Diary kept while commanding a detachment of the 39th Regiment at Newcastle, New South Wales, 01 February 1827-21 September 1827

 
Component identifier:
File Box L4
Content Summary:
The succinct entries refer to daily activities such as shooting birds, ducks, kangaroos and wallabies, fishing, stuffing birds, drawing and sailing, as well as to the weather, illnesses, relations with Indigenous Australians especially Desmond, corroborees, fighting between Australian Aboriginal tribes, visitors, the receipt of letters, news from Sydney, searches for bushrangers, punishment of soldiers, the arrival of ships, Coke's visit to Port Stephens (7-12 August), and his return to Sydney. There are references to Captain Francis Allman (the former commandant at Newcastle), Major Donald MacPherson (39th Regiment), Captain Thomas Wright (39th Regiment), Captain Charles Sturt (39th Regiment), Duncan Mackay (Superintendent of Convicts), Rev. George Middleton, Captain Samuel Wright (police magistrate), George Brooks (assistant surgeon), James Ralfe (surveyor), Allan Cunningham (explorer) and Robert Dawson (Australian Agricultural Company).
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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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