| Description | Includes loose items including a pressed plant. 1872 November 22nd Visits North Yarra. November 23rd Visits Ballarat, Geelong, and The Goldfields. November 25th Visits Melbourne. Goes onboard the steamer "City of Adelaide". November 28th Goes to Port Jackson. November 29th Goes to Manley Bay. November 30th Goes onboard "Hawkesbury". December 2nd Pays a visit to Glebe Island. December 7th Goes to Botany Bay and Newton. December 10th Boards "City of Adelaide" which is bound for Melbourne. December 13th Sights iron turret ship "Cerberus". December 14th Sights steamship "Tamar". December 15th Arrives in Tasmania. December 16th Takes mail coach from Launceston to Hobart. December 19th Goes on board the "Derwent S.S" December 20th Goes on board train at Sandridge to go onboard the "Sobraon". December 23rd Visits Ballarat and the "Band of Hope and Albion Gold mine". December 25th Visits sheep station and Hexham. December 26th Visits township of Mortlake. 1873 January 9th Visits Portland. January 10th Takes a Coach journey back to Adelaide. January 20th Hears news of the death of his mother, she died on 11th November 1872. January 23rd Visits the new cathedral that is being built in Adelaide. January 29th Starts his return journey in the "St. Vincent". |