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- 1875 (Creation)
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1 v. (16 p.) 18 cm.
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Biographical history
Nancy Ayrey Armitage was born about 1861 in Barton, Lancashire, England. She married Alexander Rose Macdonald (1845-1931) on 3 November 1880 in Queensland. They had nine children. She died on 11 June 1931 in Brisbane, Queensland.
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Shipboard handwritten diary of a Nancy Armitage, describing the social interaction, entertainments, and weather during the voyage. Last 3 pages of diary : poems 'sent to Frances from Blanche, Toowoomba'.
Inscribed inside front cover : Nancy Armitage Aug. 27 1875 London, England etc. On inside back cover : Nancy Macdonald, Sans Souci 6 Oct. 81.
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Unrestricted access.
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Out of copyright. Able to be reproduced without permission. Please attribute the Fryer Library.
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- English
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Very fragile. All pages have come loose from the cover.
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- Armitage, Nancy (Subject)
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Revised
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Revised, Linda Justo, 22-Apr-2025. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.