Photocopied journal and letters of Agnes LaTrobe
Abstract
Agnes LaTrobe arrived in Melbourne with her parents at age of two. Was sent to her mother’s family in Neuchâtel, Switzerland at age of eight. See https://www.latrobesociety.org.au/agnes
Box 4152/3 contains three plastic folders:
1. Journal of Agnes La Trobe 1801-1914.
This is more chronicle than journal. All in French. Photocopied. Originals held in Neuchâtel.
2. Letters to Agnes La Trobe.
From her parents. Sophie La Trobe’s letters mostly in English but alternates between English and French.
Charles La Trobe’s letters in English.
Very affectionate. Separation from Agnes difficult.
3. Diary of Kezia Ferguson on voyage of “Rajah” from Port Phillip to London, 1845.
In English.
| Date |
1837-01-01 |
| Place |
Melbourne London |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
La Trobe, Agnes Ferguson, Kezia |
| Keywords |
La Trobe, Charles Joseph parenthood Port Phillip childhood |
| Current holder | |
| Series number |
MS 14152 |
| Item number |
Box 4152/3 |
| Access rights |
Request from onsite storage |
| Rights |
Copyright Undetermined. |
| Country of origin | |
| Language | |
| Period of reference |
1837 to 1914 |
| Description from source |
2.0 cm., Photocopies of original ms. Chronicle of the life of Agnes La Trobe, daughter of Charles Joseph La Trobe, beginning in 1837 and ending in 1914; also copies of various letters addressed to Agnes La Trobe; and a diary of Kezia Ferguson on voyage of “Rajah” from Port Phillip to London, 1845. |
| Physical format |
Diaries Correspondence Letters |
| Related resources | |
| Bibliographic citation |
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