Evidence: | 'After tea went with Polly into town & there heard a great commotion in the crowd & number of boys selling the Argus Extraordinary, "Arrival of the English Mail", one vagabond as he passed us with an armful of papers shouted "Death of the Prince of Wales". This thrilled me & excited Polly & so I purchased a paper. The Prince was not dead, but if the news be true was in a bad way when the Mail left St Francisco & there was but little hopes of his recovery.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | 13 Jan 1872 | ||||||||||
Country: | Australia | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Melbourne other location: in the street? |
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Reader: | John Buckley Castieau |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 15 May 1831 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Prison Governor |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Australia |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | The Extraordinary (Argus) |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 23733 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | John Buckley Castieau | |
Title: | Diaries | |
Location: | National Library of Australia | |
Call no: | NLA MS 2218 | |
Page/folio: | n/a |
Citation: | John Buckley Castieau, Diaries National Library of Australia, p. NLA MS 2218, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23733, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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