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457319
  • Title
    Ebb Davis - 'Diary of voyage to Australia on board Shaw Saville & Albion Co. Steamship Tainui', 5 Sept.- 28 Oct. 1889, with additional notes, ca. 1958
  • Creator
  • Call number
    B 1532
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    5 Sept.-28 Oct. 1889, ca. 1958
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    457319
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : CY 4722, frames 1-60 (B 1532)
  • Physical Description
    1 volume - 0.01 Meters
    Textual Records - (manuscript)
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Ebb Davis and his wife Tet (Esther) arrived in Sydney in 1889. Davis had moved to Australia on the advice of his doctors. The following year he became ill again, so the couple moved to Bowral where he lived for many years.
  • Scope and Content
    Two small volumes in a folder. Davis describes a voyage to Hobart on 'Tainui', thence to Melbourne on the ship 'Flora', and to Sydney on the ship 'Barcoo'. The ship called at Santa Cruz de Tenerife (pages 16-23) and Cape Town (pages 44-52). There are many comments throughout the diary about H.H. Montgomery, Bishop of Tasmania, who was a fellow passenger. Includes additional biographical notes by Mary L. Davis, ca. 1958.
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