William Anderson Cawthorne - diary

William Anderson Cawthorne pictorial and manuscript collection, ca. 1841-1889

Occasional Paper No.1, The Proposed Memorial, 1851 [printed]
Silhouette, man in profile., "W.A. Cawthorne 1843" handwritten on reverse
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24 Jan. 1849 - 23 Nov. 1859;  Cawthorne ruminates on his life in Australia and describes his work as a schoolmaster including daily events of school life and pupils encountered;  financial affairs;  publication of Port Lincoln trip;  weather;  building a house;  health;  deaths;  births (including his son Charles Wittowitto);  prospecting for gold;  war with Russia;  commencement of building societies;  and  travel.
Diary also includes poems;  newscuttings (mainly relating to education and reviews of Red Kangaroo);  drawings of people, a house floor plan, the old Colonial festival, landscapes, digging for gold, Coulthards' canteen;  flyer Old Colonists' Festival, March 27, 1851 - South Australian Anthem & Jubilee Song.

William Anderson Cawthorne - diary

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