DC added a note to Page 13 in Robert Lees 1875 Diary , saying “Dec 14th. "Jonson and [Luk?]" Probably Johnson and E Enk, Mason.”
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DC added a note to Page 13 in Robert Lees 1875 Diary , saying “Dec 15th. The squiggly line is a ditto for the line above, so it should be read as "Fight between Street and Burke"”
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DC added a note to Page 13 in Robert Lees 1875 Diary , saying “It seems odd that the diary has the last entry as Jan 1st 1877, as the ship arrived in Port Adelaide on the 11th January.
Are there additional pages that have not been scanned?”
DC added a note to Page 8 in Robert Lees 1875 Diary , saying “Nov 20th "Mrs Read's" should be Mrs Reed's" according to the passenger list.
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DC added a note to Page 7 in Robert Lees 1875 Diary , saying “Nov 1st. "Plum [d????] tea" "Plum duff tea"
Nov 5th "certificial fireworks" should be "artificial fireworks"
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DC added a note to Page 6 in Robert Lees 1875 Diary , saying “Oct 27th. "[pawakine?] of mutton broth" should be a "pannikin of mutton broth"
Oct 24 & 29. "Mr Farvis" should be Jarvis.
Oct 31st. "from the s[afe]. should be "from the girls".”
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DC added a note to Page 9 in Robert Lees 1875 Diary , saying “Dec 1st "Mr Harvers' baby died" should be Mr Harvey's
Dec 12th. "[Jaden?]" Probably G Daden, Cabinet Maker.
Dec 14th. "Johnson and [???] in evening" Probably E Enk, Mason.”
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DC added a note to Page 4 in Robert Lees 1875 Diary , saying “Sept 30th. "Rose" was probably Sarah Holland's sister Rosenna Chant.”
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DC added a note to Page 2 in Robert Lees 1875 Diary , saying “While the text of the diary has the year as 1875, the voyage that Ebenezer and Sara Holland took to Adelaide Australia on the "Robert Lees" was in the following year,1876. Ebenezer wrote the wrong year. The note at the top is in a different hand,...”
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DC added a note to Page 1 in Robert Lees 1875 Diary , saying “Could MLH please contact me. I am researching the HOLLAND family. dcree@senet.com.au”
DC added a note to Page 1 in Robert Lees 1875 Diary , saying “The diary of Ebeneezer Holland who emigrated from England to Adelaide, South Australia with his wife Sara on the steel clipper ship “Robert Lees” (1200 tons) leaving Plymouth 7th October 1876 and arriving in Port Adelaide 11 January 1877.”
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