Ships diary of the "Fitzjames" in 1857


I loved reading this Matron's diary of her voyage on the 'Fitzjames' in 1857 chaperoning 98 single women from Plymouth to Sydney. 
It is easiest to click on 'full transcript of the diary' (in blue) and read the printed version.

http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/digital-gallery/matrons-diary

Matron's Diary — State Records NSW
www.records.nsw.gov.au
Matron Susan Austen was chaperone to 98 single females on the 'Fitzjames' which arrived in Sydney on 1 April 1857. Her diary records the dramas which unfolded during the voyage, the sea-sickness suffered during stormy weather, the tantrums and shortcomings of many of the young 

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