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Diary of a voyage to Australia ends near Durban
A long diary recounts a sea voyage from Sydney to Durban aboard the Sophinetes. The writer details daily life at sea, ports visited, meals, weather, shipboard activities, and a wedding anniversary celebration. The record notes loading at Geelong and Melbourne, scenes of Wool and wheat shipments, and end with arrivals and city sightseeing in Durban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydary
Mill Pond
Geelong
Wwe
Henry Ford
Geelons
Salle At & Aan
Briness Pier
Melteurte Anon
Elly
Sal
Queens
Flinders Naval
Point
Melbourne
M Bourné
Tor
Howe
Kent
Melhourne
Jo Pam
Neut Y Moriwal
Perth
Timag
Kiewks Nsw
Batetorth
Fio
Ninelourth
Konik
Shiva
Inotare
Springthorpe
Meinurne
Werther
South Africa
Vantuce Point
Sydney
Durban
Nestor
Balranald
Walt
Willows and Orphans Fund
East Oillee
Lee
Ns.w
Durbin
Hove
Tke Sidi Whelesa
Ind Fila
BROS
Gloucester