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Title
Jessica Stuart Russell diary, 1948-1949
Creator
Jessica Stuart Russell
Call number
MLMSS 1288
Level of description
fonds
Date

1948-1949
Type of material
Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
422191
Physical Description
(2") box
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Jessica Stuart Russell, real name Jessica May Russell, lived during the time of writing her diary at Haddon Rigg sheep station, where her husband was the maintenance engineer
Scope and Content
1 box of textual material: typescript

'Haddon Rigg' Diary, 24 June 1948-27 October 1949; with synopsis. Typescript with MS. corrections and additions. Illus. with photographs

Item 1
a. Synopsis of Diary.

Item 2
b. Diary, 24 June 1948 - 27 October 1949.
The day-to-day account of life on the station is interspersed with biographical information on the Falkiner family from 1833
Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-238B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
General note

Available for reference
Name
Falkiner family
Subject
Sheep ranches--New South Wales.
Women--Diaries.
Pastoralists--New South Wales.
Place
Haddon Rig (Warren, N.S.W.)

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