Diary of Lord Carrington, 1888

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The diary, which has two days to the page (and one page for Saturdays), has mostly short entries referring inter alia to meetings of the Executive Council, correspondence, conversations with the Premier, deputations, appointments of judges and royal commissioners, parliamentary debates, visits to Melbourne, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Brisbane, Wellington, Bourke, Wilcannia and Broken Hill, anti-Chinese demonstrations, the Chinese Restriction and Regulation Bill, laying the foundation stone at Parliament House (30 Jan. 1888), the erratic behaviour of Sir Henry Loch, the arrival of Royal Navy vessels in Sydney, visitors to Government House, social events, regattas, tennis, race meetings, riding, shooting excursions, visits to the theatre, and news from England and Europe. Many newspaper cuttings have been inserted in the diary. There are some photographs at the beginning of the volume and at the end a list of letters from Britain.

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