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Australian 1877 Commercial Diary

Place
Melbourne
Subject
Category
Keywords
wine industry
Creator
Australia Victoria Collins St. West Melbourne
Current holder
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Item number
8448
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1877
Description from source
25.9 x 20 x 1.2, Paper Cardboard Fabric.

1877 diary has as dark green fabric cover embossed with a line and floral border. The embossing in the centre of the front cover has text “Australian Commercial Diary 1877”. The back cover has the same border as the front cover. Inside of the cover a marbled effect has been used. Entries have been written in French. Diary was aquired by donor’s mother (Florence Oke), who was a Sebire. The author of the diary is unkown but mentions the Sebires. Florence Oke believes that the diarist was a worker of either the de Pury or de Castella vineyards.
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