| Evidence: | 'The ladies did not retire till after eleven & then I laid myself down on the sofa & tried to sleep. The mosquitoes however would'ent allow anything of the kind & so after kicking about & turning over several scores of times I got up again, raised the gas & went on reading Dumas' "Memoirs of a Physician".' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Feb 1872 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Australia | ||||||||||
| Time: | night | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Melbourne location in dwelling: at home on the sofa |
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| Reader: | John Buckley Castieau |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 15 May 1831 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Prison Governor |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Australia |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Alexandre Dumas |
| Title: | Memoirs of a physician |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 23742 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | John Buckley Castieau | |
| Title: | Diaries | |
| Location: | National Library of Australia | |
| Call no: | NLA MS 2218 | |
| Page/folio: | n/a |
| Citation: | John Buckley Castieau, Diaries National Library of Australia, p. NLA MS 2218, p. n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23742, accessed: 26 May 2013 | |
| bought 15 Feb 1872 |
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