Diary of James Whitelaw Craig, 23 September 1873 – 7 February 1877. Details Craig's trip to southern France and Australia. The diary provides little information about his personal life but goes into greater detail about his zoological, ornithological and botanical activities and his growing interest in the Australian Aboriginals.
Diary (89 p.) written in 1915 by Bond recalling his voyage to, and stay in, Australia in 1853-1854. He quotes from letters he wrote to his mother at this time and adds some details gathered from letters written to him from Australia in 1868 and 1874. The first part of the diary describes the voyage to Australia in the Lady Flora. He continued his voyage to Sydney and returned to Melbourne in the steamer Waratah. He stayed with his uncle at Benalla, Victoria, for some months and gives a detailed account of the town and its residents. He also gives his impressions of Sydney and Melbourne and notes in some detail the features of buildings and the prices of certain commodities. Before sailing from Melbourne in the Marco Polo Bond visited the Victorian goldfields of Ballarat and Bendigo and describes problems experienced on the diggings, such as lack of water and poor communications.
1. Diary 15 July-21 November 1850 kept on William Jardine, noting daily routine of the surgeon, some incidents with the convicts on board, land sightings and the weather.
Journal of a voyage from London to Brisbane by J.P. Ricou on the emmigrant ship Indus, 10 April to 3 July 1872, noting weather details and daily events on board ship.
The papers consist of a diary kept by J.R. Elsey while on A.C. Gregory's expedition in North Australia 1855-1856. There are also manuscript and photostat copies of Elsey's correspondence with his relations and with Herman Merivale, together with a photograph of J.R. Elsey.
My trip to New Zealand and a group of islands in the South Seas, 1883-1884 (Vol. I, New Zealand; Vol. II, The Friendly Islands) Martin E. Jull, May '86; Diary kept while on a voyage round the world, 1884-1884. The detailed part of the diary extends from 18 June 1883-6 March 1884 and covers Jull's visits to Auckland and other parts of the North Island of New Zealand, the Friendly Islands, Tonga, Samoa and Fiji; Also included are about 80 photographs, annotated and identified. Vol II contains some newspaper cuttings about Queen Salote of Tonga.
Diary of Sheraton's voyage on the Duke of Wellington, departed Liverpool 7/9/1852 for Melbourne; includes Sheraton's residence in Australia, 1852-1855.
Journal, 30 April 1925-10 March 1926, describing his journey from London on the Cormorin, calling at Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney; and his travels around eastern Australia and return voyage from Brisbane via Darwin, Batavia, Singapore to London. The 647-page journal has an index at the beginning to places, people, concerts and lectures, and contains a number of photographs of acquaintances, wildflowers and places visited. Some of the people mentioned in the journal are Rev. 'Tubby' Clayton, Dr Harold Davies, Sir Dudley de Chair, Dr A.E. Floyd, Sir Robert Garran, Bernard Heinze, Frank Hutchens and Michael Terry. The typescript contains detailed and lively descriptions of the many centres he visited, including country towns, with candid comments on Australians he met and their attitudes to matters such as industrial strikes and rivalry between State capitals.