Stobart (Brisbane) to Barbara Chilton, 09 July 1853-08 August 1853

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File 15

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Conversations with Capt. J.C. Wickham and Rev. W.B. Clarke; arrangements for settlers to marry immigrant girls; Newstead House; excursions into bush; church services; sermon of Rev. Henry Irwin; Moreton Bay fig trees; Australian Aboriginals and their 'singular costumes; horticultural show; food prices; Stobart's botanical and conchological researches; cannibalism; use of porpoises by Aboriginals to drive in mullet on sea coasts; a colony of Germans outside Brisbane; Mr Fairholme; walks around Brisbane; land sales; a visit to Stradbroke Island; Aboriginal burial practices; family relations; dugong fishing; corroborees; failure to convert Aboriginals to Christianity; Bribie Island; views of Glasshouse Mountains; a night in the bush. (ms and typescript copy)

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