra mine, industrial trouble at Burra, committee meetings, meetings of the Church Society Committee, meetings of the trustees of Pulteney Street School, an examination of the scholars at Pulteney Street School (22 Dec. 1848), the arrival of the new Governor Sir Henry Young (Aug. 1848), church services, St John's Church, Adelaide, a fete at Prospect House for the children of Trinity and St John's Churches (3 Jan. 1849), gardening, purchases, ship arrivals, news of Graham in England, and the weather. There are references to Sir Henry and Lady Young, Bishop Augustus Short, Rev. W.J. Woodcock, Rev. James Farrell, Michael Featherstone, Capt. William Allen and Marshall McDermott.

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