A typescript copy of Viveash's diary of his activities from his emigration to the Swan River in 1838 until September 1851, 229 pages. There is a brief introduction and index by Canon A. Burton, who arranged the preparation of the typescript.
Diary of Samuel Viveash
This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library
- Reference
- GB 115 RCS/RCMS 287
- Dates of Creation
- 1934
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 volume paper
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Samuel Waterman Viveash, M.R.C.S. (1799-1880), was born on 15 February 1799. He married Susan Smith at Newington, Oxfordshire, in 1835, and emigrated to Swan River, Western Australia, in 1838. The couple lived on the Houghton estate on the Swan for a short period, and thereafter at Wexcombe and Ashby, raising a large family. Viveash died on 13 June 1880, and was buried in the churchyard at Middle Swan.
Access Information
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Canon Burton, 1934.
Note
Includes index.
Other Finding Aids
MSS 81
Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 162.
A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.
Bibliography
Some extracts are quoted in Canon Burton's 'Life on the Swan 85 years ago' from the 'Western Australian Historical Society Journal', vol. I, part 2 (1928), pp. 20-28.
Additional Information
This collection level description was created by RAS.
Viveash, Samuel Waterman, 1799-1880, doctor