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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Diary of Emigrant Robert Pendlebury, Passenger on SS Medic (White Star Line) Liverpool to Albany, Australia and Train Journey to Lawlers |
| Author | Pendlebury, Robert |
| Date | 30 Jul-Sep 1910 |
| Document Type | Personal Account |
| Reference | DX/1731 |
| Library / Archive | National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives & Library |
| Description | Pendlebury provides detailed descriptions of journey conditions, the weather, ship newspapers, entertainment such as concerts, theatre and a fancy dress ball, information about his fellow passengers and much talk about the Crippen murder case. The diary also includes his railway journey through Australia and has many notes at the front and back of the diary on mining and chemistry. |
| Theme(s) | Journey Conditions; Onward Travel |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | Australia |
| Places | Cape Town, South Africa; Cape Verde; Lawlers, Western Australia, Australia |
| Ports | Liverpool, England; Albany, Western Australia, Australia |
| Nationality | English; Scottish; Australian |
| Ships | SS Medic |
| People | Pendlebury, Robert |
| Keywords | White Star Line, railway, mining, family, shipping, journey conditions, dockyard, religion, bad weather, food, music, entertainment, theatre, communication, passenger, animals, customs, postal service, injury, gold, emigration, sailor |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives & Library |
