Diary of Esther Pocock [transcript]

Transcript of diary kept by Esther Pocock while a passenger on the 'Hesperus', 9 August - 17 November 1884. The end of the volume has a set of verses composed by the sailors on the 'Hesperus'. The diary was sent back to Esther Pocock's relatives in England. At that time her address was per Mr Buik, Kensington Road, Norwood, South Australia.

Esther Pocock was born ca.1855 in Brighton, England and emigrated to South Australia on the 'Hesperus' in 1884. The ship's passenger list gives her age as 29 and her occupation as laundry maid; she travelled out under a United Kingdom free passage. Some time after her arrival in the middle of November 1884 she may have worked or lived in the household of William Christie Buik MLC, Kensington Road, Norwood. It is believed that Esther Pocock later went to live in New Zealand.

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