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Diaries and memoirs of Hugh Hamilton, 1841-1858

(3 folders)
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Diary in two volumes. Vol. 1 (1 March 1841 - 4 May 1851): Includes the voyage from England to Australia (March 1841 - June 1841) and details Hamilton's life selling stock and running a property on the Lachlan River, west of Bathurst. Also included is a page of biographical details written by Hamilton and a list of letters sent and received (June 1841 – August 1844). Vol. 2: Contains a highly detailed description of the gold rush in the Bathurst region (1851-1852). The author provides accounts of experiences prospecting at Summer Hill Creek, buying and selling gold in the Bathurst region, and issuing licenses as Gold Commissioner for the Lower Turon River, Ophir, and Abercrombie goldfields (October 1851 – September 1852). Includes comments on the effect of the gold rush on the colony, the religious life of the district, an account of the Governor's visit to the goldfields, and journeys to Melbourne to sell stock in 1853. Also includes a typescript copy of memoirs (1841-1858, 59 pages) and a page of biographical details of the Hamilton family.
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Diaries of Alf Evans, 1895-1897

(1 folder)
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Three diaries compiled by Canadian engineer Alf Evans. The first written in 1895, records his voyage from London to Fremantle aboard the ship 'Fifeshire'. The second, records his adventures in the goldfields of Coolgardie, Western Australia. The third diary records his return voyage to England via the Suez Canal.
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Diaries of Alf Evans, 1895-1897 (1 folder)

 

Diary Box (Shared), Folder (MS 7163)

 

Diary Box (Shared), Folder (MS 7163)

 

Diaries of Felton and Sarah Mathew, 1829-1835

(1 small phase box + 1 folder)
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Collection comprises a diary in seven volumes, primarily written continuously by Felton Mathew from 3 August 1829-December 1835. Volume 1. Journal kept by Mathew during voyage to Australia per Morley 3 August-3 December 1829, in same volume as diary of Felton Mathew recording his surveying work in the Hawkesbury and Hunter District from 1 January 1830 to 13 September 1832. Also includes loose diary entries dated December 1829 to December 1835. (1 volume); Five volumes (numbered 2 to 6), 20 February, 1833-3 May 1834, containing diary of Mrs Felton (Sarah) Mathew, 20 February 1833- 3 May 1834; [Volume 7]. Stray leaves from the journal of a wanderer in Australia, 2 December 1829-19 April 1830 (1 volume)
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Diaries of Felton and Sarah Mathew, 1829-1835 (1 small phase box + 1 folder)

 

Diaries of Frederick Hoare (as filmed by the AJCP), 1854-1856

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1. Journal of a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne May-July 1854 on the Red Jacket. It is a day-to-day record of the voyage, noting events and commenting on passengers and crew as well as weather conditions and distance travelled. The journal also contains notes referring to land sales around Melbourne, costs of buildings, business transactions (especially with George Squiers) and rough sketches of the campsites on the goldfields around Castlemaine, Victoria.
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Diaries of Jessie Couvreur (Tasma), 1873-1891

(2 folders)
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One notebook diary (1889-1891); one diary written on board the 'Windward' (1873).
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Diaries of Morton Frederick Eden, 1890-1996

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Five diaries of Fred Eden recording his travels and observations of Australia: 1. April-Aug 1890 S. Aust, Tasmania;2. Feb 1891-Feb 1892 Tasmania, Victoria, N.S.W;3. Feb-March 1915 Hong Kong, Australia;4. March-June 1915 Australia, U.S.A.;5. 1940 Australia, U.S.A.Also a copy of The first bushwalker: the story of Fred Eden (1996) by Jim Barrett.
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Diaries of Morton Frederick Eden, 1890-1996 0.06 metres (2 folio packets)

 

Diaries of Reverend Henry Welchman (as filmed by the AJCP), 1892-1895

2 items (2 volumes)
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Journals, July 1892 to Nov. 1893 and Dec. 1893 to May 1895, giving an account of life in the Melanesian Islands, recording treatment of diseases and incidents in his life as missionary and teacher.
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Diaries of Reverend William Henry Edgell (as filmed by AJCP), 1897-1901

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Five diaries 1897-1901 recording daily events in the missions and including statistics on schools, churches, registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, and Mota words and phrases.
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Diaries of W. J. Cotton (as filmed by AJCP), May 1874-January 1876

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Personal diaries of W J Cotton kept while on board Goshawk. The two diaries appear to be contained in a single volume.
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Diary and press cutting of Thomas Davies, 1854-1938

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The collection comprises the leather bound diary of Thomas Davies' voyage from Plymouth to Port Adelaide on the "Lord Raglan", from 27 June 1854 to 25 October 1854. The diary is accompanied with a press cutting about Thomas Davies' son, Alfred Herbert Davies, published in a local newspaper 'The Recorder', Port Pirie, South Australia, Friday Morning, December 16, 1938.
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