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From: "Susie Zada" <>
Subject: [GEELONG] AHRR # 24 - Alexander McMILLAN personal records
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 08:36:25 +1000

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RECORD #24 OF 57
RECORD TITLE Alexander McMillan: personal records
DATE RANGE 1851-1852
SERIES The contributor has described the personal records of
Alexander McMillan as follows: Diary of Alexander
McMillan describing a sea voyage from Plymouth to Geelong
on board the Cambodia as a steerage passenger. The
master was John Joseph Hammach. The diary gives a full
account of shipboard life, and describes fellow Scottish
migrants, passengers and crew, death and illness,
Christmas and New Year celebrations, and types of
entertainment, 1851-1852 (1 vol.).
HISTORICAL CONTEXT Alexander McMillan left Glasgow to migrate to Australia
in 1851 and settled at Braeside farm, Rhymney, Vic.
NAMES McMillan, Alexander
PLACES Geelong, Vic.
DESCRIPTORS diaries and journals - shipboard; festivals and
celebrations; death; Scottish migrants; festivals and
celebrations; migration, 1840-1859; Cambodia, ship
ACCESS Restricted access: contact Historic Records Office,
National Library of Australia

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