Diary - Alfred Elder, Shipboard on Orient Line, SS St Osyth, England to Australia, 1875

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Summary:: Shipboard diary written by Alfred Elder onboard the SS St Osyth, during his journey from England to Australia in 1875. He later sent the diary to his relations in England as an act of piety.
Description:: Small octavo notebook with green textured cardboard cover. Faint blue lined pages within, with extensive handwritten text in brown ink.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	160 mm (Height), 105 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	immigration, immigrant voyages, diaries, shipping, journal writing, station pier, british immigration, shipping industry
Themes this item is part of:	Migration Collection, The Berry Family Collection
Primary Classification:	MIGRATION
Secondary Classification:	Travel - Shipboard Life
Tertiary Classification:	diaries
Inscriptions:	Handwritten, brown ink, first page: 'Memorandum of a voyage / from England to Australia / per S.S.S. Osyth. / May 11th 1875. / Left Gravesend and proceeded ...' and extensive further text.
Author:	Alfred Elder, 1875
Ship Depicted:	Orient Line, 1875