Name/Title'The Shipboard Diary of Isabel Graham Adcock, 1864 : On board the Great Victoria, Liverpool to Melbourne' (transcription) with accompanying letter, 1990
About this objectAn account of the journey of 22 year-old Isabella Adcock from Liverpool to Melbourne on the 'Great Victoria'.
Details of steerage accommodation, food and passengers, with particular emphasis of religious activities. A postscript describes the Point Nepean Quarantine Station in 1865. There are photocopies of pictures of the ship with details and a portrait of the author in later years.
Included is a covering letter from the donor, Mr Ivan A Robinson.
MakerAdcock, Isabella Graham
Maker RoleAuthor
Subject and Association KeywordsDiaries and journals
Subject and Association KeywordsGreat Victoria (Ship)
Subject and Association KeywordsPoint Nepean Quarantine Station
Subject and Association KeywordsRobinson, Ivan A.
Subject and Association KeywordsPersonal narratives
Named CollectionManuscripts Collection
Credit LineDonated by Ivan A Robinson, 27 March 1990
Object TypeDiary
Object numberMS 001242 (Box 022-2)
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved
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