Jemima Hitchcock diary, 1853

Component identifier:: Fonds
Content Summary:: Diary kept by Jemima Hitchcock, a passenger on the Star of the East, on a voyage from Liverpool to Sydney, 4 July 1853-4 October 1853. The unusually detailed diary records her journey from Buckingham to Liverpool, preparations for the voyage, the departure, weather, seas, meals, church services, complaints of passengers, relations with other passengers, fights between passengers, Captain Robertson and other ship's officers, sightings of porpoises and whales, reading, dances, games of whist, church services, storms, arrival at Port Phillip, labour shortages in Melbourne, impressions of Melbourne, the voyage up the New South Wales coast and arrival at Port Jackson. The final page contains a list headed 'things useful on a long voyage'.
Processing information:: M591

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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia