Greater London Record Office - Frederick Hoare - Journals, 1854-1858

MAV/FM4/1542
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fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432489

microfilm reel 35 mm

Gold prospector and builder. He was in his late forties when he left his home in Devon, England, with several fellow-townsmen to try his luck on the goldfields of Victoria. He is believed to have bought some land outside Melbourne

1) Journal of a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, May-July 1854, on the Red Jacket. It is a day-to-day record of the voyage, noting events and commenting on passengers and crew as well as weather conditions and distance travelled. The journal also contains notes referring to land sales around Melbourne, costs of buildings, business transactions (especially with George Squiers) and rough sketches of the campsites on the goldfields around Castlemaine, Victoria. 2) Journal of a voyage from Melbourne to England via New Zealand, commencing April 1856, on the New Great Britain. Chiefly concerned with weather conditions and notes also the latitude and longitude and the distance covered each day. The journal ends on 26 July as the ship nears England

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 83, p. 44
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M405
Microfilm copy of originals held by Greater London Record Office, (London Records), The County Hall, London, SE1H 7PB, England
Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/57