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Diary and Account Book of Robert Gerrand, 1852-1854
written by Robert Gerrand, 1829-1920, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1852) , 130 page(s)
Diary and account book, 1852-1854, of Robert Gerrand, sheep shearer in the Bendigo district and later hawker, mainly on the Victorian goldfields.
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written by Robert Gerrand, 1829-1920, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1852) , 130 page(s)
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Diary and account book, 1852-1854, of Robert Gerrand, sheep shearer in the Bendigo district and later hawker, mainly on the Victorian goldfields.
Date Written / Recorded
1852
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Robert Gerrand, 1829-1920
Topic / Theme
Daily life, Business affairs, Mining camps, Colonial life, Trade and Commerce, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Diary of Frederick Standish
written by Frederick Charles Standish, 1824-1883, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1857) , 184 page(s)
Goldfields diary kept by Capt. Frederick Standish while serving as Assistant Commissioner of the goldfields at Sandhurst (Bendigo) and also as Protector of the Chinese.
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written by Frederick Charles Standish, 1824-1883, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1857) , 184 page(s)
Description
Goldfields diary kept by Capt. Frederick Standish while serving as Assistant Commissioner of the goldfields at Sandhurst (Bendigo) and also as Protector of the Chinese.
Date Written / Recorded
1857
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Frederick Charles Standish, 1824-1883
Topic / Theme
Chinese, Law enforcement, Mining camps, Gold mines and mining, Daily life, Colonial life, Race and Gender, Trade and Commerce, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Copyright © 2013. Used by permission of the State Library of Victoria
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Diary of William Crawford Walker, 1852-1863
written by William Crawford Walker, fl. 1852, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1852) , 251 page(s)
Includes details of William Crawford Walker's tasks as manager of a gold mining water race between Harker's Creek and Stony Creek at Granite Flat; reference to Chinese miners and opium smoking; information on religious and social life; garden planting notes and biographical notes on the Walker family. Also with th...
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written by William Crawford Walker, fl. 1852, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1852) , 251 page(s)
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Includes details of William Crawford Walker's tasks as manager of a gold mining water race between Harker's Creek and Stony Creek at Granite Flat; reference to Chinese miners and opium smoking; information on religious and social life; garden planting notes and biographical notes on the Walker family. Also with the diary is information on William Crawford Walker by W. J. Taylor. The area known as Granite Flat is situated several miles above the t...
Includes details of William Crawford Walker's tasks as manager of a gold mining water race between Harker's Creek and Stony Creek at Granite Flat; reference to Chinese miners and opium smoking; information on religious and social life; garden planting notes and biographical notes on the Walker family. Also with the diary is information on William Crawford Walker by W. J. Taylor. The area known as Granite Flat is situated several miles above the township of Mitta Mitta.
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Date Written / Recorded
1852
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
William Crawford Walker, fl. 1852
Topic / Theme
Chinese, Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Mining communities, Colonial life, Family and Culture, Trade and Commerce, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013. Used by permission of the State Library of Victoria
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