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Box-folder MS MSF SEQ 13267 BOX 2/3

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Diary. Vol. 10, 1880 January 1-1880 December 31 Digital Link to digital version

 Item — box-folder: MS MSF SEQ 13267 BOX 2/3
Identifier(s): MS13267/10
Scope and contents

Begins year with Jenkins taking the train for Creswick for the harvest, only to find he is too early; falls 22 feet from ladder, but does not break any bones; digs potatoes; Parliament is dissolved; The Boers repulse the English army in South Africa; his daughter Nell gives birth to a daughter in Wales; Ned Kelly is tried and found guilty of murder; a horse named Loafer wins the Melbourne Cup; more immigrants arrive in Australia seeking work.

Dates: 1880 January 1-1880 December 31
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 13267, Diaries of Joseph Jenkins