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Henri Gilbert - diary and scrapbook

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Title
Henri Gilbert - diary and scrapbook
Subject
Australia--Description and travel
Voyages and travels
Australia--History, Local
Coastal settlements
Queensland--History
French diaries
French language--Writing
Category
1. Settlement
2. National boundaries
Author
Gilbert, Henri
Current holder
State Library of Queensland
Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main
Period of reference
August 18, 1897 – December 28, 1898
Link
https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE3893772
Series number
OM67-15
Item number
9.92166E+13
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Out of copyright. Unrestricted access, free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.
Country of origin
France
Australia
Language
French
English
Description from source
1 illustrated diary. Digital copy available, translated and edited by Colin Dyer.

Diary and scrapbook 18 August 1897 - 28 December 1898, kept by Henri Gilbert during the Australian leg of his journey around the world. Accounts in French by Mr Gilbert are interspersed with entries made in English, by publicans and others in the towns through which he passed. Press cuttings and photographs are pasted in. The Queensland section is only a small one and covers about a dozen localities in the south east.
Physical format
Diaries
Newspapers
Photographs
Related resources
https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma997433734702061
Bibliographic citation
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