Edmund Henry Peters - Diary [M830], 1852-1853
Edmund Henry Peters - Diary [M830], 1852-1853
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Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
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M 830
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microfilm reel 35 mm
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Microfilm : M 830
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Contents
Journal 25 Oct. 1852-30 Dec. 1853. The entries record Peter's arrival in Melbourne and travels around the diggings, and return to Melbourne. The journal also describes Peter's return voyage to England via Cape Horn 4 Sept. 30 Dec. 1853. Although concentrating on the writer's state of health and details of medication, the journal also contains comme...
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Edmund Henry Peters - Diary [M830], 1852-1853
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Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
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Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 124, p. 60
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Graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University and arrived in Melbourne in Oct. 1852 with his brother John. They intended to take part in the search for gold. Ill health forced him to return to England in 1853
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M 830
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YRlZ33mn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZ33mn
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432537
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