



Produced by Col. Choat.  HTML version by Al Haines.









A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53


by

Mrs Charles (Ellen) Clacy





CONTENTS


  Chapter  I.      INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
  Chapter  II.     THE VOYAGE OUT
  Chapter  III.    STAY IN MELBOURNE
  Chapter  IV.     CAMPING UP--MELBOURNE TO THE BLACK FOREST
  Chapter  V.      CAMPING UP--BLACK FOREST TO EAGLE HAWK GULLY
  Chapter  VI.     THE DIGGINGS
  Chapter  VII.    EAGLE HAWK GULLY
  Chapter  VIII.   AN ADVENTURE
  Chapter  IX.     HARRIETTE WALTERS
  Chapter  X.      IRONBARK GULLY
  Chapter  XI.     FOREST CREEK
  Chapter  XII.    RETURN TO MELBOURNE
  Chapter  XIII.   BALLARAT
  Chapter  XIV.    NEW SOUTH WALES
  Chapter  XV.     SOUTH AUSTRALIA
  Chapter  XVI.    MELBOURNE AGAIN
  Chapter  XVII.   HOMEWARD BOUND
  Chapter  XVIII.  CONCLUSION
  APPENDIX.        WHO SHOULD EMIGRATE?





Chapter I.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS


It may be deemed presumptuous that one of my age and sex should venture
to give to the public an account of personal adventures in a land which
has so often been descanted upon by other and abler pens; but when I
reflect on the many