Australia - Description and travel

Date: 16 Nov 1895-5 Apr 1896

By: Davy, P, active 1895-1896

Reference: MS-Group-0708

Description: Comprises holograph diary kept by P Davy on the `Ruahine' and during his tour of New Zealand. After disembarking at Wellington where he visited relatives he toured to other parts of New Zealand. He describes a gathering of Maori following the settlement of fishing rights on Lake Wairarapa, a visit to a freezing works at Belfast, gold mining on the West Coast and Rotorua where he visited a pa, saw geysers and bathed in the hot pools. His journal ends on the return journey to England when staying at Sydney. Also includes transcript of part of the diary (16 Nov 1895-3 Jan 1896). Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Full transcript of diary at MS-Papers-4391 Davy and his Aunt Harriet boarded the `Ruahine' at Plymouth 16 Nov 1895 and disembarked 12 Jan 1896 at Wellington where they stayed with relatives. After travelling around New Zealand they left Auckland for Sydney, 18 Mar. The writer of the diary is presumed to be P Davy, a passenger on the `Ruahine'; he visited members of the Davy family while in Wellington. He was probably one of the Devonshire Davys, a nephew of George Boutflower Davy, an official of the Land Registration Court of NZ, and the son of Edward Davy (1806-1885), an experimental chemist who emigrated to Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of the `Gaul' with unidentifed tender vessel.

Date: 1841-1949

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2847

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 10 Feb 1851-22 Mar 1855

By: Card, Charles James, active 1846-1855

Reference: MSX-5604

Description: In closely-written pages, Card describes in detail his voyage on HMS `Fantome' to Sydney, where he transhipped to the `Havannah' on 24 Nov 1851. He describes his voyages to and around New Zealand, to Fiji and Tonga, before returning to Australia and New Zealand in November 1853, where his captain died. He writes of his life and loves in Sydney and Brisbane from 1854 to Mar 1855, when he is reposted to England. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Title on spine: Charles James Card Voyage of H.M.S. Havannah 1851-1855 Card, who had been formerly on HMS `Rattlesnake', was in Portsmouth, England, when he was appointed in Feb 1851 as Assistant Paymaster to HMS `Havannah', then in Australian waters. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (176 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Clive Farahar and Sophie Dupre, Caine, Wiltshire, England, Mar 2000

Date: 1964

From: Finnis, Henry John, fl 1885-1971 : Personal travel diary scrapbooks

Reference: MSY-5711

Description: Volume three of a three-volume account of the round the world journey of Finnis and his wife, Nellie, continuing from when they left Wellington in Jul 1958, in the `Southern Cross', sailing to Suva, through the Panama Canal, Trinidad and Southampton; Finnis completed the account 16 Mar 1964 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1835]

By: Batman, John, 1801-1839

Reference: MS-0142

Description: Title continues:`...Journal kept from 10 May to 11 June 1835, both days inclusive, shewing the first settlement of Port Phillip now the State of Victoria'. Daily entries describing voyage on the `Rebecca' round the coast near George Town, Launceston, Port Phillip and other parts of Tasmania, and explorations inland, where Batman named rivers and hills. He describes meeting aborigines and their response to the travellers. Batman was the founder of Melbourne Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (21 cm; full calf, blue)

Date: 1853-1875, 1897

By: Pope, Christiana, active 1897

Reference: MSY-6047

Description: Scrapbook compiled by Pope in Apr 1897 for her granddaughter, Gwenllian as a parting present; comprises scenes in the eastern hemisphere covering the period 1853 to 1875 divided into (1) New Zealand, beginning at Auckland and ending at Otago; (2) Australia; and (3) islands in the East; and (4) Japan Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with inscriptions Processing information: Transferred from the Printed collections, Mar 2005

Date: Jul 1867-Jan 1870, Jun-Nov 1871

By: Taylor, Mary Caroline, 1803-1884

Reference: MS-Papers-4407

Description: Diaries kept by Mary Caroline Taylor while the Taylors were visiting England, 1867-1871, largely while the Rev R Taylor was preparing his second book for publication. She recorded their daily activities and the people they met, especially focusing on family affairs and concerns. She also describes their voyage back to NZ on the `Shannon' to Melbourne, by the `Tararua' to Port Chalmers and then by a variety of transport back to Wanganui. Quantity: 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies)

Date: 1849-1905

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3042

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1907

By: Paetz, Alfred Ross, 1883-1949

Reference: MS-Papers-5684

Description: Comprises diary of voyage to New Zealand, travelling from Gloucester, New Jersey, to Wellington, NZ, sailing first to England where they travelled widely, eventually sailing from London 1 Nov on the `Omrah' to Australia. From Sydney they sailed by the `Warrimoo' for Wellington on 14 Dec arriving 18 Dec. Mostly daily entries were made, describing the weather, the various expeditions the family made while ashore, and other aspects of shipboard life. Source of title - Transcribed Accompanying material - Correspondence and notes supplied by donor about photographs, which also came with the diary, and the Paetz family accompany the folder The family group travelling from the US to NZ comprised Joseph and Caroline Gledhill, Alfred Ross and Matilda Paetz and their daughter, Faith, who was born in Manchester Quantity: 1 folder(s) (110 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs E Schenk, Shailer Park, Queensland, Australia, Feb 1988

Date: 1937-1970

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2019

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1778-1917

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1653

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1852-1932

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2834

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1889-1936

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2804

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1838-1972

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2849

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1850-1873

By: Billmanson, Ivan Frederick, -1872

Reference: Micro-MS-0103

Description: Billmanson's correspondence with his family from 1850 to 1872, largely in Swedish, as a seaman based in Liverpool 1850-1857, as farm labourer, teacher and goldminer in Australia until 1867, and as a goldminer on the West Coast 1867-1872; diary 1864-1869; includes a ledger (1864-1871); correspondence with Australasian goldminers; a commonplace book; estate papers; and photographs Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Negative microfilm only

Date: 1863-1939

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2839

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1851-1870

By: Brandon, Sidney Griffiths, 1820-1899

Reference: MS-Papers-2399

Description: His papers consist of a journal recording his voyage from Plymouth to Melbourne on the 'Emma Goodwin', his experiences at the gold diggings near Bendigo, and his travels through NZ in 1855 (folder 1); a letter from an acquaintance in Brazil; miscellaneous notes; and two commissions for the NZ Militia (folder 2) Source of title - Supplied title Sidney Brandon left England for Brazil in 1837. In 1852 he returned to England, but left the following year for Melbourne. He spent the next two years in Australia, and then went to NZ in 1855 Quantity: 2 folder(s) (7 pieces). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, ms and printed forms completed in ms

Date: 1885

By: Klein, J P, active 1880

Reference: MSX-2829

Description: Comprises Klein's account, `My travels', of his travels in NZ and Australia, newspaper clippings in an octavo copybook, a series of articles, possibly from a West Coast newspaper (1885) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Capricorn Books, Petone, Nov 1989

Date: 1875-1887

By: Hales, George B, active 1875-1887

Reference: qMS-0905

Description: Comprises letters from Tonga and Samoa (1875); from New Zealand describing the South Island and Westland (1885 and 1886); from Western Australia and South Australia (1886 and 1887); describes voyage from Wellington to Derby, Western Australia in SS `Triumph' and trip thence to the Kimberley diggings with New Zealand horses and drays, with extract of diary (17 Aug 1886-1 Jan 1887) Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (199 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and mss (photocopies) (35 cm; brown hinged lid box)

Date: 1923-1949

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1956

Description: Reports and correspondence of the Manager and Secretary of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).