Alfred F. Duprey. Journal on Port Jackson Training Ship for Cadets, voyage to Australia and round the world, 29 August 1913-10 July 1914

Component identifier:

Series JOD/2

Content Summary:

Boarding ship at Rotterdam; description of ship; sailing duties; appointed organist for church services; weather details; noon position; sighting of porpoises and flying fish; ceremonies of crossing the line; chess tournament; reading; arrival Wallaroo 2 December; excursions on shore - visit to circus, Wallaroo Smelting Works, Wallaroo Races, Paul Default concert at Town Hall; visit to Adelaide; sailing to Port Philip, 27 January; played football against boys from Invernesshire; visit to Tasmania - walked up Mount Wellington, Port Arthur 'now all ruins but a guide took us round'; social events in Melbourne; trip to Sydney - surf bathing at Manly, walking in Botanical Gardens, visit to Little Theatre to see 'His House in Order' by Pinero, butchers' strike 'meat is getting very scarce'; Blue Mountains; train to Melbourne; visit to H.M.A.S. Australia 'crowded with sightseers'; taking on wheat; left Melbourne 18 March; sighting Aurora Australis; sailing round Cape 'living up to its reputation'; other ships; arrival in Humber, 7 July.

Includes photographs taken on board ship. [Formerly LOG/M/13]

(176p.)

Processing information:

M2831

Access and use