James Espie White - Journal [M864], 1863

M 864

fonds

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

432580

Microfilm : M 864

microfilm reel 35 mm

A foreword to the journal states that the author travelled to Australia in Sept. 1862 "to join his brother, John White, a government contractor... building a breakwater at the Clarence River Heads, N.S.W."

Journal compiled in 1863 of White's voyage to Australia on the Henry Fernie, Sept.-Dec. 1862. He describes in detail conditions on board, entertainments arranged during the voyage, relations between the passengers, marine life observed, deaths and burials at sea, the ship's arrival at Melbourne and his first impressions of the city and its people. An appendix to the 153 p. journal contains a copy of a testimonial presented to the captain, a table recording the ship's bearings each day and a note of the destinations of his cabin mates Frederick King, Arthur Hiddle, George Samuelson and James Hall

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 163A, p.76
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M864
Microfilm copy of originals held by Edinburgh Central Library, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh