Diary of Lady Carrington, 1890

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The diary has one day to the page. The Australian entries were mostly written at Government House in Sydney and 'Hill View' near Moss Vale, with the remainder written at Bourke, Stanwell Park, Widgiewa Station in the Riverina, and Melbourne. They refer to visitors to Government House, including Sir Robert and Lady Hamilton and Lord and Lady Hopetoun, social events, visits to the theatre and the races, the Queen's Jubilee Fund, the Women's College Committee, Lord Carrington's visit to New Zealand, the Australasian Federation Conference (Feb. 1890), parliamentary debates on federation, the appointment of Lord Jersey as Carrington's successor, the inauguration of the Sydney Town Hall organ (9 Aug. 1890), the great maritime strike (Sept. 1890) and the enthronement of Bishop Saumarez Smith as Primate of Australia (9 Oct. 1890). The later entries describe farewells given to the Carringtons, their departure from Sydney (30 Oct. 1890) and Moss Vale (2 Nov. 1890), the rail journeys to Melbourne and Adelaide, the voyage on the Orizaba to Albany, Colombo, Suez and Naples, the overland journey to Rome, Milan and Calais, and their arrival in England (10 Dec. 1890).

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