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  <dc:title>Letters from William Adlington Howitt during his voyage to Australia, his stay there with relatives (mainly Anderson family) and his return voyage, mainly to parents, brothers and sisters</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Including:
Voyage out (D4734/10/5/1-7) including references to life on board, Gibraltar (D4734/10/5/3), Malta and concert on board (D4734/10/5/4), Cairo and the Pyramids (Egypt), meteor shower (D4734/10/5/5-6), Colombo (Sri Lanka) (D4734/10/5/7), many containing a log of daily events Nov-Dec 1885; time spent with relatives in Melbourne, Barragunda, Sale etc (Australia) (D4734/10/5/8-21) including references to unseasonable Christmas weather (D4734/10/5/11), killing shark (D4734/10/1/14), koala bears and visit to Lake Wellington (D4734/10/1/18)
Dec 1885 - Mar 1886; return voyage May 1886 (D4734/10/5/22), passenger tag (D4734/10/5/23), illustrated card for Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo (D4734/10/5/24)</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1885-1886</dc:date>
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