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Narbey, Francois Eleonore, 1829-1913 : Australian and New Zealand diary / translated from the French by Mavis Donnelly-Crequer
- Date
- 1854-1856 (translated 1986)
- By
- Narbey, Francois Eleonore, 1829-1913Donnelly-Crequer, Mavis, active 1985-1986
- Reference
- MS-Papers-4381
- Description
The diary covers the period 15 Apr 1854-15 Apr 1855 and May 1855. It describes Narbey's visit to Australia and his activities in Taranaki on his return.
Original holograph diary at MSX-2850.
Source of title - Title page
Narbey, a French colonist arrived in Akaroa in 1849. In May 1854 he went to Australia to look for gold. He returned to New Zealand in Dec and after a period as a sawyer in Taranaki he returned to Akaroa in Apr 1855.
Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 leaves).
Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy) with mss annotations
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Mavis Donnelly-Crequer, Christchurch, Mar 1990 (90-079)
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 folder(s) (9 leaves), Diaries, Transcriptions (Documents), Typescripts, Translations (Documents), Typed transcript (photocopy) with mss annotations
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