MANUSCRIPT
Rainbow, Alec : Journal of William Rainbow / transcribed and annotated by Alec Rainbow
- Date
- 1879-1880 (transcribed 1990)
- By
- Rainbow, Alec, active 1990Rainbow, William, 1849-1889
- Reference
- MS-Papers-4360
- Description
The journal, written for Rainbow's fiancee in England, covers the period 23 Dec 1879-May 1880. It describes the voyage out to New Zealand on the Palala and gives Rainbow's first impressions of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula.
The journal was transcribed and annotated by Alec Rainbow in 1990.
Source of title - Supplied title
Willaim Rainbow and his family sailed from London on board the `Palala' on 26 Dec 1879 and landed at Lyttelton on 13 Apr 1880. After a period spent at French Farm, Banks Peninsula, he left to take up a teaching post north of Dunedin on 25 May 1880.
Quantity: 1 folder(s). 119 leaves.
Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Alec Rainbow
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 folder(s), 119 leaves, Diaries, Manuscripts, Transcriptions (Documents), Typescript (photocopy)
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