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[Page 230]
Saturday 9th June [1883]
We have just been resting
today on our tent. Harry
did a little washing this
morning & a few odds &
ends, but he was taking
it easy too most of the
morning & all the afternoon.
Mr. Tuckfield the Station
Master is a nice fellow, &
so delighted to have us
here. We shall start for
the Katherine tomorrow
morning as soon as possible
after breakfast.
Sunday 10th
We left the "Elsie" [Elsey] at 10, & arrived
in camp on "the Duck pond"
at about 3, having done 20
miles. We passed close by a
bitter spring, the water of which
is quite bitter, it was off the
road so we did not go to it.
This has seemed as unlike a
Sunday as it is possible to
be. I don't believe any of the
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Line 12: Name of station master difficult to make out. Tuckfield seems most likely spelling. Cannot find a list of 1880s station masters for Elsey OT Station that includes a name like that.
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