Diary of a journey to Australia on the SS Sorrento, January-April 1882

Title	Diary of a journey to Australia on the SS Sorrento, January-April 1882
Subject	Voyages and travels Australia--Emigration and immigration—History German diaries Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.) Adelaide (S.A.)
Category	1. Settlement
Current holder	State Library of Victoria State Library of Queensland State Library of South Australia
Date	1882
Link	https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9916348433607636 https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99228773402061 https://catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:443/record=b2173605~S1
Series number	MS 13320
Item number	9.91635E+15
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	In copyright. Available for reference. Not for loan.
Country of origin	Australia
Place	Hamburg Sydney Adelaide
Language	German English
Description from source	0.25 cm, 1 diary, Photocopy of typescript. Original at Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven, Germany. Two typescripts of an anonymous diary of part of a voyage from Hamburg to Sydney, January-April 1882, on the S.S. Sorrento. One typescript is in German and the other in English. The typescript diary is three pages long and has entries for fifteen days of the voyage. It starts at Port Said on 12 February and finishes at Sydney Harbour on 3 April 1882. Apart from commentary on the weather, the diary also briefly describes a stop for coal at the Tochagos Islands, the ship's arrival at Port Adelaide and then at Sydney Harbour. The diary was translated into English by Andrew McNamara and Herlinde Cayzer in September 1998.
Physical format	Manuscripts
Bibliographic citation	<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/NQ5PJDSW/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/NQ5PJDSW/</a></p>