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Title
Emily Caroline Creaghe - Diary, 22 Dec. 1882 - 5 Sept. 1883
Creator
Emily Caroline Creaghe, 1861-1944
Call number
MLMSS 2982
Level of description
fonds
Date

1882
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
422670
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 936, frames 1-243 (MLMSS 2982)
Physical Description
1 box of textual material
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

E. C. Creaghe, c.1861-1944, was the only woman member in Ernest Favenc's exploring party across Northern Australia in 1883
Scope and Content
Describes her journey from Sydney in the ship Corea with calls at Queensland ports, reaching Thursday Island 9 Jan. 1883, arrival at Flinders telegraph station 14 Jan. 1883, and the journey from Normanton to Port Darwin, sailing from Port Darwin for Sydney 22 Aug. 1883 on the steamer Feilung. Gives details of i.a., meetings with Aborigines, hardships of the exploring party and the movements of its several members, the countryside and the towns and stations visited. The account ends 5 Sept. 1883 before the Feilung reached Brisbane, and includes lists of baby clothes, recipes, etc. The collection also includes part of a letter from the author at Katherine telegraph station to her father, Major G. C. Robinson, 12 July 1883, and a processed transcript of most of the diary, with excerpts from newspaper articles and maps of the exploring party's route. The diary entry on the 8th February 1883 contains details of frontier violence.
Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-1049C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
General note

Preservation microfilm copy (CY 936) made June 1986.
Available for reference
This collection contains sensitive and confronting topics including details of massacres and genocide. Some of the words, descriptions and terms reflect the author's attitude or that of the period in which they were written and may be considered sensitive and/or offensive in today’s context. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples are advised that there may be details of people who have passed away.
Harry Allington Creaghe correspondence in diary form, ca. 1865, and photographs, ca. 1883—1942/compiled by Phillip Creaghe -
Name
Creaghe, Emily Caroline, 1861-1944
Favenc, Ernest, 1846-1908
Subject
Australia, Northern--Discovery and exploration.
Explorers--Australia, Northern--Diaries.
Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
Race relations - Violent
Death - Human remains
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