Anonymous. Diary kept by passenger on board Abel Gower, Gravesend to Port Phillip (66p.), 16 July 1852-08 November 1852

Component identifier:: Series JOD/90
Content Summary:: Details of sailing; provisions very bad - beef thrown overboard; sea sickness in Bay of Biscay; birth of daughter to Mrs Munro; activities of passengers; necessity to take own medicines and food for voyage - deception regarding supplies on part of Captain and owners of Abel Gower; Captain requests no one gives drink to the Doctor; killing of livestock; Isle of Trinidada; passed by other ships; catching seagulls with hook and line; passengers weighed on deck by means of steel yards; gales; shooting albatross; taking on Pilot.
Processing information:: M2833

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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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