Peter Parfitt - Diary, 1883 Sept. 4 - 1886 Nov. 25

PMB 995

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]

440554

Microfilm : PMB 995

ne microfilm reel 35 mm

Peter Parfitt was born in England, the son of Captain William Parfitt, a commander of the P & O Company. In January 1865, at the age of seventeen, he joined the Bank of New Zealand in London, having, as he later recorded, a fine round hand' and the ability to speak the Queen's English.' In 1867, he was posted to the Auckland office of his bank as chief clerk, and five years later he was promoted to pro-accountant of the bank in Melbourne. In November 1882, he married Hattie Lord, whose mother belonged to the Colgate toothpaste family. On 4 September 1883, Parfitt, accompanied by his wife, sailed from Melbourne to Sydney to take up an appointment as manager of the Bank of New Zealand in Levuka, Fiji

The diary covers Parfitt's three years in the Pacific

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 995
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original document held in private ownership