Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 T-MIN/1
Title
Fragment of an Australian goldfields diary
Date(s)
- 1856 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
27 pp.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The diary covers the period May-November 1856. The anonymous writer, a farmer's son, and his brother appear to have had gold claims at Whitehorse, near Ballarat for about three years. The writer then describes life aboard ship on a voyage (without his brother) from Melbourne on the 'James Baines' bound for Liverpool, as far as Cape Clear.
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Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English