02365ntc a22002177i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000042000722450010001142640016001243000027001403360021001673370023001883380032002115000018002435060028002615201565002895330077018545400079019318560137020101640140313k18561892xx            000 0|eng d  aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aBuffett, John Sen. and othersdd.189110aDiary  c1856 - 1892  a1 reel; 35mm microfilm  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier  aAU PMB MS 123  aAvailable for reference2 aJohn Buffett arrived on Pitcairn Island in the whaler Cyrus in 1823. He married Dorothy Young, daughter of Midshipman Edward Young, a mutineer of HMS Bounty. In 1856 Buffet moved to Norfolk Island with 193 other Pitcairners in the ship Morayshire. The diary begins on 8 June 1856, the day of arrival at Norfolk Island. It is kept in a year book of Norfolk Island's convict era, which Buffett apparently found in one of the abandoned buildings at Kingston. It continues to 16 (?) September 1860. There is then a gap until 28 March 1868, when Buffett returned to Pitcairn, where he remained until 4 July 1872. There is then another gap until 17 October 1872 when Buffett returned to Norfolk Island, keeping the diary until 2 October 1875. Another break then occurs until 26 May 1879, when the diary appears to have been continued in another hand until 31 August 1879. From 1 January 1888, when it again resumes, various hands appear. After a break between 4 August 1888 and 1 January 1889, it continued uninterrupted until 31 March 1892. The death of John Buffett, Sen., is recorded on 5 March 1891. The diary is the day by day affairs of the island on which Buffett happened to be - shipping arrivals and departures, births, marriages and deaths, the state of the weather, chases after whales and other remarkable events. At the front and back of the diary are a number of miscellaneous items, including the text of hymns, a description of a dream, the laws and regulations of Pitcairn Island, recipes, poems and copies of letters and Commissariat details.  aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014  aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/diary-3zView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.