Historical information

These four booklets contain typed copies of the diaries of Charles Hamilton MacKnight from 1841 to 1873. They mostly concern details of MacKnight’s life and work on Dunmore Station, a property at Broadwater, 20 kilometres from Macarthur and 54 kilometres from Warrnambool. Charles Hamilton MacKnight (1819-1873) came to Australia from Scotland in 1841 and established the property of Dunmore in 1842 with partners William Campbell and James Hamilton Irvine. MacKnight was a prominent breeder of sheep, cattle and horses and his diaries provide a valuable record of early settlement in the Western District of Victoria. The original diaries are in the Latrobe Library in Melbourne. These copies come from the Baulch family who owned part of the original Dunmore property for many years.

Significance

As these booklets are copies of the original diaries they are of minor significance only but will be useful to local researchers.

Physical description

.1 This is a foolscap-size booklet containing typed material. It has a buff-coloured paper cover with green binding containing three staples. It has a handwritten name and address, a handwritten set of dates and a typed label pasted on the front cover. The cover is somewhat creased and stained.
.2 as .1 above
.3 This is a foolscap-size booklet containing typed material. It has a buff-coloured paper cover with green binding containing three staples. It has a typed label pasted on to the front cover.
.4 as .3 above

Inscriptions & markings

.1 S.S. Baulch 7 Ferguson St Warrnambool The Dunmore Journal Volume 1 Oct 14th 1841 to Feb 28th 1851
.2 S.S. Baulch 7 Ferguson St Warrnambool The Dunmore Journal Volume 2 March 1st 1851 to Mar 19th 1860
.3 The Dunmore Journal Volume 3
.4 The Dunmore Journal Volume 4