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"Be it known that
on Thursday 21st April 2011,
I, Sharon Roneberg, great-grand-daughter of Joseph William Coudrey
did sit on my front patio on a beautiful balmy evening
and read the Diary of Joseph William Coudrey"
I was very excited when I came to the entry
for the 21st April 1879 and read what he had been doing 132 years
ago ... to the day
How amazing !!
We are fortunate to have this document as part of Our Family
History and I am so thankful to my husband Geoff for being so
tenacious and not giving up on locating the Diary when we thought
it was gone for ever
Below are some parts I really enjoyed
Pages
01 to 05 - Monday 24th March 1879 to Saturday 29th March 1879
The excitement of starting their journey and leaving England
They were feeling the cold terribly
And then their bedding was missing ... and found after five hundred
enquiries !!
Then the sea sickness started ... I was laughing out loud while
I was reading this !!
It was so funny how he described it and then to top it off his
"faithful picture" of a sea sick matron with her "unmentionable
articles bobbing about"
Page
10 - Monday 7th April 1879
His discussion with a "touchy Scot"on the equality
of the Human Race was interesting
Page
10 - Tuesday 8th April 1879
As the weather became warmer they had to shed their clothes ...
seems they were not used to that !!
Page
18 - Friday 2nd May 1879
Some "poor fellow" died and the sailors had to get
dressed up for his funeral because he was a "75 guinea passenger
and had a nurse"
Page
19 - Friday 9th May 1879
The excitement of arriving is intense !!
Page
20 - Saturday 10th May 1879
They have arrived and to see the words Semaphore, Port Adelaide
and Adelaide is quite exciting !!
I wonder what they would think if they could see it all now
"A
few of our Notables"
I really enjoyed this section too !!
I
loved reading the Diary
Joseph had a way with words and his hand writing is beautiful
The journey had everything
birth and death, a little intrigue and lots of interesting characters
!!--this has been a real treat--!!
NOTE
Joseph mentioned "Sankeys" a few times in relation
to the concerts and singing
I had heard the word before so I looked it up and below are a
few details
click on this panel to go to the
Official Web Site
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