- Page 1
- Page 2
- Page 3
- Page 4
- Page 5
- Page 6
- Page 7
- Page 8
- Page 9
- Page 10
- Page 11
- Page 12
- Page 13
- Page 14
- Page 15
- Page 16
- Page 17
- Page 18
- Page 19
- Page 20
- Page 21
- Page 22
- Page 23
- Page 24
- Page 25
- Page 26
- Page 27
- Page 28
- Page 29
- Page 30
- Page 31
- Page 32
- Page 33
- Page 34
- Page 35
- Page 36
- Page 37
- Page 38
- Page 39
- Page 40
- Page 41
- Page 42
- Page 43
- Page 44
- Page 45
- Page 46
- Page 47
- Page 48
- Page 49
- Page 50
- Page 51
- Page 52
- Page 53
- Page 54
- Page 55
- Page 56
- Page 57
- Page 58
- Page 59
- Page 60
- Page 61
- Page 62
- Page 63
- Page 64
- Page 65
- Page 66
- Page 67
- Page 68
- Page 69
- Page 70
- Page 71
- Page 72
- Page 73
- Page 74
- Page 75
- Page 76
- Page 77
- Page 78
- Page 79
- Page 80
- Page 81
- Page 82
- Page 83
- Page 84
- Page 85
- Page 86
- Page 87
- Page 88
- Page 89
- Page 90
- Page 91
- Page 92
- Page 93
- Page 94
- Page 95
- Page 96
- Page 97
- Page 98
- Page 99
- Page 100
- Page 101
- Page 102
- Page 103
- Page 104
- Page 105
- Page 106
- Page 107
- Page 108
- Page 109
- Page 110
- Page 111
- Page 112
- Page 113
- Page 114
- Page 115
- Page 116
- Page 117
- Page 118
- Page 119
- Page 120
- Page 121
- Page 122
- Page 123
- Page 124
- Page 125
- Page 126
- Page 127
- Page 128
- Page 129
- Page 130
- Page 131
- Page 132
- Page 133
- Page 134
- Page 135
- Page 136
- Page 137
- Page 138
- Page 139
- Page 140
- Page 141
- Page 142
- Page 143
Diary of Mary Thomas
Diary kept by Mary Thomas during a voyage aboard the 'Africaine' to South Australia
History/biographyMary and Robert Thomas were amongst the first group of European settlers to arrive at Holdfast Bay (Glenelg) in 1836 aboard the 'Africaine', coming ashore prior to the official party who were on the 'Buffalo' a few months later. They were accompanied by their children Frances Amelia (Skipper) 1818-1855, Robert George, 1820-1885, William Kyffin 1821-1878, Mary (Skipper), 1823-1881 and Helen (Mantegani), 1825-1921. Another child, Alfred, died in infancy. The Thomas family brought with them equipment to set up a printing business and general store, and 'Thomas & Co.' is recognised as South Australia's first business. They established the 'South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register', which later became 'The Register' newspaper, with the Thomas family controlling 'The Register' through four generations until 1929; two years before it was taken over by 'The Advertiser'. The diary of Mary Thomas was first published by her grandson Evan Kyffin Thomas at The Register office in 1915. It has gone through several editions. In 2007 descendant Beth Duncan wrote a full biography, 'Mary Thomas, founding mother'.
This item has been digitised in accordance with the State Library of South Australia's Copyright Determination and Risk Management Framework.
The work's appearance on this website is not a guarantee that it can be used for any other purpose.
Ask us about using this item or ordering high resolution copy.
Editing is temporarily disabled
Cancel Edita tag or press ESC to cancel