1898
1 Jan 1898 Mr Squire and James Middlemiss drove out and took some fruit. Andrew McClymont died.
2 Jan 1898 Sunday. I rode to Broula Hill Silver Mine. The mine closed down. All the men paid off. A goanna kill my magpie in his cage. Mrs Alfred Whittaker died.
3 Jan 1898 Fitzgerald’s steam machine thrashing for Gleeson. Young Dwyer drove Matty Walsh and two other girls and took all the apricots away. Mrs Huckle mother of W. Huckle Mountain View Broula died.
4 Jan 1898 I rode around the top paddock. Hot day.
5 Jan 1898 Thrashing machine finished Gleeson’s wheat. 169 bags off 60 acres. Great fire at P.Cass’s Senr. Hot winds.
6 Jan 1898 I was painting. Mr Squire brought old brown mare and foal out.
7 Jan 1898 Gleeson sold all his wheat to S. Wright 3/6. Very hot day.
8 Jan 1898 Repairing fence. I rode into Cowra. I got back at 9 o’clock
9 Jan 1898 Sunday. 100 in the Shade. 108 in Cowra.
10 Jan 1898 Repairing fence. 95 in the shade all day.
11 Jan 1898 Repairing brush fence. 96 in shade. Mrs T. Brown died.
12 Jan 1898 Straining wire. Starr and his son Walter came to fence. Commenced to rain from the north. Mrs M.T. Pratt died. Woodstock.
13 Jan 1898 Raining all night. 174 points. I killed a sheep. A letter from Mr Squire to take all the sheep to his paddock in Cowra.
14 Jan 1898 I kept 25 sheep for rations and took the remainder to the Cemetery paddock Cowra. I went to Mr Squire’s store and got a pair boots.
15 Jan 1898 I ploughed the garden and harrowed it. 95 in shade.
16 Jan 1898 Sunday at home. Very hot.
17 Jan 1898 Working in the garden. Walter Starr and brother finished fence.
18 Jan 1898 Working in the garden. The two Starrs left. Very hot day.
19 Jan 1898 Straining wire from stockyard to horse paddock. Great wind.
20 Jan 1898 Straining wire. I got a cheque for £5-0-0 wages.
21 Jan 1898 Getting old fence posts in line. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out.
22 Jan 1898 I rode into Cowra. Paid P. Murray’s bill 12/9. Mr P. Squire gone to New Zealand. Got back to Yarra at 11 o’clock.
23 Jan 1898 Sunday. Arthur and Tom Middlemiss drove out. Cool day.
24 Jan 1898 Putting on barbed wire. Mrs Helen Watt and daughter called. Rainbow in west.
25 Jan 1898 Securing barbed wire. Great storm of wind and rain came. 96 points.
26 Jan 1898 Anniversary N.S.Wales. Working at my diary. Sultry day.
27 Jan 1898 Putting on barbed wire. J. Gleeson called.
28 Jan 1898 Cutting weeds in the garden.
29 Jan 1898 I drove in to Cowra. Paid Dr. Bartlett 7/6. A man named Thomas has taken the Club House Hotel from Abel. Hot evening.
30 Jan 1898 Sunday. Working up my Diary. Very hot.
31 Jan 1898 Repairing lucerne paddock fence.
1 Feb 1898 Working in the garden. Cold winds.
2 Feb 1898 Sheep not improving. Grass getting dry. Cloudy and sultry.
3 Feb 1898 Raking up weeds and burning them all day.
4 Feb 1898 Fixing up old fence to corner of the 80 acres. Hot day.
5 Feb 1898 Fixing up old fence. I rode in to Cowra. Gave McDonald an order to make a mineral show case. 103 in the shade in Cowra.
6 Feb 1898 Sunday at home
7 Feb 1898 I got the fence ready for straining. Great smoke and heat.
8 Feb 1898 I was straining wire all day. Smoke and heat.
9 Feb 1898 I cut some pines in James Cass’ paddock and carted them.
10 Feb 1898 I put up a hen roost. Great smoke from the south.
11 Feb 1898 I rode around the top paddock. Hoeing weeds. Smoke all day.
12 Feb 1898 A letter from Jack Peisley to go to Cowra and bring 70 sheep of Mr P. Squire’s from the Cemetery paddock. Went to Cowra. Commenced to rain. Came back without them.
13 Feb 1898 Sunday. Light mist all night with strong winds from south.
14 Feb 1898 Straining wires in the old fence. Light mist. Wind all night and all day. 55 points of rain since Saturday night.
15 Feb 1898 Commenced to rain at 6 o’clock. 22 points. From the north.
16 Feb 1898 I ploughed the garden. Cloudy day.
17 Feb 1898 I drove in to Cowra and took a lot of figs to Mrs Squire. I got the Specimen Case from McDonald and paid him one pound four shillings.
18 Feb 1898 I killed a sheep. Fine cool day.
19 Feb 1898 I rode to Cowra to see the sheep in the Cemetery paddock.
20 Feb 1898 Sunday. I rode up to Joe Hope’s selection and got some specimens of specular iron. Cool day.
21 Feb 1898 I harrowed the garden. Hot day.
22 Feb 1898 I finished hoeing weeds in the garden. Very hot day.
23 Feb 1898 Putting posts upright between the 80 acres and horse paddock. Hot.
24 Feb 1898 A letter from Mrs Squire to say that Mr Squire had landed in Sydney on Wednesday from New Zealand and I was to take Tom the horse to Cowra. I took him in. Paid Mrs Oll to the end of March for the Town and Country Journal. Warm day.
25 Feb 1898 Straining wire all day. Very hot.
26 Feb 1898 Straining wire all day. Great heat.
27 Feb 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Hot day.
28 Feb 1898 I put the sheep in the lucerne paddock. Cloudy.
1 Mar 1898 I put 1000 coarse wool sheep into the top paddock. Light rain at daylight and 34 points at 3 o’clock.
2 Mar 1898 Repairing gate on the Reserve. Rose, Commission Agent and another gentleman came and had a look at the sheep. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Sold the sheep – wethers 7/-, ewes 6/-.
3 Mar 1898 Gave J. Cass and Thomas Potts [notice] that Mr Squire wanted them.
4 Mar 1898 Pulling down the old Stockyard. Very sultry day.
5 Mar 1898 I rode to Strachan’s. Delayneys Chaff came to cut chaff for James Gleeson.
6 Mar 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove out. John Hood and son called.
7 Mar 1898 Taking up old posts of stockyard. I branded the ration sheep.
8 Mar 1898 I gave Anderson notice that the Yarra sheep would be mustered on Thursday. Finished taking down stockyard. Wind blowing from east.
9 Mar 1898 I gave Cass and Brown notice that the Yarra sheep would be mustered on Thursday. I killed a sheep. Hot day.
10 Mar 1898 I put the sheep in the yard. Mr Squire and Rose, the Commission Agent, drove out. Drafted the ewes from the wethers. Louis Ormsby took charge.
11 Mar 1898 I rode to Cowra. Gave Minnie 10/6 to send for a pair of specks. Paid T. Whittaker 7/6 for my watch. Hot day.
12 Mar 1898 Hugh Watt and I rode to the Blackfellows copper mine near Bumbaldry and from there to the Oak Hill in Bumbaldry paddock. A good indication for copper. We then rode in to Cowra and back.
13 Mar 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Cloudy all day.
14 Mar 1898 I rode to J. Cass. I got one Yarra Sheep in his (flock). A light shower this morning. A red dust storm this evening from the south.
15 Mar 1898 I took Paddy the horse and trace harness and filled up a rut with bushes at the lower dam. Cool day.
16 Mar 1898 Mr Squire drove Dunlop out and measured old tank at the House. Elija is going to make it larger. Cool day.
17 Mar 1898 I was making a break at gate on the Reserve. Elija started at dam.
18 Mar 1898 I finished break on Reserve. Killed a sheep. Hot dry day.
19 Mar 1898 I rode in to Cowra. Thunder but no rain.
20 Mar 1898 Sunday. At home. A few light showers to lay the dust. 72 points.
21 Mar 1898 I drove in to Cowra. I got some lining boards. Brought out specimens.
22 Mar 1898 I rode in to Cowra and gave Minnie the keys.
23 Mar 1898 Hoeing weeds in the Garden. Warm day.
24 Mar 1898 Making a break on Reserve gate to H. Watts. I rode to Hood’s slaughter yard.
25 Mar 1898 Making the break. Hood’s pigs in the lower dam. Hot day.
26 Mar 1898 I rode in to Cowra. Garden not at his office according to promise.
27 Mar 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire and family drove out. Hot day.
28 Mar 1898 I brought out 270 Sheep from Cemetery paddock. Signed for transfer from Minnie.
29 Mar 1898 I took the sheep to top dam. Not much water in it. Dry day.
30 Mar 1898 Cutting burrs. Mr Squire drove out a gentleman. Very hot day.
31 Mar 1898 I finished the break. Got my specks from Barraclough, Sydney.
1 Apr 1898 Cutting burrs. Hot day.
2 Apr 1898 I rode in to Cowra. Got back at 11 o’clock. A letter from the Mines Department.
3 Apr 1898 Palm Sunday. Mr Squire drove Mr H. Ford Snr out.
4 Apr 1898 Cutting burr. Cold windy day. Elija Bryant working at tank.
5 Apr 1898 Cutting burr. Got a letter from Minnie O’Shaughnessy Cloudy.
6 Apr 1898 Cutting burr in the Yarra paddock. Sheep getting bogged in dam.
7 Apr 1898 I put the sheep in Yarra paddock. No water in top paddock. Dry day.
8 Apr 1898 Good Friday. Drove to Cowra and brought George Hurst out. Hot day.
9 Apr 1898 I got Jack Hood’s horse and buggy and drove to Cowra and stayed.
10 Apr 1898 Easter Sunday. Minnie and Grace O’Shaughnessy and I drove by Woodsflat to Waugoola and on to the 2 Mile Creek near Grubbenbong. Had dinner and drove to No. 1 Mick O’Briens’s pub. 40 miles.
11 Apr 1898 Trunkey 14 miles. 1 ½ mile past had breakfast at a dam. Broke a shaft going down steep cutting going down to the Abercrombie River. Got to Tuena at 5 o’clock. 20 miles.
12 Apr 1898 Followed the Peelwood Road. 8 miles. Turned to the Left through a gate. 6 miles to Cooks Vale, Mrs Costigan’s.
13 Apr 1898 Kate O’Shaughnessy married to Robert McDonnell by Rev. Father Carroll at Mrs Costigan’s Residence Cooks Vale. They started for Goulburn. John Costigan and I walked to the river.
14 Apr 1898 Mrs. Costigan drove Grace and I drove Minnie. Mr and Mrs Clancy on horseback. We went to Peelwood to Mass. We got home at 2 o’clock in the evening. Mr Clancy and I rode down the river to old Scrubby Rush, and came back the old road.
15 Apr 1898 John Costigan and I rode to Cordillera silver mine. We got some specimens. 8 miles. Had dinner at Mrs Fentons. 6 miles to Mount Costigan silver mine. We got some specimens and came on two miles to Mrs Costigans.
16 Apr 1898 I went in the buggy with Mr John Clancy to Peelwood silver mine and got some specimens and got back to Cooks Vale at dark.
17 Apr 1898 Sunday. Grace O’Shaughnessy, Minnie O’Shaughnessy and I started for Cowra. Met Mrs Costigan and her two sons, Mr and Mrs Clancy at the Abercrombie Caves. Had lunch and parted with Mrs Costigan. We got to Trunkey at six o’clock. 34 miles.
18 Apr 1898 We drove 7 miles along the Newbridge road and had breakfast. Kept the left hand road 7 miles to No. 1. 2 miles along the Mandurama road and had dinner. Mandurama 8 miles. Lyndhurst 3 miles. Stayed at Mr Closky’s Hotel.
19 Apr 1898 Started early and had breakfast at the Sheet of Bark, 14 miles and came on to Cowra 12 miles. I got a shaft in Jack Hood’s Buggy. I stayed all night.
20 Apr 1898 I drove Hood’s horse and buggy out to his place and drove George Hurst to Cowra in my own horse and buggy. Paid Hurst 7/-. Stayed all night.
21 Apr 1898 I drove out to Yarra.
22 Apr 1898 I took the sheep to water. Dry day.
23 Apr 1898 I rode to Cowra. War declared between America and Spain.
24 Apr 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove out a gentleman. Hot day.
25 Apr 1898 Putting up two round posts for a gate near the sheep yards. Hot day.
26 Apr 1898 I put up the gate. A letter from Minnie.
27 Apr 1898 I killed a sheep. Dry day. No sign of rain.
28 Apr 1898 I drove into Cowra and brought Minnie and Grace O’Shaughnessy to Yarra. Phil Kearns called.
29 Apr 1898 Painting door of woolshed with tar. Phil Kearns called.
30 Apr 1898 P. Kearns took Minnie and Grace to Wattamandarra.
1 May 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove out.
2 May 1898 Securing the wheat from the fowls. Cloudy all day.
3 May 1898 Boarding sheep race. A light shower. 11 points of rain.
4 May 1898 Boarding sheep race. Thunder in the north and west. Raining at 5 o’clock.
5 May 1898 A letter from Minnie. 88 points of rain last night. Wind blowing from the south with a few light showers.
6 May 1898 I drove to Cowra. Minnie and I went to the Post Office. I put 30 pounds into the Saving Bank. Paid P. Squire £1-1-4. Got to Yarra at 6.
7 May 1898 Boarding sheep race. Fine day.
8 May 1898 Mr Squire drove some gent out. He took some fowls back.
9 May 1898 I finished the sheep race. White frost. Dry day.
10 May 1898 I passed the split posts for James Brien. I lent him the horse and waggonette.
11 May 1898 Straining wire fence to sheep yard. Very cold all day.
12 May 1898 Straining wire. David Hood called. Cloudy day.
13 May 1898 I finished the fence. Took the sheep from top paddock to the lower dam to water. George Gillet putting a rope on top of load of hay at Sloans. The rope broke. He fell off and broke his neck.
14 May 1898 Raining fast. I rode to Cowra and back.
15 May 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Painting the Buggy.
16 May 1898 Digging post hole around stack. 13 points of rain last night.
17 May 1898 Fencing around the stack. Good shower at 5 o’clock/
18 May 1898 I finished fence at stack. Killed a sheep. 13 points rain.
19 May 1898 Mr Squire drove out. The Honorable Ewart Gladstone died.
20 May 1898 I drove in to Cowra and brought some bran and corn. Cold
21 May 1898 I drew some logs along the fence on the Grenfell road with old Paddy the Horse. Minnie and Grace went by Coach to Grenfell on their way to P. McGrath’s, The Pines. Cheque £5.0.0.
22 May 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove Constable Maher out. Fine day.
23 May 1898 Fixing up posts on the Grenfell road. 9 points rain at dark.
24 May 1898 Queen’s Birthday. Mr Squire drove out. Mrs George Wilson of Bumbaldry died.
25 May 1898 White frost. Very cold all day. Gleeson called.
26 May 1898 Working at the woolshed. White Frost.
27 May 1898 Taking down an old shed. White frost.
28 May 1898 I rode to Cowra and led Paddy the horse and got him shod. Sent a picture by coach to Grenfell to Minnie.
29 May 1898 Sunday. Painting waggonette. Cloudy day.
30 May 1898 Watered the sheep at the lower dam. Light frost.
31 May 1898 A letter from Mr Squire. I killed a sheep. Warm day.
1 Jun 1898 Repairing fence Elija Brien’s boundary. Light frost.
2 Jun 1898 I brought 236 wedder? from Rose’s auctioneers at Cowra. Starr fencing.
3 Jun 1898 Voting Day for Federation. Cloudy day.
4 Jun 1898 I rode to Cowra. Very much like rain.
5 Jun 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove out. We drafted sheep. Cloudy.
6 Jun 1898 I delivered 236 sheep to Mr Twig. 40 points of rain.
7 Jun 1898 I put Paddy the horse in the Waggonette and and took Joey the galah with me and passed through Grenfell to the Pines. Patrick McGrath’s place near Bimbi 52 miles. A few light showers.
8 Jun 1898 Stayed at the Pines all day. Minnie and Grace O’Shaughnessy staying there. Dennis McGrath sick.
9 Jun 1898 Staying at the Pines.
10 Jun 1898 P. McGrath put me on the track. Kikiamah Station. I passed the Station out onto the old Grenfell road to Young and followed along towards Grenfell and got some serpentine specimens at the Flinty Ridge. Stayed at Patrick Curry’s in Grenfell. Commenced to rain at dark.
11 Jun 1898 I had breakfast. Raining most all the way. Got to Yarra at 3 o’clock. Starr and sons came. 31 points of rain.
12 Jun 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove C.K. Rose out. Cloudy day.
13 Jun 1898 Tom Bryant started to plough on Yarra. A letter from Mr Squire.
14 Jun 1898 I rode to Cowra. Mr Squire rode with me to the Cemetery paddock. We got 250 Crossbred Sheep. I brought them to Yarra. I posted a Cowra paper and a letter to Minnie O’Shaughnessy at the Pines. Starr and sons commenced to plough.
15 Jun 1898 Mrs. Nicholas Jordan formerly Mrs Edward Markham of Spring Vale died at Clifton near Darbys Falls. Aged 78 years.
16 Jun 1898 I killed a sheep. Light showers. 21 points of rain..
17 Jun 1898 Drafting sheep. A few light showers.
18 Jun 1898 I rode in to Cowra Railway Station about Grace O’Shaughnessy’s return ticket to Sydney.
19 Jun 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Fine day.
20 Jun 1898 Bill Wood brought wheat and guano. A light shower.
21 Jun 1898 Sent a letter a paper to Minnie. Mixing wheat with bluestone and guano. Cloudy all day.
22 Jun 1898 Mixing wheat. After dinner 15 points of rain.
23 Jun 1898 Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. White frost. Fine day.
24 Jun 1898 Starr sowing wheat. I rode around the top paddock. 13 points of rain last night.
25 Jun 1898 Putting frames around young trees to protect them.
26 Jun 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Warm day.
27 Jun 1898 Making guards to protect ornamental trees. Fine day.
28 Jun 1898 Mr Squire drove David Middemiss out. White frost.
29 Jun 1898 Fixing up tree guards. Icely’s? chaff cutter came. Frost.
30 Jun 1898 Putting bluestone on seed wheat. Mr and Mrs Squire came.
1 Jul 1898 Sifting guano all day to mix with the bluestoned wheat.
2 Jul 1898 Tom Bryant finished ploughing. Fine day.
3 Jul 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Phil Kearins came.
4 Jul 1898 I put up a gate on Reserve on Back Creek. I sent a letter to Minnie O’Shaughnessy that I could (not?) come to see her married. Frost.
5 Jul 1898 I delivered 35 sheep to Tuckers man. Frost.
6 Jul 1898 I put a lock on the lower gate. Mr Squire drove out. Mary O’Shaughnessy married to Dennis McGrath at Patrick McGrath’s place, The Pines, near Bimbi.
7 Jul 1898 I put four of Mr Squire’s horses in the house paddock.
8 Jul 1898 I took Mr Squire’s horses and put them in his paddock near the Cowra Cemetery. Had dinner at J. O’Shaughnessy place. Frost.
9 Jul 1898 Starr and son ploughed the garden. White frost.
10 Jul 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove out. White frost and fog.
11 Jul 1898 Clearing up timber along James Anderson’s fence. White frost.
12 Jul 1898 A letter from Mr Squire and one from Minnie McGrath. She and Dennis are at Young. Very white frost this morning.
13 Jul 1898 Mrs Squire drove out and brought Matty Walsh and another girl. Mr Squire rode a bike and had a buster on the road.
14 Jul 1898 Digging in the garden. A letter from Mr Squire. Frost
15 Jul 1898 P. Robinson’s son brought Mr Squire’s driller. 12th frost.
16 Jul 1898 Cheque from Mr Squire £5-0-0. 25 points of rain.
17 Jul 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove out. 3 points of rain.
18 Jul 1898 I drove four of Mr Squire’s horses to the Cemetery paddock. I went to Thomas Walsh. He is improving. White frost.
19 Jul 1898 I got a letter from Grace O’Shaughnessy at the Pines. Frost.
20 Jul 1898 Mr Squire drove out. Carting wood. White frost.
21 Jul 1898 I killed a sheep. A letter from Grace to meet her in Grenfell on Saturday.
22 Jul 1898 Digging in garden. Light showers. 19 points rain.
23 Jul 1898 I drove to Grenfell. A few showers. Very cold. Grace did not come according to promise. Stayed at Patrick Curry’s Hotel. 29 points.
24 Jul 1898 Sunday. Stayed until 11 o’clock. P. McGrath and Margaret came in. I started and got to Yarra at 5 o’clock. Fine day.
25 Jul 1898 Working in the garden.
26 Jul 1898 Repairing fence. Sent Cowra paper to Minnie. Cold day. White frost.
27 Jul 1898 Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Phil Kearins called. Mrs Cameron Senr. died at her residence Glenmore, Morongla Creek. 80 years of age.
28 Jul 1898 I sowed Stewart’s Desert Pea. Cold day.
29 Jul 1898 Grace O’Shaughnessy came by coach from Grenfell. Phil Kearins called. Fine day.
30 Jul 1898 A letter from Mr Squire. Strong wind all day from the east.
31 Jul 1898 Sunday, at home. Phil Kearins called. Great winds.
1 Aug 1898 Stacking posts. Cold windy day.
2 Aug 1898 I killed a sheep. White frost. Rain after dark.
3 Aug 1898 I drove Grace O’Shaughnessy into Cowra. Hospital Ball. A letter from Kitty McDonnel. She is still in Goulburn not well enough to go home. Got 18 points of rain last night.
4 Aug 1898 Painting the house. White frost. Cloudy all day.
5 Aug 1898 Painting all day. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Cloudy.
6 Aug 1898 Painting. I rode in to Cowra. I saw Grace O’Shaughnessy.
7 Aug 1898 Sunday. At home. Raining all day 98 points.
8 Aug 1898 Repairing fence. A few light mists. Two young Starrs came.
9 Aug 1898 Hannah Walsh drove Grace O’S. and Tom and Linda O’Shaughnessy out to Yarra.
10 Aug 1898 I put the sheep in the yard. Mr Rose brought out two buyers. They did not buy. Painting door. Light frost.
11 Aug 1898 Painting. A letter from Minnie at the Pines. Light frost.
12 Aug 1898 Painting. Mrs Squire drove out. Light shower 2 points.
13 Aug 1898 Painting. Starr and Sons gone home. A light frost.
14 Aug 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. White frost.
15 Aug 1898 Painting. A few light showers.
16 Aug 1898 I brought the rations up and killed one for Jack Peisley.
17 Aug 1898 Painting. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. White frost.
18 Aug 1898 I rode in to Cowra and brought out a calf to Yarra paddock.
19 Aug 1898 Painting front of house. White frost.
20 Aug 1898 Painting. Mrs Squire and servant drove out. White frost.
21 Aug 1898 Sunday. Mr (?) drove out. I showed him a quarry on the Reserve near Sam Brown’s. White frost.
22 Aug 1898 Painting house. White frost. Hot day.
23 Aug 1898 I sent the Cowra paper and a letter fo Minnie McGrath. White frost.
24 Aug 1898 Painting. First day of the Grenfell Show. Cloudy
25 Aug 1898 Painting. A cheque from Mr Squire for £5-0-0. Light shower.
26 Aug 1898 Painting. Cloudy. Very much like rain.
27 Aug 1898 I sent a Leghorn rooster and hen to Minnie at the Pines. Mrs Squire drove Nell Walsh out. I rode around top paddock.
28 Aug 1898 Sunday. Looking for a ewe and lamb in Cass’ paddock.
29 Aug 1898 Painting. sashes. Cloudy much like rain.
30 Aug 1898 Posted Cowra paper to Minnie. 123 points of rain.
31 Aug 1898 Raining all night and up to 3 o’clock today 12 points.
1 Sep 1898 I rode around top paddock Mr and Mrs Squire drove out.
2 Sep 1898 I put all the sheep in the yard. Marked 7 lambs and put them all in the lower paddock. Cloudy all day.
3 Sep 1898 I rode around the lower paddock. A light shower.
4 Sep 1898 Sunday. At home. Cloudy in the evening.
5 Sep 1898 Setting some cabbage plants. Thunder storm 50 points.
6 Sep 1898 I rode to Sam Brown’s. He is marking his lambs.
7 Sep 1898 I found the calf in Jack Hood’s paddock. Mr Squire drove out. Frost.
8 Sep 1898 I took the calf to John Bryant’s. Ringbarking trees in lower paddock.
9 Sep 1898 Harrowed the garden. White frost.
10 Sep 1898 Painting and cutting wood.
11 Sep 1898 Sunday. At home. Windy day.
12 Sep 1898 Making latches for gates. Starr finished fence across the plain. Davis brought some coal tar and rock salt. White frost.
13 Sep 1898 Sent Cowra paper to Minnie. Put latches on gates.
14 Sep 1898 Painting spouting. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out.
15 Sep 1898 I put the sheep into the lucerne paddock. White frost.
16 Sep 1898 I rode around the top paddock. Starr and sons fencing between Jim Anderson’s and Yarra. White frost. Wind from the west.
17 Sep 1898 I put the sheep out of the lucerne paddock. I rode in to Cowra. Young Matthews agreed to polish two pieces of serpentine stone for 3 shillings. Boiler in Francis’ Flour Mill exploded last night. Great wind last night. I thought the house would be blown down.
18 Sep 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove out and some young gent drove Mag, Nell and Mat Walsh out and got some flowers. Windy day.
19 Sep 1898 I got ewe and lamb out of John Bryant’s paddock. White frost.
20 Sep 1898 Painted facie board. White frost. Strong wind blowing from west.
21 Sep 1898 Mr Squire drove out. Hot day.
22 Sep 1898 Fixing sheep race. It blew a gale at 5 o’clock. Letter from Minnie.
23 Sep 1898 Making a gate. I got a sheep pup from P. McGrath, The Pines.
24 Sep 1898 I rode around Yarra paddock. Starrs gone home. White frost.
25 Sep 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. I gave notice to Cass and Sam Brown going to start shearing tomorrow. Frost.
26 Sep 1898 I put the sheep in the yard. H. Watt counted them. 1013.
27 Sep 1898 Staff and Son commenced to shear. Great frost this morning.
28 Sep 1898 Staff and Son shearing. Cowra Show. A white frost.
29 Sep 1898 Painting house. Second day Cowra Show. White frost.
30 Sep 1898 Staff and Sons shearing. I was repairing paddock. Fine wind blowing from the south. White frost.
1 Oct 1898 I took rock salt to top paddock. White frost.
2 Oct 1898 Sunday. I rode up to Broula and got some marble specimens. Mr Squire came out [with] Mr Watts and had dinner. Frost
3 Oct 1898 John Peisley’s son, Sydney Peisley, 12 years old died Typhoid. Frost.
4 Oct 1898 I sent Cowra paper to Minnie. Light frost. Rain wanted.
5 Oct 1898 Getting ready to spray fruit trees. Windy day. Light frost.
6 Oct 1898 Mr Squire drove out and brought Bill the Pie man with him. A letter from Grace, Irene No. 12 Church Street, Ashfield. Frost.
7 Oct 1898 Great wind and a dust storm. Blew roof off my house in Cowra. Wind changed from north to south. 15 points rain.
8 Oct 1898 Red dust storm blowing all night and all day.
9 Oct 1898 Sunday. At home. F.T. Strachan the barber died.
10 Oct 1898 I rode into Cowra and got George Hurst to put the roof on my house again. Paid G.F Oll for Town and Country Journal. Frost.
11 Oct 1898 Painting. Strong winds blowing. All the crops drying up.
12 Oct 1898 Painting gates with coal tar. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out.
13 Oct 1898 I got a Yarra sheep at John Bryant’s. Starrs finished shearing. 1014.
14 Oct 1898 Red dust storm with thunder. A few drops of rain. The Starrs finished wool pressing.
15 Oct 1898 Sent 21 bales of wool to Cowra. I rode to Cowra. Windy day.
16 Oct 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove McDonald, Carpenter, out.
17 Oct 1898 Noticed Harry Brien to repair all gaps he made in the Yarra paddock fence. I put the sheep in the lucerne paddock.
18 Oct 1898 Painting gates. Sent paper to Minnie. Hot winds.
19 Oct 1898 Painting gates. Mr Squire rode out. The starrs finished the new fence. A light shower. The crops are drying up.
20 Oct 1898 Starrs have left Yarra. Mrs H. Watt brought from Cowra a set of shoe maker’s tools I got from Anthony Horderns and a packet of putty powder. Peroxide of Tin.
21 Oct 1898 Commenced to rain this morning and continued all day. 121 points of rain.
22 Oct 1898 Cornelius Austin known as Kucky Austin got killed from a fall from his horse on the Binni Road.
23 Oct 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove A. Middlemiss and Taylor out. Fine day. Strong wind in the evening.
24 Oct 1898 I used the cultivator in the garden. Cloudy evening.
25 Oct 1898 Making trellis for grapes. Cloudy.
26 Oct 1898 Working in the garden. Concert at Slessors tonight.
27 Oct 1898 Blowing a gale all night. Raining all day. 30 points fell.
28 Oct 1898 Great wind with light showers. Bitter cold all day. Thunder from the west. In the evening a red dust storm from the west. There was all sorts of weather here today. 10 points of rain.
29 Oct 1898 Great wind and sleet. Very cold. 5 points of rain.
30 Oct 1898 Mr Squire drove John Peisley out. Fine day.
31 Oct 1898 I drove into Cowra. Got my specimens from Matthews. Paid him for polishing them. Sent a one pound to Grace, Ashfield.
1 Nov 1898 I harrowed the Garden. Sent Cowra paper to Minnie.
2 Nov 1898 Battened down roof of back skillion. Hot windy day.
3 Nov 1898 A letter from Mr Squire. A good shower. 27 Points rain.
4 Nov 1898 I put the sheep in the yard. Jack Peisly and Son picked out 200 fats. Tom Walsh and Nell Walsh called. Hot day.
5 Nov 1898 I rode into Cowra. Took J. O’Shaughnessy a mason’s trowel.
6 Nov 1898 Sunday. Mr Squire drove out and his two sons. Hot day.
7 Nov 1898 Painting with coal tar. A red dust. Storm from the west.
8 Nov 1898 Painting gates with coal tar. Sent a letter and Cowra papers to Minnie.
9 Nov 1898 Mr Squire drove some gent out. Fitzgerald Circus in Cowra.
10 Nov 1898 A letter from Grace O’Shaughnessy Sydney. Painting gates.
11 Nov 1898 I drove 200 fat sheep to Cowra and delivered them to Jack Peisley. Had tea at James O’Shaughnessy’s and started home.
12 Nov 1898 Painting gates with coal tar. A red dust storm in the evening. The small flies beat all today. A letter from Kitty McDonnel.
13 Nov1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Flies troublesome.
14 Nov 1898 Jack Peisley picked 300 fat sheep. I killed a lead coloured snake.
15 Nov 1898 Painting gates. Hot windy day.
16 Nov 1898 Putting in centre stops to gates. Windy day.
17 Nov 1898 A letter from Mr Squire. A few drops of rain 12 o’clock. At 4 o’clock, a red dust storm from the west.
18 Nov 1898 I took 300 fat sheep to Cowra and delivered them to Jack Peisley. Had tea at J. O’Shaughnessy’s and came to Yarra.
19 Nov 1898 I locked the lower Yarra gate. Red dust storm in the evening.
20 Nov 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Hot day.
21 Nov 1898 Putting fastenings on stockyard gates. Rained. 11 points last night and 20 points this evening. Strong wind from south west.
22 Nov 1898 Jack Peisley picked 300 fats. Only 220 sheep remained.
23 Nov 1898 Painting gates. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Cold wind.
24 Nov 1898 I let the sheep out to water. Thunder, and a few drops of rain.
25 Nov 1898 Repairing fence. McDonald’s men came to put a front in the woolshed. Great wind and red dust came.
26 Nov 1898 Hubert West and Jerry Egan working at woolshed. Windy.
27 Nov 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Dry day.
28 Nov 1898 Put fat sheep in lucerne paddock. Great wind all day.
29 Nov 1898 I took 300 fat sheep to Cowra and delivered them to Jack Peisley. A letter from H. Hillier re Buckboard Buggy. Great wind.
30 Nov 1898 Putting up posts at the back of gates. Mr Squire drove out.
1 Dec 1898 I harrowed the garden. I found a blackfellow’s stone tomahawk. Making a canvas butter cooler.
2 Dec 1898 I rode to Jack Hood’s for some beef. 90 in the shade.
3 Dec 1898 I put the sheep in grass paddock. James Tyson died at his station Camboya, Darling Downs. 95 in the shade.
4 Dec 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. 100 in the shade.
5 Dec 1898 Wiring up old gate. 99 in the shade. Thunder in the evening.
6 Dec 1898 Fixing Reserve gate in top paddock. Killed a lead coloured snake. Hugh Watt stripping. 101 in the shade. Hot winds.
7 Dec 1898 Straining wire in fence. Mr Squire drove out a man to put up some gates. Great dust storms. 91 in the shade.
8 Dec 1898 Jack Peisley came and drafted out 100 fat sheep. I put them in the lucerne paddock. Cold days. A letter from Minnie.
9 Dec 1898 I delivered the 100 fat sheep to Jack Peisley, Cowra. Cold wind.
10 Dec 1898 I drew in some gate posts. I rode into Cowra. Hot day.
11 Dec 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out.
12 Dec 1898 I put the sheep in the lucerne paddock. Warm day.
13 Dec 1898 Staff and Sons came with two strippers. Sultry day.
14 Dec 1898 Getting woolshed ready to put wheat in. Mr and Mrs Squire came.
15 Dec 1898 Filling bags with Beeswings?. Starr stripping. Hot day.
16 Dec 1898 Filling Beeswings. Rode to Jack Hood’s for beef. Windy day.
17 Dec 1898 I put the sheep in the lucerne paddock. A cheque from Mr Squire for £7-10-0. Hot windy day.
18 Dec 1898 Sunday. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. Hot day.
19 Dec 1898 I put new lock on woolshed. Hot windy day.
20 Dec 1898 Fixing latches on gates. Old Mrs Border died and Samuel Fletcher died.
21 Dec 1898 Painting gates with coal tar. Mrs Squire drove Matty Walsh out and took a lot of apricots.
22 Dec 1898 Filling Beeswings. A letter from Kitty McDonnel. Very hot.
23 Dec 1898 Reynolds carting wheat into the woolshed. 137 points rain.
24 Dec 1898 Reynolds finished carting wheat. 15 points of rain.
25 Dec 1898 Sunday. Christmas Day. Mr and Mrs Squire drove out. I had dinner with Mr and Mrs Hugh Watt, Bonnie Doon.
26 Dec 1898 I run the cultivator over the garden and then harrowed it. Young T. Starr sick. Had to be taken to Cowra.
27 Dec 1898 Filling Beeswings. Jack Hood called.
28 Dec 1898 Starr finished stripping. 219 bags of wheat from 150 acres.
29 Dec 1898 I gave the sheep water and put them in the cultivation paddock.
30 Dec 1898 Mrs. Squire drove Mat Walsh out and took all the ripe apricots away. A letter from Sarah Hackett at Milton with a card in it. I finished making a table.
31 Dec 1898 I rode to Jack Hood’s for some beef. Thunder this evening and a few drops of rain. Very hot day.
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