| Evidence: | 'I stayed at home amusing the children by reading a fairy tale to them. They seemed to take great interest inn the narrative & after I had finished it Flory went [smiling?] home & Sissy & Dotty went away good temperedly to bed. Read "Poor dog [Tray?]" out of ["Ingolitsby"?] to Harry & then sent him off to bed also' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 26 Sep 1871 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Australia | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Melbourne location in dwelling: at home |
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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) |
Harry, son |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Richard Harris Barham |
| Title: | Ingoldsby Legends |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 23706 | |
| 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=23706, accessed: 08 June 2023 | |
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