Historical information
This is an extract from "The memories of an Itinerant worker [swaggie] by George Everard. Forward by Horace W. Gould MBE" This is a rare example of a diary of a swaggie. This extract is also called Pioneering Days : journal of G. Everard, Victoria 1977
Significance
Historical
Physical description
Foolscap sized photocopy of a handwritten account of the life of George Everard when he arrived in Melbourne in 1851, describing the town and his employment and life on Phillip and French Islands working for the McHaffies.