Volume 55 Item 01: Sir William Macarthur diary of voyage to England in Argo, 18 January-6 March 1855, and beginning of voyage to Sydney in Argo, 27-28 December 1863

SIR WILLIAM MACARTHUR

Diary of Voyage to England in Argo, January 18 to March 6, 1855.

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Vol 55,A

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[original text has been crossed out- Catalogue of specimens of Wood Collected in 1854 for the Paris Exhibition in May 1855 -]

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Sir W. Macarthur Diary, Jan - March 6, 1855 voyage to England round Cape Horn in ship Argo.

also 1863, Dec. 27, 28, beginning of voyage to Sydney in ship Highflyer.

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(1855) 18th Thursday noon lat 57.41 long. 177. 6 Temp in Saloon – – 57° Barometer 29.70 Course about East [indecipherable] S. Distance run since yesterday 240

weighed from Hobsons Bay on the 9th about noon steamed against a light head wind and closed the entrance of the Port by dusk At day light on the 10th Wilsons Promontory & Rodondo toward on our Port Below 20-25 miles dist[ant] wind becoming fair- Passed Kents [page damaged] – light house very visible to naked eye about 6 or 8 miles to the Southward [page damaged] Flinders & Cape Barren Islands the distance when wind headed as [page damaged] S E about 4 P.M. with a squall of rain course altered to E by N [page damaged] wind from S. E to S all next [page damaged] days – course from S gradually [changed?] to S. E by S. - Progress slow