Diary. Vol. 19, 1889 January 1-1889 December 31 Digital

Jenkins lives in his cottage in Maldon. He is employed by the Shire Council to clear roads and water channels, hang gates, and other odd jobs. He comments on the intense summer heat; thunderstorms and floods; food shortages; rising food prices; his diet; minor gold rush near Maldon; installation of gas pipes in Maldon; government debt; new steam driven chaff cutter; absence of a muck spreader at the Melbourne Exhibition; typhoid outbreak in Castlemaine; theft of items from his waistcoat pockets; churches in Maldon; Welsh community's indifference to its own language and traditions; death of grandson Ieuan Evans; appointments of his brother Jenkin and nephew Jack Jenkins to local government positions in Wales; general election in Victoria; insurance fire at the Phoenix Hotel; sowing crops for John Kent and William Rees; children having measles; Easter fundraising fair; farmers protesting about payment of tithes in Wales; holiday in celebration of Queen Victoria's 70th birthday; partial lunar eclipse; icy winter conditions; Maldon to Lanacoori railway track; Council election; mice damage to his books and papers; thefts from his cottage; Council in debt; death of friend William Rees; long working hours and low wages; haymaking; Melbourne racing carnival; Hospital Sunday fundraising; Earl of Hopetoun's appointment as new Governor; fire brigade's sports and baby show; and water usage in the town.