Subject	Australia–Emigration and immigration—History
	Europe–Emigration and immigration
	Voyages and travels
	German language–Writing
	German letters
	Ship letters
	Shipping
	Melbourne (Vic.)
Category	1. Settlement
	2. National boundaries
Author	Reichardt, E. J.
Current Holder	State Library of South Australia
Period Of Reference	1841/1905
Series Number	D 8267(L) Original
Item Number	b2428788
Access Rights	Digitised
Rights	No donor restrictions on copying or publication. Publication only with written permission from the State Library of SA.
Country Of Origin	Germany
	Australia
Place	Hamburg
	Paris
	Melbourne
Language	German
Description From Source	2.5 cm, Manuscript handwritten. Papers comprising a journal (of E.J. Reichardt?) containing an account of an overland trip from Hamburg to Paris in 1854, with other entries for 1867 and 1879 before Reichardt’s voyage on the ‘Caesar Godeffroy’ (Captain Decker), and his journal on the ship 19 July to 2 November 1879 to Port Philip (Melbourne). Also included are loose pages of diary entries for a overland trip across Europe 1841-1842, loose letters from 1891 and 1905, and pencil sketch portraits on envelope of three ‘Caesar Godeffroy’ passengers. Most writing in old German language and script. It is believed these papers were collected and hidden away during World War II because a fear of its German families being persecuted in Australia.
Physical Format	Manuscripts
	Diaries
	Letters
	Drawing
Related Resources	https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b2662625
Bibliographic Citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/DUHEEAMS/