Diary Vol. 1, 01 January 1868-11 April 1870

 
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Includes:Entries relating to: Talk of going to Australia; Buying ticket to sail on Great Britain from Liverpool to Melbourne on 12 August; saying goodbye to family and friends; details of voyage, food, other ships, books read, religious services, dancing, death and burial of child, description of other passengers. Landing at Sandridge 14 October 1869; details of new diet and prices of food; description of Melbourne streets; shooting birds; trip to Geelong to shoot birds; visit to free Library and Museum; trip by coach to Tyler's Flat; buying of tent; description of gold diggings and men washing for gold; digging at Uncle Tom's Gulley; return to Melbourne; decision to go home; visit to Varieties; walking around Melbourne in evenings; deciding to work passage home on Lochawe via Cape Horn; boarding on 1 December 1869; sailed 4 December; description of sailing duties and other crew members; food served-lime juice after 10 days; catching porpoises and flying fish; docking at Gravesend 10 April 1870 and towing into Victoria Dock. [168-277]

News cuttings including notice of Marriage with Esther 10 April 1871. [p.278]

Poem 'From Home' written 14 November 1809 in Melbourne. [P.279]

Extract from log of Great Britain bound to Melbourne. Gives dates, mileage and latitude and longitude positions, number and nationality of passengers.

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