Fragment of an Australian goldfields diary

• Reference:GB 249 T-MIN/1
• Dates of Creation:1856
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  27 pp.

• 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.

• Access Information

  Open

• Archivist's Note

  Created by Victoria Peters, January 2010.

• Additional Information

  published

• Subjects

  Gold mining

• Geographical Names

  Australia