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JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO PORT PHILLIP IN THE SHIP ISABELLA 1852, original manuscript, 3 pages, ink, marbled paper limp boards, sm 8vo, by Edwin Smith of Wanborough, Swindon; with an archive of letters, ships passage receipt, provisions bills from diggings, horse insurance letters, blank cheques, Miners licences and others
Smith's letters home are highly descriptive of life in Melbourne during the gold rush. He spent some years at the diggings at Gardener's Creek, Maryborough and Smyth's Creek, eventually returning to England circa 1860
Smith's letters home are highly descriptive of life in Melbourne during the gold rush. He spent some years at the diggings at Gardener's Creek, Maryborough and Smyth's Creek, eventually returning to England circa 1860
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