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Several passenger diaries exist in libraries and personal collections across the world. We are fortunate to have access to some of them. Sections from them are reproduced on this site. If your ancestor travelled aboard the City of Adelaide and kept a diary that we don't know about, we would love to hear from you. Diary transcripts we currently have transcribed are:
Also provided is an account of the Nancarrow family's migration. This depiction also paints a picture of the life of a Cornish family, faced with economic hardship in the UK, migrating to work in the Moonta copper mines in South Australia.
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Old Parliament House in Canberra is being developed into a Museum of Australian Democracy. One of the new galleries being developed Living Democracy: the power of the people examines how people shape society by participating in formal and grassroots democracy. A central section of the exhibition will explore twenty examples of Australian petitions - from the 19th Century to e-petitions. As an example of the newest form of petitioning, the e-petition on this web-site is planned to be featured. Read more >> |