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Journal of John Mackay, a Haddington man, describing his sea voyage to the Australian goldfields.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6158
Scope and Contents Ledger containing journal of John Mackay, an iron foundry moulder from West Port, Haddington, who emigrated to Melbourne, Australia, in 1852, possibly intending to join the gold rush. The journal was written for Mackay's family in Scotland. Daily entries describe the 110 days Mackay spent travelling from Glasgow to Liverpool and his sea voyage to Melbourne aboard the ship 'Mobile' as a steerage passenger with his brother Arthur Mackay and sister-in-law Janet Mackay, between 9 July and 12...
Dates: 1852.

Papers of the Reverend David Thomas.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9863
Scope and Contents

Includes:

journal, 1904, of a visit to Australia, with an edited typescript

volume of hymns, undated

photograph, undated, of "Old Scotch Collegians" in Melbourne

Dates: 1904 and undated.