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Diary of Thomas Anne Ward Cole, 1880
written by Thomas Anne Ward Cole, 1810-1898, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1880) , 390 page(s)
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written by Thomas Anne Ward Cole, 1810-1898, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1880) , 390 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1880
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Thomas Anne Ward Cole, 1810-1898
Topic / Theme
Family, Political life, Frontier and pioneer life, Family and Culture, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Diary of Thomas Anne Ward Cole, January - June 1881
written by Thomas Anne Ward Cole, 1810-1898, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1881) , 257 page(s)
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written by Thomas Anne Ward Cole, 1810-1898, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1881) , 257 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1881
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Thomas Anne Ward Cole, 1810-1898
Topic / Theme
Family, Political life, Frontier and pioneer life, Family and Culture, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Diary of Thomas Gill Senior
written by Thomas Gill, Sr., 1816-1903, in South Australiana, of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Collections (1850) , 26 page(s)
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written by Thomas Gill, Sr., 1816-1903, in South Australiana, of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Collections (1850) , 26 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1850
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Thomas Gill, Sr., 1816-1903
Topic / Theme
Shipboard life, Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Family and Culture, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Diary of William Cockrum
written by William Cockrum, 1839-1921, in South Australiana, of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Collections (1900) , 48 page(s)
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written by William Cockrum, 1839-1921, in South Australiana, of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Collections (1900) , 48 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1900
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
William Cockrum, 1839-1921
Topic / Theme
Weather, Camping, Gold mines and mining, Exploration, Frontier and pioneer life, Trade and Commerce, Migration and Diaspora, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Diary of William Cole
written by William Cole, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1866) , 72 page(s)
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written by William Cole, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1866) , 72 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1866
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
William Cole
Topic / Theme
Family, Frontier and pioneer life, Migration and Diaspora, Family and Culture, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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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)
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Diary of William Wells, 5 September 1852-1855
written by William Wells, in South Australiana, of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Collections (1852) , 528 page(s)
Diary of William Wells recording his voyage from Liverpool to Adelaide on the 'Tancred', 5 Sep 1852-4 Jan 1853, and subsequent activities in Australia
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written by William Wells, in South Australiana, of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. Collections (1852) , 528 page(s)
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Diary of William Wells recording his voyage from Liverpool to Adelaide on the 'Tancred', 5 Sep 1852-4 Jan 1853, and subsequent activities in Australia
Date Written / Recorded
1852
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
William Wells
Topic / Theme
Weather, Frontier and pioneer life, Ocean voyages, Climate and the Environment, Migration and Diaspora, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Digging, Squatting, And Pioneering Life In The Northern Territory Of South Australia
written by Harriet W. Daly (London, England: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887), 394 page(s)
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written by Harriet W. Daly (London, England: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887), 394 page(s)
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Harriet W. Daly
Date Published / Released
1887
Publisher
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Topic / Theme
Colonization, Frontier and pioneer life, Imperialism and Colonialism, Migration and Diaspora, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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El Dorado Miner's Diary, 1893-1895
written by Anonymous El Dorado Miner, fl. 1893, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1893) , 162 page(s)
Unidentified author. The diary records the daily life of a miner working for the El Dorado Company in Wangaratta. Apart from recording the problems and accidents experienced by the miners, he also discusses local events including football and cricket matches.
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written by Anonymous El Dorado Miner, fl. 1893, in The Australian Manuscripts Collections, of State Library of Victoria. Manuscript Collections (Melbourne, Victoria) (1893) , 162 page(s)
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Unidentified author. The diary records the daily life of a miner working for the El Dorado Company in Wangaratta. Apart from recording the problems and accidents experienced by the miners, he also discusses local events including football and cricket matches.
Date Written / Recorded
1893
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Anonymous El Dorado Miner, fl. 1893
Topic / Theme
Community events, Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Mining communities, Imperialism and Colonialism, Trade and Commerce, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Draft Extracts from a Journal of a Voyage from Cork to Port Adelaide, South Australia, 1840-1841
written by Captain Charles Hervey Bagot, 1788-1880 and Keith Travers Borrow, 1917-1905, in Borrow Collection, of Flinders University. Library. Special Collections (1840) , 74 page(s)
Also a diary of Bagot's first year in the colony (that is, late 1840 and 1841). Bagot gives detailed impressions of the watercourses, creeks, springs, waterholes, rivers and surrounding country he encountered in his various exploratory expeditions. He notes too the early settlers, station owners and farmers from w...
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written by Captain Charles Hervey Bagot, 1788-1880 and Keith Travers Borrow, 1917-1905, in Borrow Collection, of Flinders University. Library. Special Collections (1840) , 74 page(s)
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Also a diary of Bagot's first year in the colony (that is, late 1840 and 1841). Bagot gives detailed impressions of the watercourses, creeks, springs, waterholes, rivers and surrounding country he encountered in his various exploratory expeditions. He notes too the early settlers, station owners and farmers from whom he received help and hospitality. Mention is made of notable families and individuals, including the Horrock, Dutton, Morphett, Stu...
Also a diary of Bagot's first year in the colony (that is, late 1840 and 1841). Bagot gives detailed impressions of the watercourses, creeks, springs, waterholes, rivers and surrounding country he encountered in his various exploratory expeditions. He notes too the early settlers, station owners and farmers from whom he received help and hospitality. Mention is made of notable families and individuals, including the Horrock, Dutton, Morphett, Sturt, Hawker, Warren, Peter, Angas, Crayford, Gawler, Anstey, Grey, Jacob, Leake, and Hughes families. Photocopies of some pages from the manuscript are in file Y050/01/08. No information about the location of the original manuscript. Charles H. Bagot with his wife and 5 children embarked in Cork on 22 August 1840 and arrived in Port Adelaide in December of that year. The diary continues until November 1841, describing his search for suitable land on which to establish a sheep farm. Typescript has corrections in Keith Borrow's hand.
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Date Written / Recorded
1840
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Captain Charles Hervey Bagot, 1788-1880, Keith Travers Borrow, 1917-1905
Topic / Theme
Sheep, Farm life, Frontier and pioneer life, Pioneers, Ocean voyages, Rivers, Climate and the Environment, Migration and Diaspora, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Original material sourced from the Borrow Collection, Flinders University Library. Copyright Flinders University Library.
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