Narbey, Francois Eleonore, 1829-1913 : Notebook including journal, notes, accounts and verses

Title: Narbey, Francois Eleonore, 1829-1913 : Notebook including journal, notes, accounts and verses
Subject: Voyages and travels; Colonists; Gold mines and mining; Authors, French; New Zealand
Category: 1. Settlement
Author: Narbey, Francois Eleonore
Current holder: National Library of New Zealand
Date: 1854
Link: https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.21781
Item number: MSX-2850
Access rights: Digitised
Rights: Partly restricted
Country of origin: New Zealand
Language: French
Description from source: 1 volume(s): Diary describes his visit to Australia and his time in Taranaki; covers the period 15 Apr 1854-15 Apr 1855 and May 1855. Includes lists, verse and lyrics. A typed translation from the French is available at MS-Papers-4381
Physical format: Manuscripts; Diaries
Abstract: Narbey was a French colonist who arrived in Akaroa in 1849. In May 1854, he went to Australia to prospect for gold but returned to New Zealand in Dec that year. After a period as a sawyer in Taranaki, he returned to Akaroa in Apr 1855. Diary describes his visit to Australia and his time in Taranaki; covers the period 15 Apr 1854-15 Apr 1855 and May 1855. Includes lists, verse and lyrics.
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