824676
- TitleElizabeth Macquarie journal of a voyage from England to Sydney in the ship ‘Dromedary’, 15 May 1809 – 25 December 1809
- Creator
- Call numberSAFE/C 126 (Safe 1/303)
- Level of descriptionfile
- Date
1809 - Type of material
- Reference code824676
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical Description1 volume of textual material
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Elizabeth Macquarie was born in 1778 in Scotland. She married Colonel Lachlan Macquarie in Devon on 3 November 1807. In 1809 Macquarie was appointed governor of New South Wales, Elizabeth Macquarie accompanied her husband to the colony and kept a vivacious account of the seven month voyage to New South Wales.
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Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au accessed June 18, 2008 - Scope and ContentThe journal describes the voyage from England to Sydney on board the Dromedary and describes several ports of call including Madeira, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town. Elizabeth Macquarie comments on the events on the ship and daily activities whilst in port, such as places visited, church services attended and visits to and from friends. Mrs Macquarie also mentions that the frequent topic of conversation on board the ship was the state of the colony including Captain Bligh and the events surrounding the Rum Rebellion. Mrs Macquarie mentions people on the voyage including Judge Advocate Ellis Bent and his wife, General and Mrs Mead and Captain John Pascoe of the Hindostan
Rather than recording her experiences on a daily basis, it appears that Mrs Macquarie wrote up her impressions at specific times on the voyage or during port stopovers in Rio or Cape Town. - General note
To view the journal in Journeys in Time 1809 -1822, a joint project between Macquarie University and the State Library of New South Wales to make available full transcripts of the journals of Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie in the period 1809 - 1822
http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/all/journeys/1809/1809.html
Microfilm available at: CY 554
Digital order no:Album ID : 874494 - Alphanumeric designations
Manuscripts Accession register no. 79909 - Name
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The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821 - State Library of New South Wales (5 July - 10 October, 2010) - Open Rosetta viewer
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