Guide to the Papers of Frederick A. Edelsten (as filmed by the AJCP)
M837
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
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Voyage from London to Adelaide on the clipper City of Adelaide (Capt. David Bruce), 24 July 1867 - 3 October 1867 (File)
There are references to the weather and the seas, sea sickness, sightings of other ships, church services, games, sightings of Madeira, flying fish, porpoises, albatrosses and Cape pigeons, meetings of the Adelaide Reading Society, the death and funeral of a female passenger, rough seas in the Indian Ocean, the sighting of Kangaroo Island, and the arrival at Adelaide...
Journey to the south-east of South Australia, ? - 22 May 1868 (File)
Edelsten and others travelled by coach and on horseback from Adelaide to Mount Lofty, Milang, Lake Albert, the Coorong, Lacepede Bay, Robe, Mount Gambier, Penola, Naracoorte and back to Adelaide. There are references to the landscape, geological features, flora, fishes, Indigenous Australians, accidents, pubs, sheep stations, impressions of Mount Gambier and the Blue Lake...
Voyage from Adelaide to King George's Sound on the SS Alexandra, travels in the south-west of Western Australia, and the return voyage from King George's Sound to Adelaide on the mail steamer, 25 May 1868 - 20 July 1868 (File)
Refers to Edelsten's impressions of Albany, Perth, Fremantle and Guildford, rides in the Albany district, Western Australian flowers, plant collecting, kangaroo shooting, a meeting with the Governor, John Hampton, meetings with Perth residents, the Swan River, sea shells, trees and timber, and convict gangs...
Journey from Adelaide to London, 17 August 1868 - 3 October 1868 (File)
It describes the short voyage from Adelaide to King George's Sound on the mail steamer, the transfer to SS Bombay and the voyage to Ceylon, impressions of Galle and walks around the town, the transfer to SS Mooltan and the voyage to Aden, Alexandria and Marseilles, sight-seeing in Egypt, and the rail journey across France to Boulogne...