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Emily Caroline Creaghe Emily Caroline Creaghe i(A86588 works by) (birth name: Emily Caroline Robinson)
Born: Established: 1860 Bay of Bengal, South and East Asia, Asia, ; Died: Ceased: 1944 Mosman, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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1 Emily Caroline Creaghe Emily Caroline Creaghe , 2016 extract diary (The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe : Explorer)
— Appears in: A Single Tree : Voices from the Bush 2016; (p. 73-75)
1 Bringing in a New Wild Gin Emily Caroline Creaghe , 1991 extract diary (The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe : Explorer)
— Appears in: North of the Ten Commandments : A Collection of Northern Territory Literature 1991; (p. 57-58)
2 6 y separately published work icon The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe : Explorer Emily Caroline Creaghe , 1883 (Manuscript version)x401655 Z1339313 1883 single work diary Describes her journey from Sydney in the ship Corea with calls at Queensland ports, reaching Thursday Island 9 Jan. 1883, arrival at Flinders telegraph station 14 Jan. 1883, and the journey from Normanton to Port Darwin, sailing from Port Darwin for Sydney 22 Aug. 1883 on the steamer Feilung. Gives details of i.a., meetings with Aborigines, hardships of the exploring party and the movements of its several members, the countryside and the towns and stations visited. The account ends 5 Sept. 1883 before the Feilung reached Brisbane, and includes lists of baby clothes, recipes, etc. The collection also includes part of a letter from the author at Katherine telegraph station to her father, Major G. C. Robinson, 12 July 1883, and a processed transcript of most of the diary, with excerpts from newspaper articles and maps of the exploring party's route. (Libraries Australia)
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