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| tlm-p_s_diaries [2023/11/24 10:35] – [Diary for 21 May - 30 August 1882] judith | tlm-p_s_diaries [2024/01/04 21:08] (current) – [Diary for 1888] judith |
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| TLM-P returned to Brisbane, via Sydney, arriving on 19 January 1883.((//The Brisbane Courier//, 19 January 1883, cited in Darbyshire.)) | TLM-P returned to Brisbane, via Sydney, arriving on 19 January 1883.((//The Brisbane Courier//, 19 January 1883, cited in Darbyshire.)) |
| ===== Diary for 1888 ===== | ===== Diary for 1888 ===== |
| At the beginning of this diary, is a draft of a story [or a real life encounter?] in an unknown hand - perhaps Nora's though it is written from a male viewpoint. " I led my stout partner in to supper, feeling by no means preposed [predisposed?] by her outward appearance. She was large & florid, with a loud voice & big nose[?]. I had a hazy recollection of having heard her name somewhere before & was wondering where & how & what on earth to talk to her about when she enlightened me by remarking loudly "I've often heard of you from Mrs Grives[?], she is our secretary you know & I see a great deal of her." "Secretary of [...?] a lady's club" I [...] wondering what this unintellectual female required of a secretary, & who 'we' might be. "Oh dear no! Our Metaphysical Association - do you mean to say you didn't know she was a Christian Scientist - she is a queen amongst us., we are very proud of her." I felt quite relieved at [...?] of the new [...?] & was about to have [crossed out words] even [....?] I asked her whar I should get her to eat & she said she's have some Colonial beef which I provided, thinking the while that I might have [.....?]her looks that she'd eat corned beef when I had bought it to her by way of "drawing" her from the metaphysical question I enquired if she had heard from Mrs Grives[?] ...} | This diary is located at MLMSS3117/box 6, item 3.\\ |
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| | At the beginning of this diary, is a draft of a story [or a real life encounter?] in an unknown hand - perhaps Nora's though it is written from a male viewpoint. "I led my stout partner in to supper, feeling by no means preposed [predisposed?] by her outward appearance. She was large & florid, with a loud voice & big nose[?]. I had a hazy recollection of having heard her name somewhere before & was wondering where & how & what on earth to talk to her about when she enlightened me by remarking loudly "I've often heard of you from Mrs Grives[?], she is our secretary you know & I see a great deal of her." "Secretary of [...?] a lady's club" I [...] wondering what this unintellectual female required of a secretary, & who 'we' might be. "Oh dear no! Our Metaphysical Association - do you mean to say you didn't know she was a Christian Scientist - she is a queen amongst us., we are very proud of her." I felt quite relieved at [...?] of the new [...?] & was about to have [crossed out words] even [....?] I asked her what I should get her to eat & she said she's have some Colonial beef which I provided, thinking the while that I might have [.....?]her looks that she'd eat corned beef when I had bought it to her by way of "drawing" her from the metaphysical question I enquired if she had heard from Mrs Grives[?] ...."\\ |
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| | This diary also includes loose pages with answers to genealogical questions that TLM-P provided to the College of Heralds to confirm the family's coat of arms. \\ |
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| TLM-P kept this diary from 3 May to 7 November. The second day of the diary sees him leaving England where he had been visiting with his wife Nora and younger children. For some unexplained reason, but perhaps related to the land dealings he alludes to in his diary, they remained behind while he - relatively briefly - returned to Queensland. TLM-P left on the P & O steamer //Victoria// on 4 May, going via the Suez Canal. He arrived in Melbourne on 12 June, then takes an overnight train to Sydney, arriving at noon the next day. While in Sydney he stayed with his mother-in-law in her home //Rockend// at Gladesville; he refers to her formally as 'Mrs Barton'. He was to go to //Ryedale//, presumably to see Jane Darvall, but instead she visited him at //Rockend//. When he hears that two girls, Annie and Mary (Jilby? Kilby? a connection of Jane Darvall's family) are travelling on the boat to Brisbane, he changes his travel plans to accompany them. They arrived in Brisbane on 21 June. 'Tully and Mrs A.[Anthony] Darvall' met the boat to collect the girls; TLM-P was greeted by Tom and Florence M-P and Jack and Lizzie Jardine. \\ | TLM-P kept this diary from 3 May to 7 November. The second day of the diary sees him leaving England where he had been visiting with his wife Nora and younger children. For some unexplained reason, but perhaps related to the land dealings he alludes to in his diary, they remained behind while he - relatively briefly - returned to Queensland. TLM-P left on the P & O steamer //Victoria// on 4 May, going via the Suez Canal. He arrived in Melbourne on 12 June, then takes an overnight train to Sydney, arriving at noon the next day. While in Sydney he stayed with his mother-in-law in her home //Rockend// at Gladesville; he refers to her formally as 'Mrs Barton'. He was to go to //Ryedale//, presumably to see Jane Darvall, but instead she visited him at //Rockend//. When he hears that two girls, Annie and Mary (Jilby? Kilby? a connection of Jane Darvall's family) are travelling on the boat to Brisbane, he changes his travel plans to accompany them. They arrived in Brisbane on 21 June. 'Tully and Mrs A.[Anthony] Darvall' met the boat to collect the girls; TLM-P was greeted by Tom and Florence M-P and Jack and Lizzie Jardine. \\ |
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