1901
1 Jan 1901 New Year’s Day. At P McGrath’s place, the Pines. A good shower of rain.
2 Jan 1901 P McGrath drove me to Grenfell. I then came by coach to Cowra. Cool day. Took Bimby in coach.
3 Jan 1901 At home all day.
4 Jan 1901 I put a pair of shafts in the buckboard.
5 Jan 1901 At home all day.
6 Jan 1901 Sunday. At home. Blowing a gale all day.
7 Jan 1901 Working at my diary. Great wind.
8 Jan 1901 Finished my diary. Great wind.
9 Jan 1901 At home.
10 Jan 1901 Great wind in the evening. Blew down Ormiston’s balcony. Heavy rain.
11 Jan 1901 At home.
12 Jan 1901 At home. Cold day.
13 Jan 1901 Sunday. At home all day.
14 Jan 1901 Mrs Watt called and H Watt later on. Cold day.
15 Jan 1901 I put H Watt’s mare in Grogan’s paddock. Letter from Minnie.
16 Jan 1901 I drove to Canowindra. Removing trough in the evening.
17 Jan 1901 Working at the windmill tank for Mrs Wills. Nash and an expert came. We finished the windmill.
18 Jan 1901 Turning bottom of tank. Expert gone to Cowra.
19 Jan 1901 A man and I screwing up bolts in tank all day.
20 Jan 1901 Sunday. I had dinner and tea at Henry Grant’s.
21 Jan 1901 Painted bottom of tank with tar, and stand.
22 Jan 1901 Queen Victoria died. Nash came at 12 o’clock.
23 Jan 1901 Finished tank. Mr Suttor, the Inspector, came.
24 Jan 1901 Tank leaking. Had to screw it up again.
25 Jan 1901 Filled the tank. The Government Inspector at the Canowindra bridge, passed the work. Nash and I came to Cowra.
26 Jan 1901 Anniversary of the Colony. Letter from Kitty. Hot.
27 Jan 1901 Sunday. At home. Thunderstorm at 12 o’clock.
28 Jan 1901 I rode out to Bonnie Doon, H Watt’s. Cool day.
29 Jan 1901 H Watt and I looking for pines for sawmill.
30 Jan 1901 I rode to Cowra. Put the filly in Grogan’s paddock.
31 Jan 1901 I bought an axe at Murray’s. Sent a letter to Minnie.
1 Feb 1901 Sent a letter to Government Printing Office for Old Age Pension Act. Great fire at Wattamondara paddock.
2 Feb 1901 Mrs Watt called. I bought two axe handles.
3 Feb 1901 Sunday. Getting ready to go out to cut pine logs.
4 Feb 1901 H Watt brought me in a draught horse. I bought a chestnut horse from Bob Muir. I drove out to Bonnie Doon.
5 Feb 1901 We drove out to the pines near Cherry’s Creek.
6 Feb 1901 H Watt and I cut 15 pine logs. Watt went home.
7 Feb 1901 H Watt came and brought a timber Licence.
8 Feb 1901 Cutting pine logs. Very hot.
9 Feb 1901 Cutting pine logs. Great heat.
10 Feb 1901 Cutting logs. H Watt went home.
11 Feb 1901 H Watt brought a tank of water. Cloudy day.
12 Feb 1901 We cut 16 logs. Cloudy day.
13 Feb 1901 H Watt went home. Cutting logs off with the crosscut.
14 Feb 1901 I finished cutting with the crosscut. H Watt home.
15 Feb 1901 I cut 4 logs.
16 Feb 1901 H Watt came, and went home again.
17 Feb 1901 I cut 3 logs, making 70 logs cut.
18 Feb 1901 Sunday. At the camp all day.
19 Feb 1901 I cut 7 logs. H Watt not come.
20 Feb 1901 I cut 4 logs. H Watt brought four horses and wagon. We shifted camp to dam.
21 Feb 1901 Loaded 18 logs. I went as far as Broula Hill with him.
22 Feb 1901 H Watt came and left the wagon up at the logs.
23 Feb 1901 We put on 5 logs. I went to top of Broula and back.
24 Feb 1901 H Watt took his draught horses to Cowra and got them shod. I rode to his place and stayed all night.
25 Feb 1901 Sunday. We put 13 logs on the wagon. Wrote a letter to grace.
26 Feb 1901 I saw H Watt start and came on to the camp.
27 Feb 1901 Repaired crossing at Boggy Creek. H Watt not come.
28 Feb 1901 I rode to watt’s. H Watt on the spree in Cowra.
1 Mar 1901 I rode out to the camp and back to Watt’s.
2 Mar 1901 I took 2 draught horses and brought out the wagon from Cowra. Mrs watt brought H Watt out.
3 Mar 1901 I rode top Cowra and had dinner at Jim’s. came back.
4 Mar 1901 Sunday. I repaired the wagon and stayed all night.
5 Mar 1901 H Watt drove the wagon out to the camp.
6 Mar 1901 Carted 10 pine logs to near Dwyer’s woolshed.
7 Mar 1901 Carted 6 logs to dwyer’s woolshed. Watt gone home.
8 Mar 1901 H Watt came. We repaired the wagon.
9 Mar 1901 Carted a load of logs to the woolshed.
10 Mar 1901 carting logs.
11 Mar 1901 Sunday. Raining. Went and pulled some pine logs together.
12 Mar 1901 Carting logs to the woolshed.
13 Mar 1901 Carting logs.
14 Mar 1901 H Watt took this load to his place.
15 Mar 1901 I cut 10 logs at Boggy Creek Light showers.
16 Mar 1901 Raining all night. H Watt took his horses home.
17 Mar 1901 I cut off some logs at Boggy Creek. Light showers.
18 Mar 1901 H Watt came at dark.
19 Mar 1901 Put on 3 logs and stayed at Watt’s all night.
20 Mar 1901 we put on two more logs and went to Cowra. I went to camp
21 Mar 1901 H Watt came at dark. A good shower.
22 Mar 1901 Mrs Watt came and drove the wagonette to her place. We loaded up at the woolshed and came to his place.
23 Mar 1901 Went to Cowra and back.
24 Mar 1901 went to dwyer’s and brought a load of logs back.
25 Mar 1901 Sunday. At Bonnie Doon all day.
26 Mar 1901 Took a load to Cowra.
27 Mar 1901 Went up and brought a load to Bonnie Doon.
28 Mar 1901 Took a load to Cowra and back.
29 Mar 1901 We put on the tyre.
30 Mar 1901 Polling day. Brought a load to Bonnie Doon.
31 Mar 1901 Took a load to Cowra.
1 Apr 1901 Sunday. At Bonnie Doon all day.
2 Apr 1901 Brought a load of logs from Boggy Creek.
3 Apr 1901 Took a load of logs to Cowra. I went to John Brown’s about the clearing In his paddock.
4 Apr 1901 I shifted the wagonette to the pines at Brown’s.
5 Apr 1901 Fixing up camp.
6 Apr 1901 Good Friday. Started to pick up sticks.
7 Apr 1901 H Watt, Mick fallon and I picking sticks.
8 Apr 1901 Sunday. I had dinner at Hugh watt’s.
9 Apr 1901 Picking up sticks.
10 Apr 1901 Assisting H Watt to remove his things to Yarra.
11 Apr 1901 Mick and I picking up sticks.
12 Apr 1901 Mick and I picking up sticks.
13 Apr 1901 Mick, H Watt, and I picking up sticks.
14 Apr 1901 Picking up sticks.
15 Apr 1901 Sunday. Mick Fallon brought my horse from Cowra agistment. 10/-.
16 Apr 1901 Picking up sticks.
17 Apr 1901 Picking up sticks. We got a sheep from Brown.
18 Apr 1901 Picking up sticks.
19 Apr 1901 I am burning off.
20 Apr 1901 Burning off. Commenced to rain.
21 Apr 1901 Sunday. raining all day.
22 Apr 1901 No work. Mick rode my horse to Cocomingla for his horse.
23 Apr 1901 Watt and I picking up sticks. Mick came at dark.
24 Apr 1901 The three of us picking up sticks.
25 Apr 1901 Mick Fallon left to plough for Conlon.
26 Apr 1901 raining up to 12 o’clock. Picking up sticks. Gleeson called.
27 Apr 1901 I rode to Cowra. H Watt picking up sticks.
28 Apr 1901 Sunday. Picking till 12 o’clock. We put tyre on the wagon.
29 Apr 1901 I rode to Cowra and put in an application for the Old Age Pension.
30 Apr 1901 H Watt and I burning off all day.
1 May 1901 Burning off all day.
2/5 May 01 Burning off all day.
6 May 1901 Sunday. At the camp all day.
7 May 1901 Finished burning off this piece.
8 May 1901 Burning off logs on the first piece.
9 May 1901 H Watt drew a lot of logs together with his draught horse.
10 May 1901 H Watt removed all his things out of the Yarra house.
11 May 1901 We finished burning off at the old place.
12 May 1901 Picking up and burning off.
13 May 1901 Sunday. Finished and measured up.
14 May 1901 John Brown made up our account. Fallon had 18/- to take. We had £2.0.2 each.
15/18 May 01 Picking up sticks. John Brown gave us a cheque. £6.5.3.
19 May 1901 Picking up. Finished on the east side of pines.
20 May 1901 Sunday. At the camp.
21 May 1901 Picking up on the west side of the pines.
22/25 May 01 Picking up sticks. Killed a sheep on 25th.
26 May 1901 Mrs watt brought me a Postal Note 13/6 for N Le Roy Tracey’s mineral collection.
27 May 1901 Sunday. At the camp all day.
28 May 1901 Raining. Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York landed.
29 May 1901 I took 8 posts on a slide to the Broula School.
30 May 1901 I walked to Broula School and put up 4 posts.
31 May 1901 I walked to Broula School and finished there
1 Jun 1901 H Watt removing his things to old Slessor’s house.
2 Jun 1901 H Watt.went to Cowra. I was picking up sticks.
3 Jun 1901 Sunday. At the camp all day.
4 Jun 1901 Picking up sticks. H Watt in Cowra on the spree.
5 Jun 1901 Picking up sticks. H Watt went to Mrs Chivers.
6 Jun 1901 Both of us picking up sticks.
7/9 Jun 01 Picking up sticks.
10 Jun 1901 Sunday. Burning off all day.
11 Jun 1901 Burning off. A little rain.
12/13 Jun 01 Stick picking. Very cold. Almost snow. We got a sheep.
17 Jun 1901 Sunday. At the camp. Cold showers all day.
18 Jun 1901 Burning off. A little rain. Not heavy.
19 Jun 1901 Showers all night and all day.
20 Jun 1901 Cold showers all day. I took my horse out of paddock.
21 Jun 1901 Burning off. Cold day. Almost snowing.
22 Jun 1901 Picking up sticks. Almost snowing all day.
23 Jun 1901 I rode to Cowra. George Hurst paid me all he owed me except 19/-. Mrs Wills paid me £3.3.0.
24 Jun 1901 Sunday. At the camp all day. Light showers.
25 Jun 1901 Fog and frost. We did no work.
26/30 Ju01 Pcking up sticks all day.
1 Jul 1901 Sunday. Burning off Great white frost.
2 Jul 1901 Light frost. Light showers all day.
3 Jul 1901 Burning off all day.
4 Jul 1901 Burning off. We got a sheep.
5 Jul 1901 Burning off. Johhny Brown rode my horse to Cowra.
6 Jul 1901 Finished burning off.
7 Jul 1901 Picking up pieces we left.
8 Jul 1901 Sunday. At the camp. Johnny Brown brought my horse.
9 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks. Very much like rain.
10 Jul 1901 Light showers during the day.
11 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks. Cold day.
12 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks. Cold, cloudy day.
13 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks. Lent Mick fallon my horse.
14 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks.
15 Jul 1901 Sunday. At the camp. White frost.
16 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks. White frost.
17 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks. White frost.
18 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks.
19 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks.
20 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks. Real white frost.
21 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks.
22 Jul 1901 Sunday. At the camp all day.
23 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks.
24 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks. Great frost.
25 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks. Johhny Brown brought rations.
26 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks. Cold day.
27 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks.Great fog.
28 Jul 1901 Picking up sticks. Cloudy day.
29 Jul 1901 Sunday. Real cold day. Nearly snowing.
30 Jul 1901 I rode H Watt’s brown horse to Cowra. Snowing all the way in. I got my Old Age Pension certificate.
31 Jul 1901 Raining most all day. No work.
1 Aug 1901 Burning off.
2 Aug 1901 Burning off. Frost.
3 Aug 1901 Burning off. Frost.
4 Aug 1901 Burning off. Frost.
5 Aug 1901 Sunday. I walked up to old Paddy Dwyer’s.
6 Aug 1901 Burning off. Frost.
7 Aug 1901 Burning off. A few drops of rain.
8 Aug 1901 Raining in the night. Heavy shower today.
9 Aug 1901 Working all day. Jim has left francis and McDonald.
10 Aug 1901 Burning off all day.
11 Aug 1901 I rode to Cowra. I drew my Old Age Pension £1.15.0. Dr Foley dressed my ear. Jim selling his furniture. Frost.
12 Aug 1901 Sunday. Burning off pieces we left.
13 Aug 1901 Burning off all day. Frost.
14 Aug 1901 Burning off. Frost.
15 Aug 1901 Burning off.
16 Aug 1901 Burning off. Mr McDonald, Schoolteacher, called.
17 Aug 1901 John Grace died at Bengallow? Below Euston. Married to my sister Mary. 64 years of age. 6 sons, 3 daughters.
18 Aug 1901 Picking up sticks in the pines. Light showers.
19 Aug 1901 Sunday. Picking up sticks by myself. Light showers.
20 Aug 1901 I rode to Cowra. Dr Foley said my ear is better. Great rain this evening.
21 Aug 1901 Raining most all day.
22 Aug 1901 Picking up sticks. Windy day.
23 Aug 1901 Picking up. A letter from Jim, 130 King Street, Newtown, Sydney.
24 Aug 1901 Burning off.
25 Aug 1901 Burning off. Cloudy day.
26 Aug 1901 Sunday. raining all night and all day.
27 Aug 1901 Finished altogether.
28 Aug 1901 John Brown paid us £7.0.0 each.
29 Aug 1901 H Watt took all his old things to Slessor’s old place.
30 Aug 1901 I drove to Cowra. H Watt lost his £7.0.0. Drunk.
31 Aug 1901 Cleaning up the house.
1 Sep 1901 Sold the sheep skins. £1.11.0. Paid P Murray.
2 Sep 1901 Sunday. At home all day.
3 Sep 1901 I got my Old Age Pension.
4 Sep 1901 Windy and cloudy all day.
5 Sep 1901 Fixing up my specimen cases. Cloudy day.
6 Sep 1901 Fixing up my specimens.
7 Sep 1901 I got a Miner’s Right. 5/-.
8 Sep 1901 Dr Foley says my ear is getting better.
9 Sep 1901 Sunday. I drove out to watt’s, Slessor’e old place.
10 Sep 1901 I drove to Kelly’s Creek. H Watt brought back the horse.
11 Sep 1901 Can find a little gold in Kelly’s Creek, and rubies.
12 Sep 1901 Prospecting. H Watt came and went back.
13 Sep 1901 Prospecting all day.
14 Sep 1901 Prospecting on Limestone Hill, 18 miles past.
15 Sep 1901 Prospecting. President McKinley died.
16 Sep 1901 Sunday. H Watt brought a horse. I drove to his place.
17 Sep 1901 I drove to Cowra. H Watt took the horse back.
18 Sep 1901 Ernest Storer Twig married to Miss O’Neill.
19 Sep 1901 Cowra Show at 5 o’clock. Commenced to rain.
20 Sep 1901 Great crowd at the Show. A few showers during the day.
21 Sep 1901 Cowra races. Very cold.
22 Sep 1901 Cattle sales on the Showground.
23 Sep 1901 Sunday. At home. A little rain.
24 Sep 1901 Fixing up my specimens.
25 Sep 1901 At home. H Watt called.
26 Sep 1901 At home. Thunder in the evening.
27 Sep 1901 At home. I got 18/- from thefarmers’ market for Jim.
28 Sep 1901 Sent James O’Shaughnessy £1.0.0 in a letter.
29 Sep 1901 At home. Sent Jim £5.0.0 I am lending him.
30 Sep 1901 Sunday. Assisted H Watt to unload his wagon at Wigg’s place.
1 Oct 1901 At home. Cold showers. I got Old Age Pension.
2 Oct 1901 White frost.
3 Oct 1901 At home. Grace went under an operation in Sydney.
4 Oct 1901 Grace out of danger. H Watt brought my horse.
5 Oct 1901 I got my horse shod.
6 Oct 1901 I took my horse out to Daly’s paddock.
7 Oct 1901 Sunday. At home. Took the filly out to H Watt’s place.
8 Oct 1901 Thunder and lightning. A little rain.
9 Oct 1901 At home with a bad cold.
10 Oct 1901 Real bad with a cold. Not being (well) today.
11 Oct 1901 Cold much worse today. No sleep these two nights.
12 Oct 1901 No better. Cold wind blowing. Can’t go out.
13 Oct 1901 No better. Great wind blowing.
14 Oct 1901 Sunday. At home all day.
15 Oct 1901 The cold no better.
16/Oct 1901 I am getting a little better.
17 Oct 1901 I am getting a lot better.
18 Oct 1901 I am improving.
19 Oct 1901 Cloudy weather.
20 Oct 1901 I sent a letter to James O’Shaughnessy, Newtown.
21 Oct 1901 Sunday. At home. Raining most all day.
22 Oct 1901 Went to Dr Foley. He says my ear id doing well.
23 At home. Got a letter from Minnie.
24 Oct 1901 I got a Post Office Order. Sent it to Jim. He gave it to Grace.
25 Oct 1901 At home. John Brown died this morning.
26 Oct 1901 H Watt and I rode to John brown’s funeral.
27 Oct 1901 Watt and I rode to the Bumbaldry Rush and back.
28 Oct 1901 Sunday. At home. Grace had to go under another operation.
29 Oct 1901 A great wind and showers.
30 Oct 1901 Jim came by rail from Sydney on a case of francis and McDonald. Stephen Alfred Martel died in Sydney.
31 Oct 1901 James O’Shaughnessy went on the 6 o’clock train to Sydney.
1 Nov 1901 At home all day. I got my Old Age Pension.
2 Nov 1901 At home all day.
3 Nov 1901 I got a suit of clothes at Murray’s. £1.9.0.
4 Nov 1901 Sunday. I rode to H Watt’s. Cloudy day.
5 Nov 1901 At home. Cloudy day.
6 Nov 1901 Great wind and rain at dark.
7 Nov 1901 I rode to H Watt’s in the evening.
8 Nov 1901 At home. Hot day.
9 Nov 1901 I rode to H Watt’s. Hot day.
10 Nov 1901 A letter from Kitty and Minnie.
11 Nov 1901 Sunday. At home. Very hot.
12 Nov 1901 The King Edward 7th Birthday kept up today. Very hot.
13 Nov 1901 At home. Laddy Daly brought in the buckboard.
14 Nov 1901 H Watt brought me a load of wood.
15 Nov 1901 At home all day.
16 Nov 1901 At home. Cloudy and windy.
17 Nov 1901 I got Watt’s horse and drove to Joe Hope’s selection.
18 Nov 1901 Sunday. Prospecting at the 18 mile tree, Grenfell road. Light shower.
19 Nov 1901 Prospecting at the 18 mile tree.
20 Nov 1901 Prospecting in George Wilson’s paddock.
21 Nov 1901 Prospecting in Wilson’s paddock.
22 Nov 1901 H Watt brought me his horse. I drove to Cowra.
23 Nov 1901 At home. Very Hot.
24 Nov 1901 At home. Very Hot.
25 Nov 1901 Sunday. Boy named Corbett drowned in river at the railway bridge.
26 Nov 1901 Dr Foley says that my ear is improving.
27 Nov 1901 Sent a pound in a letter to Grace O’Shaughnessy, Sydney.
28 Nov 1901 At home all day.
29 Nov 1901 Getting buckboard repaired. I got the Australian Luck Stone.
30 Nov 1901 I got a letter from Kitty.
31 Nov 1901 I bought some paint. Paid Austin 10/-. Repairing buckboard.
1 Dec 1901 At home. Had dinner at Dick Austin’s.
2 Dec 1901 I got my Old Age Pension. Painting buckboard.
3 Dec 1901 Sent some samples to Mines Department for assay.
4 Dec 1901 Sent a letter to Minnie. Very hot.
5 Dec 1901 At home. Very hot.
6 Dec 1901 I went to Dr Foley. He gave me ointment for my ear.
7 Dec 1901 At home. Very hot.
8 Dec 1901 Sunday. I walked to H Watt’s and had dinner. Very hot.
9 Dec 1901 At home.
10 Dec 1901 I bought an empty case at P Murray’s.
11 Dec 1901 I have a very sore throat.
12 Dec 1901 Too sick to work.
13 Dec 1901 Fixing up the buckboard.
14 Dec 1901 Austin cut tyres of wheels and brought them home.
15 Dec 1901 Sunday. Mrs Austin’s father drowned at Cootamundra.
16 Dec 1901 At home. Making a box for the buckboard.
17 Dec 1901 At home all day.
18 Dec 1901 At home. Great wind and dust.
19 Dec 1901 Great dust storm.
20 Dec 1901 Varnishing buckboard wheels. Cold day.
21 Dec 1901 Finished the buggy wheels.
22 Dec 1901 Sunday. At home. Very windy.
23 Dec 1901 Great wind all night.
24 Dec 1901 At home all day.
25 Dec 1901 Christmas Day. Dinner with Mr and Mrs H Watt.
26 Dec 1901 At home. Very hot.
27 Dec 1901 Great heat and dust storm.
28 Dec 1901 A great dust storm in the evening. Very hot.
29 Dec 1901 Sunday. At home all day. Very windy.
30 Dec 1901 At home.
31 Dec 1901 John McDonald came from Sydney. Cloudy day.
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