Journal of voyage from London to Sydney on S.S. Austral, September-November 1882 and account of life in Australia, 1882-1884

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Series 1
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The journal gives a detailed description of his journey to London and the voyage to Australia, referring to conditions on the ship, passengers (including Maori chiefs), food, seasickness, concerts and deck sports, storms, porpoises and sharks, landing at Cape Verde Islands, coaling at Simons Bay, and impressions of Melbourne. The account of his life in Australia is briefer, summarizing his various occupations in Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne, describing the towns, and ending with his marriage in Melbourne in August 1884.

(112 pp.)

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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