Guide to the Letters of the White Family written from Charters Towers
MS 676
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- White Family
- Title
- Letters of the White Family written from Charters Towers
- Date Range
- 1874
- Collection Number
- MS 676
- Extent
- 0.03 metres (1 folder)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Letters of Harry White and his wife Annie White at Charters Towers, Queensland to Harry's family in Liverpool, England. The letters refer to family news, the death of Harry's sister in England, the Charters Towers and Ravenswood goldfields, Chinese gardeners on the goldfields, attacks by Aborigines, Harry's various jobs and Annie's work as a dressmaker, tropical storms, 'no home comforts in this part of the world'.
