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Title
Item 02: Jane Eliza Currie Western Australia diary, 1829-1832
Call number
A 2887/Item 2
Level of description
item
Date

1829-1832
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
1347147
Issue Copy
Digitised : From microfilm
Physical Description
0.01 metres of textual material (1 volume)
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Jane Eliza Currie nee Wood, born in England, was a miniature and watercolour painter. Currie arrived at the Swan River Colony on the Parmelia on 1 June 1829, and first lived on Garden Island before moving to Matilda Bay on 1 June 1830, where her husband Captain Currie had selected part of his 12,200 acre grant. While living in Western Australia Jane Currie painted miniature portraits, natural history subjects and views. She returned to England with her husband and their two children on 12 August 1832.

Reference:
Design and Art Australia Online https://www.daao.org.au/ (accessed 29 June, 2015)
Scope and Content
The diary commences on 8 July 1829 when Jane Currie landed on Garden Island WA, along with Governor James Stirling, who arrived with his family and civil officials in the storeship Parmelia. The diary was kept for three years unil 12 August 1832. Diary also contains dinner ticket for Western Agricultural Society at Perth Hotel Friday 1 June 1832.
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: In coypright
Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
General note

Microfilm copy available at CY 2498, frames 40-140
Subject
Western Australia--Discovery and exploration--English.
Explorers' spouses--Western Australia--Diaries.
Western Australia--History--1829-1851.
Topic
journals
Place
Garden Island (W.A.)
Crawley (W.A.)
Pelican Point (W.A.)
Redcliffe (W.A.)
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