Australie 1901-1902, mon journal Tongio West Gippsland

Item

Title
Australie 1901-1902, mon journal Tongio West Gippsland
Subject
French diaries
Gold mines and mining
Shipping
Voyages and travels
Victoria--History
Melbourne (Vic.)
Category
2. National boundaries
Author
Grandmaison, Charles Georges Paul Millin de
Current holder
State Library of Victoria
Period of reference 
1901 – 1902
Date
January 1, 1901
Series number
MS 14996
Item number
9916387703607636
Access rights
Request at location
Rights 
Available for reference
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Tongio
Language 
French
Description from source
1.0 cm. Related material: State Library Victoria holds related material in the Pictures Collection at H98.85/2-29.

The bound volume describes Grandmaison's voyage from France to Australia aboard the ship Oceanien and his work in a hydraulic gold-mining company near Omeo, as he arrived in Melbourne on 11 November 1901 and went to Gippsland searching for gold.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Diaries