Papers of Clara Elisabeth Heyer
| Subject | German diaries |
|---|---|
| Voyages and travels | |
| Lutheran literature | |
| Missionaries | |
| Natural history | |
| Sydney (N.S.W.) | |
| Melbourne (Vic.) | |
| Correspondence | |
| Category | 1. Settlement |
| 2. National boundaries | |
| Author | Heyer, Clara Elisabeth |
| Keywords | Lutheran Mission |
| Norfolk Island | |
| Lord Howe Island | |
| Current Holder | National Library of Australia |
| Period Of Reference | 1899/1921 |
| Series Number | MS 7874 |
| Item Number | 2729860 |
| Access Rights | Request at location |
| Rights | Copyright Undetermined, Available for research. Not for loan. |
| Country Of Origin | Australia |
| Place | Aneityum |
| Norfolk Island | |
| Lord Howe Island | |
| Language | German |
| English | |
| Description From Source | 8 cm. (2 folders)
Diary, 1899 Mar. 25-1899 May 30, with English translation
Letter, 1899 Apr. 19, Lenakel, Tana to George Heyer, from Clara Heyer
Letter, 1899 [May 22?] Lord Howe Island to George Heyer from Clara Heyer
Copy of obituary on Pastor George Heyer, 1921 June 21
Copy of typescript entitled A short stretch of my life, to my jubilee, by George Heyer, [c. 1920].
Diary contains an account of a visit to the New Hebrides, 1899. Heyer sailed from Melbourne on 26 March and visited Sydney, Newcastle, Noumea and Aneityum, reaching Lenakel on the island of Tana on 21 April. Apart from the voyage, there are references to missionaries, including Frank Paton and William Gunn, church services, social events, the illness of Clara Paton, landscape, climate and insects. Heyer left Lenakel on 13 May and returned to Sydney via Aneityum, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. The diary is in one volume and is accompanied by two volumes of translation. |
| Physical Format | Manuscripts |
| Diaries | |
| Letters | |
| Typescripts | |
| Bibliographic Citation |
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