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447072
  • Title
    Elizabeth White Robertson - 'Diary written at Norfolk Island by Elizabeth Robertson 1846', [1845]
  • Creator
  • Call number
    DLMS 163
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1845
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    447072
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : CY 461, frames 377-419 (DLMS 163)
  • Physical Description
    1 volume - 0.01 Meters
    Textual Records - (manuscript)
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Elizabeth White Robertson was born in Tasmania and died at Norfolk Island on 11 January 1847, aged 24. She was the second daughter of Gilbert Robertson who was Superintendent of Agriculture at Norfolk Island from 1844 to 1846.
  • Scope and Content
    Diary written in the form of a letter to her sister Fanny Murdoch. The first and last pages are missing. The diary covers the period 10 Sept. to 24 Oct. 1845; the cover date of 1846 is incorrect. Robertson describes Norfolk Island and the people who lived there.
  • Finding Aids
  • General note

    The text of the diary and other related documents was published as :'Elizabeth Robertson's Diary Norfolk Island 1845', edited by Merval Hoare, 1988.
    Digital order no:Album ID : 823577
  • Subject
  • Place
  • Open Rosetta viewer

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