A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53. Written on the Spot

a-piece Adelaide arrived Ballarat Bendigo beneath beside better Black Forest blankets bourne Broken River brother bush bushrangers camp CHAPTER Collins Street colonies commence Commissioners coo-ey cradle diggers diggings distance dray Eagle Hawk Gully Echunga emigrants England eyes feet Forest Creek four Frank friends Geelong gold gold-dust gold-fields ground hand Harriette heard hole horses hundred Iron Bark Jessie journey Kyneton labour land leave licence looked Mike miles month morning Mount Alexander Mount Buninyong Mount Macedon neighbourhood never night nobbler nuggets Octavius ounce ourselves paid party passed pennyweights pitched plenty pounds weight procured quantity rain reached return to Melbourne river road scene seemed shillings ship side sight soil sold soon South Australia South Wales spirits spot Sunday Sydney tent town trees turned Victoria walked washing weather week whilst wife William young