Diary of William Crawford Walker, 1852-1863

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)

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Abstract / Summary
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.
Field of Interest
World History
Author
William Crawford Walker, fl. 1852
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013. Used by permission of the State Library of Victoria
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Duration
0 sec
Warning: Contains explicit content
No
Format
Text
Page Count
251
Page Range
1-251
Subject
World History, History, Family and Culture, Trade and Commerce, Chinese, Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Mining communities, Colonial life, Family and Culture, Trade and Commerce, Familia y Cultura, Família e Cultura, Comercio, Comércio, Opium, Victoria (Australia), Chinese, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
Keywords and Translated Subjects
Familia y Cultura, Família e Cultura, Comercio, Comércio, Opium

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