A short account of our voyage from England to Queensland, 1854 Sept. 11 - 1855 Jan. 26
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- 1854-1855.
Journal of immigrant's voyage from Nottingham to Rockhampton in the Ghenghis Khan.
Saunders, Ellen
A short account of our voyage from England to Queensland, 1854 Sept. 11 - 1855 Jan. 26
Journal of immigrant's voyage from Nottingham to Rockhampton in the Ghenghis Khan.
Saunders, Ellen
Family history.
Includes transcription from his mother's diary, of her account of voyage from England to Australia, 1909, on the Whakatane.
Lock, Albert
Voyage by Parramatta from S.W. India Dock, London to Sydney, Australia, 1875 Aug. 29 - 1875 Nov. 26
Shipboard diary of a young English lady, describing the social interaction, entertainments, and weather during the voyage. Last 3 pages of diary : poems 'sent to Frances from Blanche, Toowoomba'.
Armitage, Nancy
Typescript. Description of journey on board the City of Brisbane which sailed from Plymouth on 26 February 1862 and arrived in Brisbane on 2 July 1862. There were 360 immigrants on board who were addressed before leaving by H. Gordon Esq. Describes living conditions, weather, meetings with other ships, volunteer duties, marine and bird life. The writer, John Thomas, and his brother Richard, left the City of Brisbane after it's arrival in Brisbane. According to the diary, from 4 July, "J.J. Brown, R. & J., John Thompson, Bull & S. Lawn" and a guide went on horseback to the Pine River. Richard and John Thomas purchased a lot situated at the Redcliffe Agricultural Reserve on 14 July 1862, which coincides with the details in the diary. Richard Thomas (1840-1922) and John Thomas (1841-1927) were children of Hannah Blossom and George Thomas who lived in Union Terrace, Yorkshire. The source of this diary is unknown.
Thomas, John, 1841-1927
Personal and professional papers of Caroline Kelly, including correspondence; financial and legal papers; unpublished poetry and stories; theatre records and publications; anthropology field notes, reports and articles; photographs and newspaper cuttings.
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Tennant-Kelly, Caroline, 1899-1989