George Robert Pearson - Diary [M979], 1880-1881

M 979

fonds

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

432535

Microfilm : M 979

microfilm reel 35 mm

Accountant, native of Briston, England

Diary kept during the periods Sept. 1880 to Jan. 1881, while Pearson was a passenger aboard the Lady Jocelyn, travelling from Portsmouth, England, to Auckland, New Zealand, and June to Aug. 1881, on his return trip to England by the SS Chimborazo. The journal gives a detailed account of shipboard life, including domestic arrangements and entertainment arranged by the passengers. Pearson gives brief descriptions of Auckland and Melbourne. A typescript of the diary is included, prepared by G.R. Pearson's son

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 122, p. 59-60
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M979
Microfilm copy of originals held in private ownership