Unsigned letter to Howitt 21 January 1884
Transcription - Page 3
commencement of Sturts Stoney
Desert and being an inhospitable
hot piece of country it is - after
the last 3 weeks, I can quite
appreciate Sturt's account of
it - for 20 days after Christmas
the average maximum temperature
was 112° - it was twice 116° and
once 120° so it is anything but a
Paradise in are living in.
The Winter weather here is most
enjoyable. I envy you your
cool Gipps Land summerss
and pleasant Lake scenery of
which my son who lives at Bairnsdale
gives me glowing accounts.
Document Details
Date
21 Jan 1884
Letter From
Unrecorded
Letter To
Howitt, Alfred William
Author
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Country
Australia
Colony/State
New South Wales
Holding Institution
State Library of Victoria
Collection Name
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Registration Number
MS9356/211
Medium
Letter
Region
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Locality
Milparinka
Summary
MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales . [Sub Series] General notes and correspondence [Item Title] Unsigned letter. [Summary note] Original listing described the letter as from A. L. P Cameron to A. W. Howitt, but the letter is unsigned. Milparinka. 3 pages. 1884 January 21. Box 1050 [Folder] 6(a) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description
Handwritten in ink. Dated and addressed from Milparinka, however unsigned.