887487
- TitleDiary of a voyage to Australia on the ship Cardigan Castle, 28 May - 22 August 1883, with additional comments about life in Sydney/ W. H. Tinsley
- Creator
- Call numberMLMSS 7941
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1883 - Type of material
- Reference code887487
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical Description0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
William H. Tinsley was 21 when he travelled from England to Sydney on the Cardigan Castle in 1883. Tinsley came from Warwick and his trade is identified as a gas fitter on the passenger lists.
Reference:
Ancestry Library Edition. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/default.aspx (accessed February 2, 2010)
Robyn Doble (ed.) 'Birmingham to Sydney on the Cardigan Castle, 1883', The Genealogist, Vol. IX, no. 3, September 1998 and Vol. IX, no. 5, March 1999. - Scope and ContentThis diary describes his journey from Birmingham to Plymouth by train and then to Sydney in 1883 on the Cardigan Castle. It includes brief early impressions of life in Sydney and some of its inhabitants including Aborigines and Chinese workers.
- Copying ConditionsResearch & study copies allowed: Copyright status: copyright is held by the State Library of NSW
- Finding AidsRead the transcription here: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D16008/a6112.html
- General note
Name and address of Mr J. Tinsley, 39 Freeman Rd Nechells, Birmingham, England is on label pasted down on front cover. This diary was found in a box on a bomb site in Birmingham, UK during World War Two. A brief history of this diary and extracts can be found in 'Birmingham to Sydney on the Cardigan Castle, 1883', The Genealogist, Vol IX, no. 3, September 1998 and Vol. IX, no. 5, March 1999.
Digital order no:Album ID : 994945 - Signatures / Inscriptions
Inscribed inside front cover: 'Whoever reads this lot of scribble please excuse my bad writing, for I must own that I have very often got tired of my task but still it may enlighten some one I still remain W. H. Tinsley, Dec 24th/12/83' - Name
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