Papers of Clara Elisabeth Heyer

Title	Papers of Clara Elisabeth Heyer
Subject	German diaries Voyages and travels Lutheran literature Missionaries Natural history Sydney (N.S.W.) Melbourne (Vic.) Correspondence
Category	1. Settlement 2. National boundaries
Author	Heyer, Clara Elisabeth
Keywords	Lutheran Mission Norfolk Island Lord Howe Island
Current holder	National Library of Australia
Period of reference	1899 – 1921
Link	https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2729860
Series number	MS 7874
Item number	2729860
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	Copyright Undetermined, Available for research. Not for loan.
Country of origin	Australia
Place	Aneityum Norfolk Island Lord Howe Island
Language	German English
Description from source	8 cm. (2 folders) Diary, 1899 Mar. 25-1899 May 30, with English translation Letter, 1899 Apr. 19, Lenakel, Tana to George Heyer, from Clara Heyer Letter, 1899 [May 22?] Lord Howe Island to George Heyer from Clara Heyer Copy of obituary on Pastor George Heyer, 1921 June 21 Copy of typescript entitled A short stretch of my life, to my jubilee, by George Heyer, [c. 1920]. Diary contains an account of a visit to the New Hebrides, 1899. Heyer sailed from Melbourne on 26 March and visited Sydney, Newcastle, Noumea and Aneityum, reaching Lenakel on the island of Tana on 21 April. Apart from the voyage, there are references to missionaries, including Frank Paton and William Gunn, church services, social events, the illness of Clara Paton, landscape, climate and insects. Heyer left Lenakel on 13 May and returned to Sydney via Aneityum, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. The diary is in one volume and is accompanied by two volumes of translation.
Physical format	Manuscripts Diaries Letters Typescripts
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